Land Use
UnSprawl Case Study: Southside In Greensboro, N.C.
Greensboro's Southside neighborhood, a 10-acre revitalization project, features restored historic homes, live-work units, corner retail, a central transit stop, and a metamorphosis of the once-blighted neighborhood into a vibrant community.
Vancouver Thinks About Building Higher -- And So Do Suburbs
Scarcity of land has prompted officials in Vancouver to consider updating building height restrictions to allow buildings to rise higher. Even neighboring suburbs are thinking about raising their own allowed building heights.
A U.S. Planner's Experience In Iraq
A planner and Army Reservist from Florida talks about his time spent working on planning issues in Iraq, and relates it to his experiences as a city planner in the U.S.
Tree Replacement Project Sparks Protests In Santo Domingo
Residents of the Dominican capital are outraged by the government's move to cut down mature trees in the city's colonial areas.
A Checklist For Good Planning
Harris Steinberg, director of PennPraxis of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, offers 10 steps for good urban planning.
Book Review: Worthy Of The Nation
The second edition of this seminal historical planning study of Washington, D.C. offers readers an in-depth look at the city's birth and creation.
A New Model For Urban Infill
When residents of Denver's Curtis Park neighborhood learned of a plan to build an apartment complex on a small lot, they formed the Curtis Park Investors Group (CPIG) to purchase the land. Then they built something else.
California 2050: Sprawl Or Skyscrapers?
Study predicts that by 2050 California's population will grow by 75%. Experts weigh in on what this means to planning for the state's growth.
A Recipe For Grassroots Community Building
A new book bills itself as a do-it-yourself guide for residents looking to strengthen the sense of community it their neighborhood.
The Vacant Building Syndrome
In this new column, award-winning journalist and author Roberta Brandes Gratz reports on urban development crises around the country and the opportunities they present for positive action.
Report Calls For Changes In Development Patterns
A new report calls on planners in the metropolitan Boston area to significantly alter housing development patterns to avoid a severe loss of land and natural resources by 2030.
The New Metropolitanism?
Good middle class suburbs aren't sustainable without a vibrant city, and vice versa, argues a recent article in the Houston Chronicle.
How Poor Planning Creates Slums
By ignoring the "spinoff" effects of urban growth and sprawl, planners in Jamaica have unwittingly encouraged the creation of slums and overcrowded urban centers, according to experts.
New Development In Scenic West Creates Catastrophic Fire Risk
New wave of development in scenic areas adjacent to federal lands in the western United States ignore fire risks.
Straw Men In A Sprawl World
Smart growth isn't an attack on the middle class, and those who argue as such are simply misrepresenting facts to distract from the real issues that planners are trying to mitigate.
Who Pays The Cost Of Living In Paradise?
The cost of living in California keeps on rising. Who is paying for it?
Infrastructure Capacity May Limit Smart Growth Plans
Ordinances in several Maryland counties that limit development were schools and sewers are in short supply may thwart the state's efforts to focus development in built-up areas.
Suburban Richmond Wrestles With 'Smart' Growth?
Chesterfield County's bucolic way of life is threatened by the arrival of new suburban subdivisions, which residents challenge don't meet the test of smart growth.
Downtown Malling Continues To Haunt Some Cities
The Silicon Valley cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale are alike in many ways. But their downtowns offer a study in contrasts because of land use decisions made 30 years ago.
Geologists Warn Major Development Project Could Endanger Galveston
Plan for 4,000 new homes and two hotels could threaten Galveston, TX, which was hit by the deadliest hurricane in American history.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
