Land Use
Northern Virginia Counties Move To Slow Growth
Anti-growth sentiment has led to new building moratoriums in the suburbs around Washington D.C., but they only serve to drive up home prices and keep out middle income families.
Finding A Compromise On Property Rights Regulation
Though Washington State's property-rights initiative failed to pass in November, opponents and supports are trying to work together to address some of the concerns of land owners who feel the current regulations are too strict.
The Secretive Habits Of One City's Zoning Board
Voting sessions for the New Haven Board of Zoning Appeals are held at irregular times with little public notice, breeding accusations of an intentionally closed process.
Austin Hopes For Consensus Plan Around Downtown Redevelopment
With a flurry of residential and mixed-use development planned for the city's downtown, local officials hope to create a comprehensive vision that all stakeholders in the area can support.
Houston Needs Flexibility, Not Rules
Houston leaders need to be cautious that their 'plans' for the city don't stifle its greatest asset -- its economic opportunity and quality of life -- by introducing prescriptive land use zoning.
Smart City Show On Development and Land Use
Smart City Radio features a show focused on the impact of transportation on land use, including interviews with Robert Puentes and Katherine Perez.
Los Angeles' Most Horrendous McMansion of 2006?
Curbed Los Angeles names its hysterical 2006 winners for "The NIMBY Award", "Dumbest Planning Scheme", "Broker Boys & Babes Awards", and our favorites, the "Most Horrendous McMansion of the Year" and the "Worst Garagemahal."
Thousands Protest Regional Plan In India
Thousands of protesters in the Indian state of Goa have turned out to voice their concerns against the Goa Regional Plan, a government move to open up much of the state's lands for construction.
Alabama Planners Say The Sidewalk Leads To Suburban Livability
A number of suburban developments in Alabama are taking cues from regional planners and making efforts to improve their livability by building sidewalks.
Beijing To Introduce Free Park'n'Ride Lots
To encourage more motorists to take advantage of public transit, the city is planning to build free parking lots near new transit stations.
Toronto Receives Award From APA
The American Planning Association has recognized the Ontario "Places to Grow" initiative with a 2007 Daniel Burnham award, the first time the honor has gone to a Canadian region.
Codes and Plans The Key To New Urbanism
Robert Steuteville comments on the progress The New Urbanism has made in implementing form-based codes and regional plans.
Horse-Riding Citizens Fight Grocery Store
In one of few areas in L.A. zoned to allow horses, Burbank horse owners have convinced the local planning board to reject a plan to build a Whole Foods grocery store in their neighborhood. The retailer offered concessions, but the battle continues.
Paris Says No More Clothing Stores On Champs Elysées
The city's commercial planning committee rejected an application from Swedish retailer H&M, saying the famous boulevard -- already home to major clothing retailers -- needs less shops and more cinemas, restaurants and cafes.
Using The Internet To Find A Parking Space
A new Internet start-up hopes to become the eBay for parking spaces by allowing people to find and trade parking online.
Taking Homes For Parking? Think Again!
A back door plan to use eminent domain to provide additional parking for a main street shopping district creates outrage in a Chicago area community.
Group Makes Plans For Walkable Minneapolis
A newly formed non-profit group is focusing on developing a network of pedestrian-friendly routes in downtown.
Rewriting Philadelphia's Zoning Code
With the oldest zoning laws of any major city in the U.S., it's time to retool the rules that govern Philadelphia's growth, argues a recent editorial.
The Debate Over City Planning In Toronto
With the city's planning and zoning rules outdated and elected officials often catering to the interests of developers or NIMBYs, many decry Toronto's "let's-make-a-deal" planning.
Boutique Cities Aren't The Problem
Responding to Joel Kotkin's critique of cities who woo "creative class" over the middle class, Jerold Kayden, director of urban planning at Harvard Graduate School of Design, argues that revitalizing cities isn't as simple as copying sunbelt cities.
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
