Land Use
Mixed Feelings Over New Town In Hanoi
A $7 billion new town is being planned in Vietnam, across the Red River from capital city Hanoi. And though the creation of thousands of new houses is welcomed, many are concerned about development along the sensitive riverfront.
Oregon Winemakers Back A Return To Property Rights
With their vineyards threatened by 2004's land use law Measure 37, Oregon's winemakers are getting behind this November's ballot Measure 49 as a way to preserve their land and their business.
The End Of Paving Over Suburban Paradise?
New York City planners are hoping to use a new anti-paving ordinance to stop residents from creating parking lots out of their front yards.
Changing Demographics Bring Changing Density
New research shows that newcomers to urban areas take up twice as much room as longtime residents.
A New Downtown Plan For Milwaukee
The city's updated blueprint for its downtown area, part of a new citywide master plan, focuses its attention on the area's west side.
What Would Buddha Displace?
In India, plans to build the world's largest statue and an accompanying complex dedicated to the Buddha are causing an uproar over concerns that poor farmers will be displaced from their lands.
Dangerous Manhattan Intersection Converted To Public Plaza
In Manhattan's old Meatpacking District, New York City's Department of Transportation has converted a dangerous and dysfunctional expanse of asphalt into a stylish public plaza.
Can We Treat Global Warming As An Air Pollution Problem?
Will tightening emissions standards be enough, or do we have to cut down on driving, too?
Could Planning Decisions Form A New Climate Change Policy?
Land use, housing location, and the "everyday decisions" of planners are the backbone of a new way of looking at climate change policy, according to this article from the Los Angeles Times.
Schools To Be Built Near Freeways Despite Health Threat
Recent studies have shown that locating homes and schools near freeways increases the rate of asthma and other diseases in children, but the Los Angeles Unified School District has plans for 7 more school within 500 feet of freeways.
New Urbanism In Portland: Cato Report Flawed
Following up on a Cato report blasting planning in Portland, the Congress for the New Urbanism offers a fact-check in which Michael Lewyn contends Randal O'Toole's findings are inaccurate and flawed.
Counting The Nation's Parking Spaces
The Purdue University researcher who revealed that there is more than three times more parking than drivers in one county in Indiana is looking to expand his count to the entire nation.
Mexico City Skyscraper Plans Fuel Debate
In Mexico City, controversial plans to develop what would be the tallest skyscraper in Latin America have opponents calling the project illegal. But the developers have a big-name architect and high-powered politicians behind them.
The Year-Long Deliberation Over Rezoning
County officials in Georgia have once again extended their moratorium on residential rezonings as they weigh whether changes will encourage sprawl. The latest extension will stretch the original 90-day moratorium to nearly a year.
Hoteliers Announce Plan To Alter Waikiki's 'Unnatural' Beach
Plans to expand the amount of beach available in front of two hotels in Honolulu are meeting opposition from local surfers and environmentalists. But some say the beach has already been engineered beyond its natural state and more won't hurt.
Competition Brews As Cities Seek To Claim Unused BLM Land
As Boise looks to a future of growth and expansion, it is hoping to acquire nearly 2,000 acres of unused federal land from the Bureau of Land Management. But a neighboring suburb also wants to claim the land.
Putting The 'Park' Back In Parking
Park(ing) Day takes off in cities across America in an effort to raise awareness of the shortage of public parks in urban areas, and to highlight the amount of miles and gallons of gas wasted by drivers looking for parking spots.
Report Says Sprawl Will Offset Any Reductions In Auto Emissions
A new report from the Urban Land Institute says that even with increased fuel efficiency in cars, an increasing rate of vehicle miles traveled due to sprawling development will counteract any reductions in emissions.
To Halt Climate Change, Planners Need To Help People Drive Less
New vehicle technology won't prevent global warming unless urban sprawl is curbed, argues a new book to be published by the Urban Land Institute.
Rolling Out A New Park, Literally!
National Park(ing) Day aims to show people how space traditionally reserved for cars could be turned into useable public space.
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