As many as 31 Michigan schools may be required to make drastic changes next year if they fail to meet federal standards for the fifth time.

The state is scheduled to release today the latest list of schools that failed to meet the standard called Adequate Yearly Progress, which measures annual improvement in a schools participation in standardized testing, test scores and graduation rates.

As of last year, 99 schools in the state fell into this category, placing Michigan fifth in the country, behind California, Illinois, New York and New Jersey.

Under No Child Left Behind, a school that fails to meet progress targets for five or more years must decide whether it will replace its principal and other staff, convert to a public charter school or turn the schools operations over to the state or a private company.

Last year, 436 Michigan schools failed to meet their annual target, climbing up from 297 the previous year.

For the full article, see Catherine June, Schools learn today if they must reform for failing standards, Detroit News, August 24, 2006.

ARCHITECTUAL DESIGN & BUILDING (Including Offices)

NA 6230 .G74 2005

Green office buildings : a practical guide to development. (U.L.I.).

NA 2500 .S68 2005

South / editor, Ronald Rael. (Clemson School of Architecture).

TH 880 .K53 2005

Kibert, Charles J.

Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery.

NA 6860 .B76 2005 Oversize

Broto, Carles.

Architecture on sports facilities.

CITIES & TOWNS

HT 147 A785 W53 2004

Widodo, Johannes.

The boat and the city : Chinese diaspora and the architecture of

Southeast Asian coastal cities.

HT 255 .K66 2005

Knowledge cities : approaches, experiences and perspectives /

edited by Francisco Javier Carrillo.

HT 123 .N35 2006

The nature of cities.

HT 361 .J27 2006

Jayne, Mark, 1970-

Cities and consumption.

HT 123 .U7427 2004

The urban community / edited by W. Allen Martin.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

HN 90 .C6 M94 2002

Myerson, Deborah L.

Sustaining urban mixed-income communities : the role of community

facilities.

HT 167 .A4 no.536 [Also has CD in A-V room]

Zelinka, Al.

Placemaking on a budget : improving small towns, neighborhoods,

and downtowns without spending a lot of money.

HOUSING

HD 7288.85 .U6 P65 2005

Polton, Richard E.

Valuation and market studies for affordable housing.

HD 7293.Z9 H48 2005

Hettinger, William S.

Living and working in paradise : why housing is too expensive and

what communities can do about it..

TH 4811 .Z485 2005

Zhou, Jingmin, 1965-

Urban housing forms.

LAND USE

KF 5698 .A4 M36 2005

Planning and control of land development : cases and materials by Daniel R. Mandelker (6th ed.).

KF 5698 .A5 C66 2005

Conference on Planning Reform in the New Century (2004 :

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Law)

Planning reform in the new century : proceedings of the conference…

HD 205 .S877 2000

Susskind, Lawrence

Mediating land use disputes : pros and cons.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

SB 470 .C48 T56 2003

Thomas Church, landscape architect : designing a modern

California landscape / edited by Marc Treib.

SB 472 .M87 2005

Murphy, Michael D.

Landscape architecture theory : an evolving body of thought .

TH435 .M437 ed.25 2006 [Permanent Reserve]

Site work & landscape cost data 2006 (Means).

SB 472 .C858 2005

The cultured landscape : designing the environment in the 21st

century / edited by Sheila Harvey and Ken Fieldhouse.

SB472.4 .T74 2005

Treib, Marc.

Settings and stray paths : writings on landscapes and gardens.

SB 475.9 .D37 V57 2005

Visualization in landscape and environmental planning :

technology and applications / edited by Ian D. Bishop and Eckart

Lange.

SB 451.36.G7 T38 2004

Taylor, William M., 1960-

The vital landscape : nature and the built environment in

nineteenth-century Britain.

MIXED USE

HT 167 .S264 2006

Schmitz, Adrienne.

Creating walkable places : compact mixed-use solutions.

MUNICIPAL FINANCE & GOVERNMENT

JS 451 .M55 F88 2000

The future of local government in Michigan : symposium

proceedings / edited by Joe Ohren.

Ann Arbor, MI : Michigan Municipal League, c2000.

HJ9695 .B57 2004

Blore, Ian.

Municipalities and finance : a sourcebook for capacity building.

NEIGHBORHOODS

HT 166 .T67 2005

Townsend, Carol L.

Building great neighborhoods : a citizens' guide for neighborhood

Planning.

NEW URBANISM

HT 166 .P542 2006
Grant, Jill.
Planning the good community : new urbanism in theory and practice.

OPEN & PUBLIC SPACES

HT 131 .E923 2006

The European city and green space : London, Stockholm, Helsinki

and St. Petersburg, 1850-2000 / edited by Peter Clark. .

PLANNING

HT 166 .C315 2004

Carmona, Matthew.

Measuring quality in planning : managing the performance

process.

TH 2031 .P55 2005 Permanent Reserve

Planning and urban design standards / American Planning Association.

PLANNING (City)

DT 2405 .J6557 B43 2004

Beavon, Keith Sidney Orrock.

Johannesburg : the making and shaping of the city.

F 549 .E2 T45 2003

Theising, Andrew J.

Made in USA : East St. Louis, the rise and fall of an industrial

river town.

PLANNING (Regional)

HT 149.5 .P83 2005

Public problems--private solutions? : globalizing cities in the

South / edited by Klaus Segbers, Simon Raiser, and Krister

Volkmann.

HT 169.A8 M36 2005

McManus, Phil, 1966-

Vortex cities to sustainable cities : Australia's urban challenge.

HT 119 .G64 2006

The global cities reader

PLANNING REPORTS

ARKANSAS Little Rock

The downtown Little Rock corridors study. 1999.

ARKANSAS Little Rock

Downtown Little Rock framework for future. 1999.

ARKANSAS Little Rock

The six bridges framework plan. 1999.

CANADA British Columbia Vancouver

The greening of Hasting Park : restoration program. 1996.

CANADA British Columbia Vancouver

Hastings Park, the restoration plan. 1997.

CALIFORNIA Livermore [A.P.A. Award 2006]

South Livermore Valley specific plan. 2004.

GEORGIA Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Regional transportation plan needs assessment report. 1999.

ILLINOIS Northeastern Illinois Region [A.P.A. Award 2006]

Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission.

2040 regional framework plan. 2005

[CD & Booklet also in A-V Room]

MARYLAND Silver Spring

Silver Spring CBD : sector plan. 2000.

MICHIGAN Adams Township (Hillsdale County)

Adams Township land use plan. 1996.

MICHIGAN Almont Township

Almont Township master plan. 1999.

MICHIGAN Bridgeton Township

Bridgeton Township of Newaygo County zoning ordinance. 1995.

MICHIGAN Cooper Township

Cooper Township 2012 master land use plan. 2002.

MICHIGAN Croswell

Comprehensive master plan . 2000.

MICHIGAN Croton Township

Croton Township ordinance book. 2004.

MICHIGAN Ferrysburg

City of Ferrysburg land use plan, 2001.

MICHIGAN Green Oak Township

Green Oak Township master plan : a plan for the preservation of

rural character. 1999.

MICHIGAN Markey Township

Markey Township master plan. 1998.

MICHIGAN Marlette

City of Marlette master plan, 2004-2024.

MICHIGAN Marine City

Comprehensive master plan. 2004.

MICHIGAN Milan

C ity of Milan master plan. 2002.

MICHIGAN Port Huron

City of Port Huron comprehensive master plan. 2002.

MICHIGAN Riverview

Master plan of future land use. 1997.

MICHIGAN Scio Township

Township of Scio : master land use plan. 2005.

MICHIGAN South Lyon

Master plan of future land use. 2002.

MICHIGAN Three Rivers

City of Three Rivers master plan. 2005

MICHIGAN Walled Lake

Downtown urban design plan. 1991.

MICHIGAN Winterfield Township

Master plan, 2002-2022.

MICHIGAN Ypsilanti

City of Ypsilanti master plan. 2004?

MISSOURI St. Louis

The confluence : a conservation, heritage & recreation corridor :

master plan. 2001.

SPAIN Madrid [CD]

Annuario estadistico 2005.

SPAIN Madrid

Economy 2005.

SPAIN Madrid

Strategic plan 2005-2007.

TEXAS Benbrook

U.S. highway 377 corridor design study for the City of Benbrook. 1992.

VIRGINIA Crozet

Crozet development area master plan. 2004.

RURAL COMMUNITIES, DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING

HN 49.C6 N45 2003

Nellis, Lee.

The planning for results guidebook : practical advice for

building successful rural communities.

SMART GROWTH

HT 392 .T45 2004

Ten principles for smart growth on the suburban fringe. U.L.I.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

HT 166 .R3369 2005

Reeves, Dory, 1957-

Planning for diversity : policy and planning in a world of

Difference.

URBAN ECOLOGY

HT 241 .U727 2006

In the nature of cities : urban political ecology and the

politics of urban metabolism / edited by Nik Heynen, Maria Kaik

and Erik Swyngedouw.

HT 243.U6 C575 2006

Cities and nature : a handbook for renewal.

URBAN GROWTH & SPRAWL

HT 384.U5 U75 2006

Urban sprawl : a comprehensive reference guide / edited by David

C. Soule.

HT 352.U6 S67 2005

Sprawl and suburbia : a Harvard design magazine reader.

HT 352.U6 M67 2005

Morris, Douglas, 1961-

It's a sprawl world after all : [the human cost of unplanned

growth-- and visions of a better future].

HT 384.U5 H57 2005

Hirschhorn, Joel S.

Sprawl kills : how blandburbs steal your time, health and money.

URBAN POLICY

HT 166 .W65 2000 [also has CD in A-V Room]

World Commission Urban 21.
World report on the urban future 21.

HT 123 .U74564 2005

Urban issues : selections from the CQ researcher.

URBAN RENEWAL

HT 178 .B72 C877 2004

Schwartz, Hugh H.

Urban renewal, municipal revitalization : the case of Curitiba,

Brazil.

VIDEO & DVD

HD 211.K4 L35 2004 DVD

Land (and how it gets that way) / Independent

Television Service ; a documentary by Walter Brock.

F 548 .C453 2003 DVD

Chicago : city of the century.

ZONING

HT 169.7 .L48 2006

Levine, Jonathan (Jonathan C.)

Zoned out : regulation, markets, and choices in transportation

and metropolitan land-use.
MISCELLANEOUS

HD 9710.U52 O434 1997

Heyden, Patricia E.

Metta and R. E. Olds, loves, lives, and labors.

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U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, MI-08, today announced release of a bipartisan House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence report on the strategic global threat posed by Iran and the challenges of addressing its destabilization of the Middle East region.

“Whether actively supporting Hezbollah, attempting to undermine stability in Iraq, or undertaking its current effort to stall and deceive the international community while developing nuclear weapons, Iran poses one of the most unique threats to the world since the crumbling of the Soviet Union,” said Rogers, after releasing the staff report complied for the Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy, which he chairs.

The report, “Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States,” is signed by Rogers and Ranking Democrat member Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey.

The document provides an unclassified review of Iran’s extensive nuclear weapons program and other WMD efforts, including the likely possession of chemical weapons such as blister, blood, choking and nerve agents, and the largest stockpile of ballistic missiles in the Middle East, capable of striking American allies from Italy to India or large U.S. military bases in Iraq, Germany, and Afghanistan.

The report also outlines specific policy recommendations to improve intelligence regarding Iran and is available on the web.

Rogers pointed out that Iran has supported extensive terrorist attacks against Israel and the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia which killed 19 American servicemen.

“The international community cannot bury its head in the sand and pretend the Iranian challenge will solve itself,” Rogers said. “As the most active state sponsor of terrorism, the theocratic, authoritarian regime in Tehran uses terrorist proxies to scare the international community into capitulating to their demands.

“The civilized world cannot allow them to succeed.”

Source: Congressman Mike Rogers, MI-8, News Release, August 23, 2006.

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