Land Use
Sprawl Creates A Region Divided Against Itself
In Northeast Ohio, sprawl's effects are impacting older suburbs as well as the city.
Panama City, FL To Take Over State Coastal Permitting
Panama City Beach may become Florida's first city to assume responsibility for issuing coastal development permits.
Twin Cities Change Growth Plan
Two strategies attempt to balance growth with restrictions on development.
Maryland Gets Serious About Smart Growth
Maryland has taken a hard line on sprawl: the state will challenge any policy that violates smart growth principles.
Giving The Housing Element Teeth
Proposed legislation would establish penalties for California cities who are not in compliance with their housing element.
Jane Jacobs Reviews New Urbanism
Reason Magazine interviews Jane Jacobs about New Urbanism, city planning, Los Angeles, and how she would like to be remembered.
Preserving Farmland In The Hudson Valley
Farmland preservation groups are buying development rights to agricultural land.
Fighting Sprawl A Top Priority For States
Delegates at shopping-center convention discuss revitalization and urban sprawl.
Cities Want To Avoid Becoming Like L.A.
Many growing cities of the West are becoming more like Los Angeles, the 'poster child of urban sprawl.'
Why Smart Growth Is Important For Kentucky
Kentucky has formed a 35-member Smart Growth Task Force to help plan growth in the state.
Curbing Growth In Portland
Portland's urban growth boundary is meant to control growth and preserve farmland and forests. But opponents it has caused traffic problems and high home prices.
Andres Duany Interview: New Urbanism And The Future
Andres Duany answers his critics and talks about how New Urbanism confronts the future.
California Coastal Commission Unconstitutional?
The California Coastal Commission is held unconstitutional. The executive director says the State will appeal.
Can Gambling Revitalize The Inner City?
Detroit has become the nation's largest testing ground for urban casinos. Now Oakland, CA is considering its own inner-city gambling.
Is Sprawl A Dirty Word?
As the debate over sprawl grows, some see the use of the word as loaded with negative connotations.
Public Schools As Neighborhood Centers
A St. Louis developer thrives on mixing land uses with schools in California.
Disaster Mitigation And Smart Growth
Kinston, NC, has become a model for other communities recovering from Hurricane Floyd.
New Urbanism's Strengths And Weaknesses
Dan Dressman provides an overview of the New Urbanism movement and discusses its strengths and weaknesses.
Mayor Ridicules Planning At Land Use Conference
At the Critical Issues Conference on land use planning, Jerry Brown, Oakland mayor and former governor, used humor to draw attention to planning issues.
Benefits Of Developing Brownfields
Facility City Magazine outlines a variety benefits from developing a brownfield site.
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
