Ohio
Giving The Suburb A Sense Of Town
A bedroom community attempts to create sense of place.
Putting More Housing Into Less Space
Northeast Ohio builders find great demand for cluster development.
Township Wants Voice In Land-use
The nation's oldest form of local government is seeking to gain land-use authority long reserved for cities -- a change that would likely alter patterns of urban growth and development.
Columbus Neighborhood Follows Smart Growth Path
In Columbus, OH, an urban neighborhood takes a "smart growth" approach to draw up redevelopment plans. Residents think the redevelopment will enhance their property.
Cleveland's Best-Laid Plans
A new exhibition examines the fate of Cleveland's best-laid plans. Critics suggest that planning hasn't helped the City.
Design Review Meetings Must Be Public
A judge rules that the Cincinnati Urban Design Review Board's meetings must be open to the public.
Facing The Consequences of Rapid Growth
The Columbus, Ohio region will study remedies for one of the consequences of rapid growth -- congestion.
Is Zoning Bad For Good Neighborhoods?
Is "common sense" more successful than land use zoning?
New Urbanism: Back To The Future
Columbus' new zoning strategy is a "radical departure" for the city and could make it a national trend-setter.
Sprawl: Adapt Or Annex?
Will Columbus be forced to adapt to sprawl?
Regional Summit on Traffic Congestion, Land Use
Official from Franklin County as well as surrounding counties will meet to discuss regional growth, traffic congestion and land use problems.
Cities Suffer Amnesia
Sprawl is threatening quality of life, endangering old neighborhoods, and eroding the "collective memory" of our cities, says National Trust for Historic Preservation
A New Urban Strategy: The Municipal Corporation
Lorain, Colorado is turning over a new leaf with a new business attitute and new construction projects.
Cleveland, Cincinnati Unite To Fight Sprawl
Greater Cleveland and Cincinnati share the same challenge - fighting sprawl.
Fifty Years Later, Greenhills is Still Green
A lasting legacy of the New Deal, Greenhills was created in the 1930s as an experiment in community planning and design.
Growth Often Comes With Hidden Costs
While the first signs of sprawl are usually physical, painful economic consequence usually follow.
Outer Belt vs. Inner Belt: The First Suburbs
Northeastern Ohio cities are hoping to lure residents back to the "first suburbs."
'It's progress, you can't stop it'
It may be too late for a statewide ballot measure designed to "keep farmland out of the hands of developers."
50-year Odyssey: How City Shrank
A look at Greater Cincinnati's urban growth over the last fifty years.
The Vanishing Farm
Ohio is losing farmland at "more than twice previous year's yearly rate" and issues such as sprawl, greenspace preservation, watershed protection, and revitalizing urban brownfields are becoming critical.
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
