Land Use
Church V. State
Just pray you're not sued under the RLUIPA statute, say Michael Giaimo and Dwight Merriam in Planning Practice.
Planning For Growth In Albuquerque
Can Albuquerque's planned growth strategy and downtown revitalization finally point the City toward economic prosperity?
Eminent Domain Widely Abused
A report claims that 10,000 properties have been seized by cities for private developers.
When Government Takes Private Property
Alice Beasley of Erickson, Beasley, Hewitt & Wilson LLP offers a legal introduction to takings law in Western City Magazine.
Assessing The Potential Of Walkable Communities
Few mixed-use communities nationwide are close enough to each other to reduce the need to drive between them.
Baltimore's Growth Limits Debate
Is there enough land to support in-fill and redevelopment efforts in the Baltimore region?
Development Needs Controls Says Smart Growth Workshop
The local chapter of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists held a session on Smart Growth recently in Ontario, Canada.
Zoning Casinos On Sovereign Land
What happens when Native American tribes operating on sovereign land begin planning a casino?
Smart Growth Can Deliver Affordable Housing
Do smart growth policies increase the cost of building homes or help make home prices more affordable?
Smart Growth Plan Promotes Leapfrog Development?
Does the 1999 'Town & Country Plan' for Columbia, South Carolina promote leapfrog development?
Multi-Family Rental Market Alluring Traditional Home Builders
Randall Lewis discusses the forces that led to the redirection of the focus of his 50-year old family business from traditional home building to master planned apartment communities.
Urban Village Plan OKd
The Seattle suburb of Kenmore adopts a plan to reshape the city's downtown and also adopts new zoning to encourage denser mixed-use development.
Smart Growth Can Deliver Affordable Housing
Solutions mix public values, community investment.
Another Tale Of Two Cities
Portland, Oregon was once the Mecca of American urban planning. Now it is called the Little Beirut and people are fleeing the state.
The Two Faces Of Sprawl
The seemingly disparate interests and concerns of urban and rural residents need to be balanced to address sprawl. Is mass transit the solution?
Libertarians At The Gates Of New Urbanism
PLANetizen features a debate exploring the potential of using market-oriented approaches, rather than more public policy, to further the spread of New Urbanism.
Suburbia's Tide Threatens Identity Of Rural America
Ripple cities: California's new inland empire.
The Limits Of Urban Growth Boundaries And Urban Rail
A new Reason report examining San Jose's smart growth policies demonstrates that urban growth boundaries and light rail don't always work as planned.
Master Planning And Infrastucture
The City Manager for the city of Santa Clarita, CA discusses the challenges of planning and infrastructure under California's state/local fiscal relationship.
The 'Smart Growth' Debate Continues
The debate about managing metropolitan growth shows no sign of subsiding. After years of listening to anti-sprawl rhetoric, critics of "smart growth" have passed on the offensive.
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
