Land Use
Planning and related professions should stop condemning suburbs -- and focus on making them better.
Architecture
Imagining the future is risky business, but projections often encourage regional planning.
The San Francisco Chronicle
Cleveland's older suburbs hope to fight new projects that will drain more people from the aging suburbs.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
President Bush proposes an evaluation of federal land holdings in the District.
The Washington Post
Caught between Atlanta's shimmering downtown and its endless magnolia-laced suburbs is a moat of rusting forges and quarries, neighborhoods with names like Cabbagetown and Peoplestown.
The Christian Science Monitor
Are local governments are using eminent domain to eliminate blight--or to boost tax revenues?
Reason Public Policy Institute
The owners of Tysons Corner Center, already the region's largest mall, are developing a plan that would double its size and move toward transforming the iconic suburban shopping destination into something like a small city.
The Washington Post
Sprawl is moving close to once-remote military facilities.
USA Today
Is New Urbanism effective in countering sprawl? [Link corrected.]
New Urban News
Turf battles, private property rights, and rural growth are hot button issues.
The Idaho Statesman
The Planning Report's Southern California readers offer their advice and predictions for land use priorities in 2005.
The Planning Report
Smart growth won't work in a 'dumb growth' landscape, says the city manager for Ventura, California. He offers an alternative model for growth.
The Planning Report
The American Planning Association publishes a draft policy guide to 'actively address the causes and reduce the risks of threats to our security.'
American Planning Association
20/20 reporter John Stossel explores the "myth that urban sprawl is ruining America."
ABC News
Ventura, California looks destined to become the new model for smart growth with the addition of another smart growth expert, Ann Daigle.
Ventura County Star
A feature-length story examines the dramatic impact transit-oriented development is likely to have on Austin's future.
The Austin Chronicle
For Maryland's new Governor, 'Smart Growth is discouraged'.
The Baltimore Sun
Will Montreal Follow Toronto’s Example in Revitalizing Its Beleaguered Waterfront?
Maisonneuve
Rather than just building 'seats', we should create neighborhood-centered joint-use schools.
The Planning Report
In Maryland, development has sprawled into prime farmland targeted for preservation with public tax dollars.
The Baltimore Sun
