Land Use
Smart Growth: Is It 'Dense Thinking'?
Randal O'Toole, an economist and director of the Oregon-based Thoreau Institute, challenges smart growth.
Anthony Downs: The Costs Of Sprawl
Urban policy expert Anthony Downs connects the financial arguments of smarter growth to political opportunities particularly in times such as now when growing prosperity will reenergize interests in growth management.
Granholm's Urban Therapy
Cautiously at first, grant program steps toward big investment shift to "Cool Cities."
Norquist's Remedy
John Norquist, former mayor of Milwaukee, encourages developers to avoid sprawl and consider mixed-use development.
1700 Acre Mixed Use Project
Duke Realty unveils their vision for a 1700 acre mixed use project in Boone County, Indiana.
Sprawl Hurts Persons With Disabilities
Urban sprawl negatively impacts the lives of persons with disabilities.
Growing Differently: An Alternative To Sprawl
Sacramento's most influential leaders want the city to grow without sprawling.
Density And The Downtown
An interview with Doug Kelbaugh, dean of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Why The Field Of Planning Should Revise Its Goals
The American Planning Association and the planning profession as a whole have lost their way. Constant compromise has led to mediocrity. Now it's time to get re-focused.
Are Pedestrians Eccentric?
Columnist Jay Walljasper examines the psychology of public streets and walking in American culture.
The Fight Over Seattle's Terminal 46
A developer's vision for terminal 46 is opposed by the Port of Seattle and the longshore workers.
Open Space And Taxes
Connecticut smart growth advocates press for property tax reform.
Wal-Mart's Low Prices Are No Bargain
Charlevoix group may hold edge in struggle with world’s largest retailer.
Big Dig House
A vice president of a firm that performed work on the Big Dig plans to reuse thousands of tons of discarded steel for his new house.
An Anti-Sprawl Experiment
New Jersey tests a new anti-sprawl system.
Transportation, Land Use and Economies of Scale
While planners strive to enhance the transportation-land use configuration to minimize travel and transportation infrastructure, the seemingly unrelenting movement toward larger-scale businesses and services may be counteracting these initiatives.
Does Gentrification Cause Prejudiced Condemnations?
Did D.C. housing officials unnecessarily condemn deteriorated apartment buildings to speed up gentrification?
Finding The Right Agricultural Buffer Zone
As new development replaces agricultural land, cities struggle with an appropriate buffer zone between the two uses.
How To Spot A Suburb Becoming An Urban County
Once considered a suburb, Orange County, CA has run out of coastal land for building, and is now more crowded than Los Angeles.
The Age Of The Great Dispersal
Despite "Smart Growth" entreaties, outward migration continues.
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
