Smart Growth Online

This piece from Smart Growth Online looks at transit oriented development near transit and freight facilities -- dubbed "cargo oriented development" -- as discusses how it can create value in neglected industrial areas.

This article from Smart Growth Online looks at the increasing concentration of fast food restaurants in many cities and the resulting impact on public health, and also offers some advice to communities for using land use strategies to limit the i

Thirty-two organizations have come together to release "This Is Smart Growth," a new publication from ICMA and the Smart Growth Network, which illustrates and explains smart growth concepts and values, using 40 examples from around the country.

Dealing with stormwater runoff and the pollutants it carries has been the responsibility of civil engineers for decades. But it's been suggested that planners and architects elevate this infrastructural concern to the heights of community design.

Cul-de-sacs remain popular with homebuyers (and therefore developers), but some American cities are taking steps to limit or even prohibit their use.

As the country's housing preferences shift from the widely spread to the urban and dense, the prevalence of transit-oriented development planning increases.

How the opinions of smart growth practitioners are critical for a process that results in transportation choice, transit performance, and successful community investment by the FTA.

The Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding conference covered a variety of topics, including goals and design principles for rebuilding, and community & economic development.

The American Planning Association offers a workbook about hazards and how they affect communities.

New South Wales' three-year environmental education plan aims to improve sustainable living.

Zipcar plans to open offices in 11 other metro areas.

Conservationists applauded the measure, but some business groups are worried that it may stop growth.

Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities releases commissioned paper.

This 120-page primer describes concrete 100 policies and techniques for putting the ten smart growth principles into practice.

The SBA agrees to evaluate environmental and growth impacts of its loans as part of a lawsuit settlement.

Charlotte Observer associate editor Mary Newsom writes that misusing the term "Smart Growth" will give the movement a bad name.