Land Use
Queensway Bay Project May Not Float
The entertainment portion of the final phase of the Queensway Bay Project is in trouble because the theaters have gone bankrupt. A new plan is needed.
Old Style Towns In A New Style Era
A proposal for reconstructing the Western frontier is designed around new towns dating back to the 1880s.
Americans Prefer Smart Growth
According to a Smart Growth America poll: Americans want growth and green and demand solutions to traffic, haphazard development.
Stopping Silicon Sprawl
States have put growth control laws on the November ballot to counter the Internet-fueled boom economy's dark side.
Fifteen New LAUSD High Schools
Two properties are close to finalizing sales. Others pose some problems. LAUSD expects peak enrollment by 2006.
Skiing In The Desert
Southern California must reduce reliance on Colorado River water even as its population increases, so plans to build water-ski projects southeast of Palm Springs is raising eybrows.
Not In Kansas Anymore
The proposed Wonderful World of Oz is Greater Kansas City's latest big battle over suburban sprawl.
Bright Lights, Open Cities
Public Policy: Open spaces serve as primary organizing elements for cities.
Planning For The Santa Monicas Is Praised
An editorial piece praises the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy as it acquires 326 acres which is called "the last piece of rural L.A."
Berkeley Tells Jack to Hit the Road
City Council approves a proposal for a block on new fast-food restaurants along popular corridor.
Kansas City is King of Sprawl
Kansas City, with its borders expanding four times faster than its population is called the "King of Concrete" by its residents.
Smart Growth Demystified
How can smart growth principles be tailored for California?
Prime So. Cal. Real Estate Is For The Birds
Five thousand acres of prime Southern California real estate is declared critical habitat for the gnatcatcher bird and the fairy shrimp.
Is The Dot-com Backlash As Bad As Sprawl?
A signficant dot-com backlash is on the rise in high-tech hot spots from Seattle to Austin, Texas, to Chicago. Could this be the new urban sprawl?
Brownfields Bill Stymied in Senate
Legislative horse-trading blocks vote on contaminated urban land development measure.
CA Cities Discover Downside to Dot-coms
Cities throughout California are taking emergency steps against 'office creep' by high-technology companies.
Will Planning Fail In San Francisco?
Once a beacon of liberal activism and Bohemian charm, this city looks increasingly like the epitome of New Economy capitalism.
Maryland Begins to Battle Back
Maryland's 'smart growth' program.
Sprawl Gobbling up California's Open Space
Almost 70,000 acres of open space in California was lost tourbanization from 1996 to 1998, according to the state Department ofConservation's biennial Farmland Conservation Report.
Outer Belt vs. Inner Belt: The First Suburbs
Northeastern Ohio cities are hoping to lure residents back to the "first suburbs."
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
