Land Use
Revamped Plan For Beijing On Display
An exhibition has opened in Beijing, highlighting the city's attempts to revamp their city planning in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.
City of Angels, East: An Urban Tour Of Bangkok
An automobile tour through Bangkok explores the city that epitomizes urban decentralization in Asia.
Hill May Get Flat Top For Development In Raleigh
This article in North Carolina's Independent Weekly looks at a proposal to chop the top off a historic hill in Raleigh to make way for commercial development. Environmental groups are opposing the plan.
Scotland's Planning System Changes Leave Out Public
Broad changes to Scotland's planning systems were recently approved. A proposal to give communities a third party right of appeal did not pass, leaving many residents concerned that they will have little say in the planning and development of their communities.
What's A Guy Gotta Do To Run A Strip Club In This City?
As industrial areas convert to condos and a new baseball stadium eats up a large chunk of their former stomping grounds, it's getting harder and harder for strip clubs to find a place to operate in Washington D.C.
What Makes A Good Developer?
City Watch Los Angeles examines the different types of real estate developers, and identifies the key factors that make for a "good" developer.
A Battle Over Growth In Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County residents, 1000 Friends of Florida and environmental activist Rosa Durando have filed paperwork with the State of Florida this week to challenge County land use amendment approvals, and gain standing to participate in negotiation.
Friday Funny: First Advertising Visible From Space
Kentucky Fried Chicken became the world's first logo visible from outer space by unveiling a record-breaking 87,500 square feet, updated Colonel Sanders logo in the Area 51 desert. Will cities need to begin regulating space advertising?
A Citizens Guide to Subdivisions and Smart Growth
A new guide helps citizens to identify the differences between good and bad subdivisions in Monanta.
Altering Land Use For Healthier Food Access
This article from Smart Growth Online looks at the increasing concentration of fast food restaurants in many cities and the resulting impact on public health, and also offers some advice to communities for using land use strategies to limit the i
When City Planners Oppose Elected Officials
What happens when the professional planning staff advising an elected board disagrees with the conclusions of the elected board, and is required to submit a proposal that the planners opposed to a state regulatory agency for approval?
Las Vegas Running Out Of Land
With development encroaching on mountains, Indian lands, and protected species' habitats, projections are that the city will run out of room to grow.
Relocating An Entire Town To Avoid Continued Flooding
Moving communities that lie in high hazard areas seems logical, but someone has to pay the bill.
University Proposes Utopian Vision For Grant Land
The University of Minnesota has announced plans to make use of 7,800 acres of open land by creating a utopian community laboratory, with housing for 20,000-30,000 people and an integration of agriculture, commercial space, public transit and open space.
Eminent Domain Limitations May Stand In Arizona
As voters in Arizona overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative to restrict the government's use of eminent domain, the state's Supreme Court unanimously overturned another court's ruling that the initiative was invalid.
Oregon Struggles With Planning Reform
Much has changed in the decades since the state created its widely lauded planning policies and programs. Now Oregon planners are trying to re-energize the state's residents around planning issues, in order to make needed reforms.
Voters Clamp Down On Eminent Domain
Eight states approved new measures to restrict the use of eminent domain on November 7th -- widely seen as a reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Kelo vs. New London.
Creating A New National Park From Private Land
The founder of Burt's Bees is buying land in hopes of creating a new national park in Maine, but locals disagree with the plan to ban snowmobiling, hunting and all-terrain vehicles on 50,000 of her acres.
City Streets Serve As Training Ground For Form-Based Zoning
Groups of planners, architects, and policy makers descended on downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey, to document the character of the city's urban form as part of a training program in form-based codes.
Is The Kelo Backlash Growing?
A property-rights backlash appears to be building across the country as a direct result of the Supreme Court's Kelo v. City of New London decision, writes the WSJ on their editorial page.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
