Land Use

This opinion piece from the Palm Beach Post accuses the county's planning commissioners of bowing to the desires of developers and showing little concern for the way the 'planned' land is to be used.

October 11, 2006 - Palm Beach Post

The effects of development on New Hampshire watersheds are examined in this first part of a three-part series.

October 11, 2006 - Exeter News-Letter

As one of Europe's fastest growing regions, the burgeoning City of Inverness is grappling with its growth issues by contemplating the benefits of New Urbanism.

October 10, 2006 - The Times

Researchers calculate We calculate a 'sprawl index' for all metropolitan areas and then examine the reasons why sprawl differs across space.

October 10, 2006 - The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Miami residents and developers alike are discovering the advantage of mixed-use development.

October 10, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Blogger Aaron Donovan attends a recent book talk by Robert Bruegmann provides an irreverent analysis of the author's defense -- and definition -- of sprawl.

October 6, 2006 - Streetsblog

When designing a city for the future, rarely do future residents participate. But in Holden, Mass., the voice of the future is being heard as elementary school students are being asked what they want to see in their town in the future.

October 6, 2006 - The Landmark

Give us your strip-clubs, your benzene and dioxin-spewing chemical plants, say Sauget, Illinois officials.

October 5, 2006 - Wall Street Journal via The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

After the Supreme Court's "Kelo" decisions, ballot referendums seek to restrict local governments' power.

October 3, 2006 - ABC News

Wal-Mart's expansion into urban areas, which the company believes is necessary for continued growth, is continuing to meet strong opposition.

October 3, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

Establishing land rights for the poor in developing nations was a mostly-ignored issue until the second annual Clinton Global Initiative in Manhattan in late September, 2006.

October 2, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

As more wealthy Bay Area residents purchase second homes to vacation in the Tahoe basin, long-time residents and workers find themselves priced-out, moving to less expensive, rural Nevada and commuting long distances, or out of the area entirely.

October 2, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Pressed for land, cemeteries in Orlando, Florida, and elsewhere are being more efficient with space.

October 2, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

October 2, 2006 - Erik Kancler

A proposed commercial development on the Hawaiian Island of Kaua'i has been denied by a county planning commission. The site is located in a flood zone and construction would require the removal of many exotic trees. The developer plans to sue.

October 1, 2006 - The Garden Island

The results of a recent statewide growth visioning exercise show a continuing desire to reign in sprawl by focusing development in urban areas along transit lines.

September 29, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

2,800 acres of Central California farmland has been effectively split into a collection of 40-acre parcels, all of which have been zoned to contain up to two residential units. Many in the nearby community are upset at the loss of farmland.

September 28, 2006 - Modesto Bee

Without conducting environmental analysis as required by federal law, the Bush administration suspended Clinton-era rules banning road building in national forests.

September 27, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

A day after Riviera Beach contracted with a developer for hotels, condos, marinas, shops and a new harbor, and 4 months after Gov. Bush signed a law outlawing government seizure of land for private development, 4 property owners filed a suit.

September 27, 2006 - Suen-Sentinel.com

An editorial from a building industry leader criticizes the Australian government's simplistic thinking on increasing the production of affordable housing.

September 27, 2006 - The Age