Land Use
Book Review: Mugged By The State
A former reporter writes a scathing book about innocent citizens who find themselves overwhelmed by draconian laws -- many of them land use and environmental.
America's Newest Hot Spots Are Not In The Sunbelt
Suburbs boom in the nation's new "low-SPF Sunbelt.
Schwarzenegger Favors Curbing Sprawl
Governor-elect of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger favors restoration of declining urban environments. His website criticizes "fiscally unsustainable sprawl" and promises new incentives revitalization of blighted areas.
Are Big-box Superstores The New Town Squares?
Malls have been replaced by big-box superstores as the new town square. How long will it be until they have to surrender control to people exercising their free-speech rights?
'Progress Is Just Another Word For Letting Builders Build'
In a "revolutionary action, anti-sprawl voters in Ann Arbor, MI, agree to a new tax to buy and preserve open space.
Portland Sues Over Walkway Access To Rail
Building owners block access to previously agreed upon easement.
Deer-Related Accidents Cost $1.1 Billion
Car collisions with deer are costing lives and money across America.
Sprawl And Wildfires
Sprawl around San Diego has put people in the path of wild fires.
Developers Belted In Ann Arbor
Voters easily pass an initiative to establish a greenbelt tax around the city.
America At Odds With Its Land?
An Indian columnist offers his perspective on California's fires and city-slicking deer.
Cleveland's Population Continues To Fall
Tom Bier discusses the imbalance between suburban construction and the region's growth and its implications for Cleveland's future.
Atlanta Must Embrace Smart Growth
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorializes that zoning policies which encourage sprawl are eroding the region's quality of life.
Atlanta Cities Zoning Codes Favor Sprawl
A 'Growth Audit' examines zoning codes for 26 metro Atlanta cities and counties and found that the zoning codes favor sprawl.
Sprawl Without Borders
While spreading development around metropolitan areas, such as Washington, D.C. may be inevitable, the way it happens, as in this case, hardly benefits the folks who already live there.
The World's Largest Park
A proposal for a vast nature park in America's Great Plains could help revive economies in 10 states.
Historic Preservation Needed
As urban sprawl encroaches upon California's oldest wineries, owners are concerned about the future of their industry.
The Backlash Against Smart Growth
Writing in Innovation Briefs, Ken Orski charges that the Smart Growth forces -- long basking in uncritical acclaim -- now find themselves on the defensive.
Planning for the Dead
As cemetaries all over the U.S. are running out of burial spaces, planners are faced with a sensitive challenge.
New Standards Limit Look-alike Buildings
New Commercial buildings in Sarasota County can be similar to structures built else where in the U.S., but can only be reproduced one time within the County.
'Not In Your Backyard'
Connecticut residents find out that the hazards of suburban living include intrusive cell towers.
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
