Land Use
'Political Recall' As Slow Growth Strategy?
California's fastest growing region resorts to using the political strategy of 'recall' to slow growth.
Trailer Towns -- A Housing Mistake?
As shelters close, trailer towns open for storm evacuees. FEMA opens the first of many such villages for those displaced by Katrina.
Designing California's Second-Largest Park
At more than 2,300 acres, Orange County's new park on the site of a former marine base, will be the second-largest in California, about the size of Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
Judge Rules Oregon's Measure 37 Unconstitutional
Oregon's land use laws were thrown into new controversy as a Marion County Circuit Court Judge ruled last November's property rights initiative invalid.
Bad Zoning Codes Cause Sprawl
Connecticut's cities' zoning codes -- many based on MuniCode's bolierplate code -- make sprawl ineveitable.
Reversing The Ravages Of Urban Renewal
One of the most livable places in the U.S. tries to revitalize its downtown.
'Reservation Shopping'
One of the new ways the industry is growing is through what critics call 'reservation shopping' -- the push to build Indian casinos on nonreservation land.
Treating Suburban Sprawl As A Health Issue
Suburbanites are about 35 per cent more likely to be obese than their urban counterparts. Can obesity be solved through economic incentives and disincentives for development?
Ten Years Of Urban Growth Boundaries
After 10 years, it appears Ventura County's Save Open-space & Agricultural Resources (SOAR) effort -- a unique urban growth boundaries initiative -- is working. Why haven't they been duplicated elsewhere?
Gulf Rebuilding Plans: Mix and Match
Political parties see the Gulf as a lab for their policy ideas. There's room for many of them, but not all, writes the CSM on their editorial pages.
The Largest Community Planning Effort Ever Undertaken
A team of 100 architects and planners from 50 design firms, and led by Andres Duany, are converting on South Mississippi for the Mississippi Renewal Forum.
Ventura County's Unique Growth Control Measure
This southern California county employs a different type of urban growth boundary. Rather than forbidding development outside the UGB, such developments are determined by the electorate.
Getting Smart With Mr. Grow
A Utah visionary points the way to regionalism and public transit in Michigan.
Exurbs Are Dead, Long Live The Exurbs
Business Week explores whether higher energy prices signify the beginning of the end for exurban development, or whether exurbs have become an integral part of the American economic system.
Many Big Planning Visions For New Big Easy
Planners look to reconceive what took 300 years to evolve.
Twin Cities Metropolitan Council Publishes 'Local Planning Handbook'
The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council of local governments publishes a web-based "Local Planning Handbook" to guide planners in the seven-county metropolitan area through the preparation and updating of their city and county comprehensive plans.
How City Hall Caused Sprawl in Atlanta
How local government policy -- as opposed to state and federal policies -- contributed to Atlanta's sprawl.
Oregon's Growth Boundaries: Constitutionality and Policy
Is Oregon's urban growth boundary (UGB) program -- the most stringent anti-sprawl measure adopted by any U.S. state -- constitutional? Has it saved Portland from effects of sprawl?
Sprawl vs. Judaism
Michael Lewyn explains how sprawl reduces Jewish observance and conflicts with Jewish views of social justice, and points out that Jewish law has historically allowed extensive land use regulation.
Community Choices For Treasure Valley
Treasure Valley residents in Southwest Idaho get a chance to weigh in on future growth scenarios.
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
