Land Use
A Taco Stand in Every Neighborhood
A trip to Baja California -- with its ubiquitous taco stands -- inspires one resident of a New Urbanist community to deal with his neighborhood's lack of eateries by developing a plan for a taco stand.
Are Women Better Planners And Architects?
A survey by a British planning firm shows that most people think women would design and build more livable cities than men.
Portland's Smart Growth Pays Dividends, Literally
A new study lays out the annual savings residents of Portland, Oregon enjoy because of the green choices they and their elected leaders have made over the past 50 years.
The Fastest-Growing Suburbs In America
Forbes compiles a list of the top 100 fastest-growing suburbs -- predominantly in the Sun Belt and the West.
Oregon's Land Use Laws Won't Get 'Big Look'
Funding for an independent review of the state's planning system is slashed, with fingers pointing blame in many directions.
UnSprawl Case Study: Southside In Greensboro, N.C.
Greensboro's Southside neighborhood, a 10-acre revitalization project, features restored historic homes, live-work units, corner retail, a central transit stop, and a metamorphosis of the once-blighted neighborhood into a vibrant community.
Vancouver Thinks About Building Higher -- And So Do Suburbs
Scarcity of land has prompted officials in Vancouver to consider updating building height restrictions to allow buildings to rise higher. Even neighboring suburbs are thinking about raising their own allowed building heights.
A U.S. Planner's Experience In Iraq
A planner and Army Reservist from Florida talks about his time spent working on planning issues in Iraq, and relates it to his experiences as a city planner in the U.S.
Tree Replacement Project Sparks Protests In Santo Domingo
Residents of the Dominican capital are outraged by the government's move to cut down mature trees in the city's colonial areas.
A Checklist For Good Planning
Harris Steinberg, director of PennPraxis of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, offers 10 steps for good urban planning.
Book Review: Worthy Of The Nation
The second edition of this seminal historical planning study of Washington, D.C. offers readers an in-depth look at the city's birth and creation.
A New Model For Urban Infill
When residents of Denver's Curtis Park neighborhood learned of a plan to build an apartment complex on a small lot, they formed the Curtis Park Investors Group (CPIG) to purchase the land. Then they built something else.
California 2050: Sprawl Or Skyscrapers?
Study predicts that by 2050 California's population will grow by 75%. Experts weigh in on what this means to planning for the state's growth.
A Recipe For Grassroots Community Building
A new book bills itself as a do-it-yourself guide for residents looking to strengthen the sense of community it their neighborhood.
The Vacant Building Syndrome
In this new column, award-winning journalist and author Roberta Brandes Gratz reports on urban development crises around the country and the opportunities they present for positive action.
Report Calls For Changes In Development Patterns
A new report calls on planners in the metropolitan Boston area to significantly alter housing development patterns to avoid a severe loss of land and natural resources by 2030.
The New Metropolitanism?
Good middle class suburbs aren't sustainable without a vibrant city, and vice versa, argues a recent article in the Houston Chronicle.
How Poor Planning Creates Slums
By ignoring the "spinoff" effects of urban growth and sprawl, planners in Jamaica have unwittingly encouraged the creation of slums and overcrowded urban centers, according to experts.
New Development In Scenic West Creates Catastrophic Fire Risk
New wave of development in scenic areas adjacent to federal lands in the western United States ignore fire risks.
Straw Men In A Sprawl World
Smart growth isn't an attack on the middle class, and those who argue as such are simply misrepresenting facts to distract from the real issues that planners are trying to mitigate.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
