land use planning

Protecting Florida's Springs: Land Use Planning Strategies and Best Management Practices

Protecting Florida's Springs: Land Use Planning Strategies and Best Management Practices created a coordinated, clear public policy to protect Florida's more than 600 freshwater springs and unique limestone topography. The publication explains the spring systems and details specific strategies to govern development. The manual pulls together best practices into one easy-to-digest resource that helps planning departments to educate developers and citizens and better protect the state's natural resources.

26 February 2010 - 1:57pm

Ontario Growth Secretariat's Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe

Ontario's far-reaching growth plan for metropolitan Toronto provided a road map for the next 25 years of growth in the region comprised of more than 7.7 million people. The plan became law and was adopted by the Ontario legislature in 2006. The plan spelled out infill development goals and density targets for designated centers and corridors as well as bringing together 110 municipal jurisdictions in a huge geographic area of 12,400 square miles.

26 February 2010 - 1:04pm

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Samuel Staley

Thinking Through the Right Transportation in the Right Place at the Right Time

Wed, 01/27/2010 - 07:36

In an earlier post, I discussed the difference between mobility, accessibility, and transportation technology. In today’s post, I want to discuss what I think is the next step in this taxonomy in terms of the implications for the built environment and urban planning. More specifically, we need to move beyond the idea that certain transportation technologies—whether it is a car, a bus, a train, or our feet—are substitutes.

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