Land Use
How Airports Are Reused
Across the country, former airports like Denver's 1929 Stapleton Airport are becoming neighborhoods.
Rural Areas Become Test Cases For Smart Growth
As subdivisions begin sprouting in formerly rural areas, counties trying to preserve the quiet life are being dragged into the debate over sprawl.
Mass. Seeks To Develop Abandoned State Properties
Gov. Romney may tread where local authorities have historically held sway
The Nation's Newest And Largest Park
A former military base in southern California is being turned into one of nation's largest municipal parks.
The 'Mythical' World Of Transit-oriented Development
A detailed report examines the Orenco/231st TODs outside of Portland and suggests that policy makers should lower their expectations of what TOD can deliver.
Searching For 'Sensible Sprawl'
A coalition of environmental groups advocates the establishment of a state-level Office of Smart Growth in Michigan.
Big Box Proposal Tests Regional Planning In Pennsylvania
Wal-Mart must convince six neighboring communities to approve its plans for a giant supercenter in a rural township.
Market-Oriented New Urbanism
New Urbanism would do well distance itself from the smart growth agenda of restrictive land-use controls, writes Chris Fiscelli.
Edge Cities Have Lost Their Edge
Are edge cities just a "passing phenomenon?"
Michigan Apartheid
Reforming land use policy can help most segregated state
A Good Deal Or 'Sweetheart' Deal?
Is the deal involving a 1,000-car parking garage at the beach, built at no cost to the city and the developer of proposed 1 million square foot high rise condo in Fort Lauderdale a sweetheart deal?
Redevelopment In The U.K.
A UK panel finds that national redevelopment policies are 'disjointed and wasteful.'
Slow Sprawl With Smaller Lots
Zoning rules that require large lots are contributing to sprawl.
Placemaking: Smart Growth And The Arts
Artists need places and places need artists -- how the arts and smart growth can work together.
APA Researchers Brief Michigan Land Use Leadership Council
Urge Council Members to "Fix What's Broken" Before Addressing Complex Issues
The Expense of Due Process
How due process bogs down city planning and drains public, andprivate, coffers in San Francisco.
Florida Town Approves Big Box Despite Advice Of Their Planner
Zephyrhills, Florida, City Council members cleared the way Monday night for a Lowe's home improvement store, against the advice of city planner Todd Vande Berg who found the plans in conflict with the comprehensive plan.
Will Planners Defend Smart Growth?
Proponents of property rights and other conservatives are attacking smart growth as a theory dreamed up by out-of-touch urban planners.
Smart Growth Saves Money
In Michigan as elsewhere, fiscal distress accentuates the need for reforming wasteful development patterns.
What Works, What Doesn't In Smart Growth Policy
Lessons for Michigan from other states.
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
