Land Use
The Growing Urban Agriculture Movement
Food grown in neighborhood and backyard farms is catching on with urban residents who are looking for healthy, fresh, locally grown food.
Parking Deck Scars Downtown Atlanta Block
Despite being sued over its construction, a developer built a parking deck against code and severely limited the potential of the remaining downtown block it sits on.
Will Houston Try To Limit Apartments?
With many single family neighborhoods unhappy with the encroachment of large apartment complexes, one city councilmember is backing new guidelines to limit the number of apartments in the city.
Smart Growth Wizard Tackles The Nation's Capital
With her new role as the head of the Office of Planning, Harriet Tregoning, a pioneer of the smart growth movement, is set on molding Washington D.C. into a more livable city.
L.A. River Restoration Planning Gets Hands On
A unique gallery exhibition lets visitors build 3D plans for the future of the L.A. River out of building blocks and other small household items. Those involved say that while the work may be child's play, the ideas behind them certainly aren't.
Growth Plan Favors Development Over Farmland
Open space in Flathead County, Montana, has been steadily decreasing for years, and a recently approved growth policy emphasizes development and the economic benefits that follow rather than farmland preservation.
Suburban Growth Slows Near Washington, D.C.
Census data indicates slow growth or decline in suburban population, but some local officials disagree.
Making TOD Work: An Interview With Nathan Cherry
One of the designers behind Mockingbird Station in Dallas, Texas, one of the first TODs in the country, talks about the recipe for a successful transit-oriented development.
Plan Calls For Cemetery To Serve As Park
Developers in Ozark, Illinois have incorporated a historic cemetery into a downtown revitalization project, hoping to create usable open space for the community.
The Case For Statewide Planning
The success of Oregon's communities in stopping sprawl and preserving farmland demonstrate that its model of statewide and regional planning is worth replicating.
Tejon Ranch: California's New 270,000 Acre Master-Planned Community
On a ranch the size of Rhode Island will live 70,000 citizens of California's new town: Centennial.
Downtown Development Rights For Sale In L.A.
Outside experts believe the City of Los Angeles is making a density mistake by selling downtown development rights.
China Passes Landmark Property Rights Law
China grants private individuals to own property. Experts say law recognizes power of growing middle class but does not add protections for farmers.
Can A 'Zipper Zone' Reconnect Intown Memphis?
A top architect is advocating the use of zoning and urban design to transform a key urban thoroughfare into a "zipper" bringing together many of the city's top assets and neighborhoods.
University Hopes To Help Fight Traffic With Mixed Use Plans
Emory University hopes wants provide affordable housing for faculty and staff and tackle the area's traffic problem by building pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use communities on land near campus -- though some area residents aren't sold on the idea.
Voters May Get Power Over Comprehensive Plans
The proposed Florida Hometown Democracy constitutional amendment calls for citizens to vote directly on whether to make changes in local comprehensive plans, instead of elected officials advised by professional and citizen planners.
New Urban Certification Process Moving Forward
The new LEED-ND program is seeking pilot projects to be certified under its new rating system, though developers of some greenfield New Urbanist communities worry the system will penalize them.
Farmers Push Expansion Of Development Boundary
People who own land within a southern Florida urban development boundary reap high prices for their developable land. But with land cut by the boundary, many farmers are pushing for its extension, and the resulting increase in land values.
UNOP Plan Works For New Orleans
Responding to recent criticism, Robert B. Olshansky and Lewis D. Hopkins, professors of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, argue that the United New Orleans Plan gets a lot more things right than wrong.
A Champion For Planning In North Texas
Fernando Costa, the director of planning for Fort Worth, Texas, has won praise from residents with his common sense and consensus building approach to planning in this fast growing region.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
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