Land Use
Numerous Lawsuits Challenge Slow-Growth Plan
Loudon County's high profile growth management plan challenged by nearly 200 simultaneous lawsuits.
Is It Time To Replace Zoning?
Old-fashioned zoning practices are discouraging mixed-use development. Are "form-based codes" the future?
Three Measures To Combat Sprawl
In response to rising concern about sprawl, elected officials in Connecticut propose measures to combat sprawl.
Convention Center Expansion Raises Issues About Takings
Owners of property in New Orleans expropriated by the state for the expansion of a convention center may sue for compensation.
Base Redevelopment Avoids Voter-Approved Height Restriction
A voter-approved height limitation initiative does not apply to redeveloped land that was part of a military base, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled.
Fences In The True West
What fences mean for the rural western landscape.
British Government Rejects Big Box Sprawl
Ikea's plans for a megastore are blocked.
Penn's Landing: Philadephia's Civic Test
The tantalizing puzzle of revitalizing this waterfront land excites civic interest - and anxiety.
Myths To Live By: The Jobs-Housing Balance
Is it rational to try to improve the jobs-housing balance in urban areas or should people, not plans, decide where people live and work? (Link corrected.)
Boston's New Central Artery
After more than a decade, Boston's Central Artery is about to come down. What will take its place is becoming a citywide debate on land use.
Challenges To Building Regional Anti-Sprawl Coalitions
New public opinion research suggests that broad regional coalitions against urban growth might be difficult to create.
Housing Regulation Overhaul Is Urged
Report urges the consolidation of building codes into one simple guideline, incentives for towns to accept housing with greater density in their midst; and the creation of a panel to overhaul outdated zoning rules.
Conformity In Suburban Design
Is new urbanism "re-urbanizing" the city, or simply creating cuter cookie-cutter suburbs? Is it creating sustainable development?
Urban Planners, Not Military Planners, Blamed For Looming War
Ian Roberts blames urban planners for the looming war in Iraq.
Brentwood, TN Rejects Walkable Main Street
The barons of Brentwood, Tennessee find the prospect of people walking to work in nearby offices about as attractive as second-hand smoke in a doctor’s office.
Housing In L.A.'s Commercial Corridors
A Los Angeles planner assesses a newly-passed ordinance promoting new housing in L.A.'s commercial corridors.
Denver: High And Mighty
APA profiles the history of planning in Denver in preparation for the 2003 APA conference.
The Nation's Largest Growth Visioning Effort
Southern California kicks-off an innovative two year effort in growth visioning -- the nation's largest effort to date.
The Future Of California's Coastal Commission
A Constitutional defect raises other questions about California's Coastal Commission.
How A Community Sacked A Bypass
A bypass demise yields unique transportation partnership.
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
