Growth

Columbus, Ohio

Report: Many More Apartments Needed in and Around Columbus

New apartments aren't rising as fast as the population, and rents, in central Ohio.

May 21, 2019 - The Columbus Dispatch

Arlington County, Virginia

Amazon Promises Better Planning Outcomes for Virginia

Northern Virginia's housing market won't follow the path of the Seattle housing market, according to Amazon officials, because they have a new growth plan.

May 6, 2019 - The Washington Post

Haymarket District

Lincoln's Growth Plan: Repaired Streets New Streets, Expanded Streets

Voters in Lincoln, Nebraska have decided to tax sales in the city to fund repairs of residential streets and to add new streets on the periphery of the city to encourage growth.

April 13, 2019 - Lincoln Journal Star

New York City

Study: Density Can Impede Growth

Size and growth go hand in hand, until they don't, according to a new analysis. Density might be the reason that synergy eventually shortcircuits.

March 18, 2019 - CityLab

Nigeria

Report: Sprawl Threatens to Swallow the Planet

By 2030, cities will have tripled in size since 2000. Unmanaged, incessant growth is threatening the planet, according to a new report from the World Resources Institute.

February 5, 2019 - Curbed

New York

Expert Voices 2019: Why Cities?

As cities define our world in new ways every day, Penn Institute for Urban Research asked nearly dozen urban experts, “Why cities?”

January 18, 2019 - Penn IUR Urban Link

Regional Transit

San Francisco Approved an Expanded Central SoMa Plan

The Central SoMa Plan, which sets development goals for a key swath of Downtown San Francisco, got bigger as it moved through a lengthy approval process.

November 15, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

Salt Lake City, Utah

Editorial Board: The Suburbs Need to Make Room for New Residents

Utah has generally made room for single-family homes in the past, but the Salt Lake Tribune thinks its time for new plans as the state faces demographic changes and worsening affordability.

July 3, 2018 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Utah

The Nation’s Fastest Growing Town Needs More Water

Cheap water flows freely to the golf courses of St. George, Utah, but all the new residents mean it’s going to have to increase supply or reduce demand—or both.

May 31, 2018 - CityLab

Mountain Lion

The Best Locations for L.A.’s Mountain Lion Freeway Bridges

A coalition of researchers have identified one area near the 101 and other near I-15 that would help keep the big cats alive and healthy.

May 28, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

Texas Outdoors

In Texas, More Sprawl Means More Homes in the Path of Tornadoes

Revisiting one day in 2012, a reporter finds that many of the Dallas-Fort Worth areas affected by the storms were barely inhabited 20 years ago.

May 20, 2018 - The Texas Tribune

Seattle

Regional Planning for Growth on Display in the Pacific Northwest

The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) released a new "Regional Centers Framework."

April 16, 2018 - The Urbanist

Boise Idaho

Growth and Change Take Hold in Boise

Rapid growth is now the trend in a region that faced some of the worst effects of the Great Recession.

April 16, 2018 - The Wall Street Journal

Suburban Homes

Detroit Announces $250 Million Affordable Housing Fund

The city of Detroit is setting affordable housing as the cornerstone of its growth strategy.

March 13, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Sprawl

Revisiting Subdivision Regulations

For many decades now, most communities in the United States have grown as a series of subdivisions, built on a tried and true formula. It might be time to change the math.

March 9, 2018 - Strong Towns

Flame Towers

Mapping the Collision Course of Sprawl and Biodiversity

The expansion of the built environment proceeds with little regard for the loss of biodiversity, and the planning field isn't doing enough to help.

February 9, 2018 - ASLA The Dirt

Gentrification Protest

Wrestling with Growth, Equity, and Sustainability

A historic summit with Denver mayors about responsible growth, and a take-to-the-streets protest of gentrification in the city, suggest the need for a better conversation about today’s challenges to urban sustainability.

January 3, 2018 - Dean Saitta

New Jersey Borough Showcases Town and Gown 'Instant Urbanism'

Glassboro State College became Rowan University and exploded its enrollment numbers. The borough of Glassboro and the university have worked together, and quickly, to accommodate all those new students.

November 28, 2017 - Philadelphia

Seatle Skyline

The Urban Revival Is (Probably) Not Over

Critiquing Richard Florida's claim that "the urban revival is over."

September 28, 2017 - Michael Lewyn

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