Land Use
Atlanta developers are scrambling to meet the growing demand for mixed-use development. Do they really know what they're doing?
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Brownfield redevelopment is increasingly popular in major U.S. cities.
Wall St. Journal
ging suburban fringe development should focus less on regulation and more on education.
Urban Land Institute
UCLA professor Donald Shoup inspires a passion for parking.
Planning Magazine
300,000 residents have been moved to prepare Beijing for the Olympics.
The Times
After many years of legal battles, the public beach in front of movie mogul David Geffen's Malibu estate is opened to the public.
The Los Angeles Times
Writer D.J. Waldie considers the remarkable individual who has caused downtown Los Angeles' rebirth.
The Los Angeles Times
Public walkways are finally opening to bridge the gap between public beaches and private property.
The Los Angeles Times
In the upper Midwest, a new take on suburban development is becoming a reality on 350 acres.
UMass Magazine
Washington State can learn from Oregon's fate and protect the vital 1990 Growth Management Act, says CJ Gabbe, by better understanding the benefits of planned growth and the costs of deregulation
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
More than 100 US metropolitan areas attempt to control exurbanization through various forms of urban containment. Does it work?
Metropolitan Institute At Virginia Tech
New state and local policies require that virtually all roads be built to serve all types of users.
Planning Magazine
Smart growth supporters and critics clash in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Beijing's streets are worse than L.A. gridlock. Despite grand urban planning ideal, the future looks bleak.
The Los Angeles Times
A reporter attends a SmartCode conference and speculates on how New Urbanism principles could help Bentonville, AR -- home of the original Wal-Mart and the company's headquarters.
The Benton County Daily Record
Crash pads (or the pied-à-terre) have long been popular in Paris, Hong Kong, New York and Chicago. Now they're becoming popular in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Times
San Francisco moves closer to being bicycle-friendly by approving a policy framework to make pro-bicycle planning part of The City's general plan.
San Francisco Examiner
A plan for Palestine reimagines the landspace and the Palestinian experience with a high-speed train liking major towns and cities.
The New York Times
rly four years after 9/11, there are more homes, grassy parks -- and new challenges, too.
The Christian Science Monitor
An extensive interview with Dolores Hayden, the author of "A Field Guide to Sprawl" and "Building Suburbia."
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