Land Use
Housing Demand Drives Sprawl
As the state tries to meet housing demand, suburban sprawl spreads across the California landscape.
A New Tool For Planning Without Zoning
Houston introduces the 'area plan' ordinance that allows certain neighborhoods to craft their own development guidelines.
Landscape Of National Significance Needs Protection From Sprawl
U.S. Forest Service study says 40% of the New York-New Jersey Highlands should be protected from overdevelopment.
Growth Restrictions Contribute To Increased Housing Prices
A recent study in the Journal of Real Estate Research provides evidence that growth restrictions make housing less affordable.
Who Can Reuse Metro Atlanta's Northern Arc Land
Suburban counties want the land acquired for the now-defunct 59-mile Northern Arc tollway in metro Atlanta.
Smart Growth Plan For Greater Toronto Area
An unlikely smart growth panel is poised to release two reports that could fundamentally alter the direction of urban development in Ontario.
Southern California Rates Traffic Worst Regional Problem
Could Southern California's love affair with the auto be fading? More people say they want their tax dollars spent on public transit.
Neal Peirce: 'Can Suburbia Develop Real Urban Centers?'
Mixed-use developments are succesful. So why aren't more of them being built across the nation?
Surveying And Democracy: How Mapping Shaped America
An interview with Andro Linklater, the author of "Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy."
Smart Growth 2.0
The task now is to begin moving smart growth development practices from the margin into the mainstream.
The American Dream Does Not Look Like Sprawl
As smart growth gains momentum, opponents plot against it.
Smart Growth Efforts Slow Down But Survive
Despite shrinking budgets, some states haven't abandoned smart growth.
Compact For A Sustainable Bay Area
Six Bay Area agencies plan for the future.
Does 'Downzoning' Work?
The story of how a remarkable 'downzoning' effort to save the Occoquan Reservoi
Glendening To Lead Anti-Sprawl Institute
Former Gov. Parris N. Glendening will lead the newly formed Smart Growth Leadership Institute.
The Anti-Anti-Growth Backlash
It may not yet count as a national trend but in an effort to increase the local tax base, some towns are easing growth restrictions.
Changing The DNA Of Development
Is changing codes and building rules is the only way to revolutionize development in the United States?
Southern California: Geography Is Destiny
Different reactions to Southern California's two largest developments demonstrate that geography is destiny.
Michigan New Leader In U.S. Movement To Tame Sprawl
Governor Jennifer Granholm and GOP take steps to cure "plague upon the land."
CA Supreme Court Rejects 19th Century Subdivision Map
The California Supreme Court has sided squarely with planners in a ruling on the status of parcel maps recorded prior to the first state subdivision law.
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
