Land Use
Using Google Earth To Illustrate A Comprehensive Plan
A team in Durango, Colorado, uses Google Earth to visualize the city's preferred development scenario, and produces an YouTube instructional video.
There Goes The Town
As its first residential subdivision is approved, developers are banking that the tiny town of Hebron, Illinois, will be the location for the next wave of Chicago's suburban growth.
Turning Brownfields Into Brightfields
An environmentally remediated parcel of land in a hard-knock New England town finds new life as the nation's largest solar energy field.
Oregonians Believe Measure 37 Was A Mistake
In 2004, Oregonians passed Measure 37, which gave zoning waivers to longtime property owners. With voters in several other states facing similar measures, a recently released poll shows that most Oregon voters now oppose Measure 37.
Hollywood May Place Green Cap On Freeway
A plan is being pushed to create a 24-acre park in Hollywood by enclosing a half-mile stretch of freeway that runs below the street level.
Eminent Domain And Property Owner Compensation Up To Idaho Voters
Idaho's Proposition 2 asks voters to decide whether the state should compensate property owners when land-use laws reduce their property values. The voters must also decide if they want their state to prohibit the use of eminent domain.
Cities Hesitant To Extend Planning Boundary
Two North Carolina communities are grappling over whether they should extend their county's planning boundary to include both jurisdictions. Some residents are opposed due to fears of conforming to undesired development standards.
Legislation To Impose Master Plan Meets Opposition
Supervisors in San Francisco have called on the city to impose the affordable housing standards included in the master plan, a move many in the city's planning department fear will bring development in the city's eastern areas to a halt.
Master Plan May Boost Tourism In Northern Philippines
With a new 20-year master plan, public officials in the Philippines look to create a new tourist hotspot in Alaminos City, which houses 100 small islands.
New Locations For Federal Offices Create Sprawl
De facto master planning by Federal Government creates more sprawl in the Washington, D.C. region. For example, the FBI field office is moving from Tyson's Corner to Manassas, farther from the Alexandria courts where federal cases are heard.
The Psychological Effects Of Urban Planning On Children
Making cities and urban places more child-friendly was the subject of a recent planning conference in Sydney, Australia. Attendees highlighted some of the ways poor planning can negatively affect childhood development.
Ballot Initiative Addresses Need for Smart Growth
The controlled growth initiative in Solano County, California, is one of many currently on the ballot in the Bay Area which aim to promote smart growth.
Red And Blue States Cough Up For Land Conservation
Voters are routinely taxing themselves to preserve land and quality of life - no matter their political persuasion.
Fat City: Questioning The Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity
Researchers at the University of Toronto conclude that linking sprawl and obesity is misguided.
The Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Boston
Over the past 30 years, eastern Massachusetts has seen a remarkable combination of rising home prices and declining supply of new homes. Edward L. Glaeser and Bryce A. Ward examine whether reductions in new supply reflect a real lack of land or a response to man-made restrictions on development.
Suburbs Without The Sprawl
Joel Kotkin looks to Reston, Virginia, and other suburban villages as the new way for America to handle an increasing population without succumbing to the negative aspects of traditional sprawl.
The Case For California Prop 90: The Death of Eminent Domain
Leonard Gilroy, AICP, makes the case for why Californians should support Proposition 90, which he suggests will block eminent domain abuses and limit regulatory takings.
Development Halts In Cape Town
The planning process in Cape Town, South Africa, is struggling with major delays as changes in the decision-making structure have left planning officials with little or no authority to approve plans.
Developer Plans To Sue City Over Eminent Domain
Builders of a proposed multi-billion dollar redevelopment project in Riviera Beach, Florida are considering legal action against the state and city after being told that eminent domain will not be used to acquire properties for the project.
Urban Planning, IDEO Style
The California-based design company's "Smart Space" practice takes on the staid world of infrastructure, zoning and public process.
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
