Land Use
Scottish Highlands Poised For Growth
As one of Europe's fastest growing regions, the burgeoning City of Inverness is grappling with its growth issues by contemplating the benefits of New Urbanism.
Causes of Sprawl: A Portrait from Space
Researchers calculate We calculate a 'sprawl index' for all metropolitan areas and then examine the reasons why sprawl differs across space.
Mixed-Use Development Heats Up In Miami
Miami residents and developers alike are discovering the advantage of mixed-use development.
Sprawl Isn't So Bad
Blogger Aaron Donovan attends a recent book talk by Robert Bruegmann provides an irreverent analysis of the author's defense -- and definition -- of sprawl.
Second Grade Planners
When designing a city for the future, rarely do future residents participate. But in Holden, Mass., the voice of the future is being heard as elementary school students are being asked what they want to see in their town in the future.
Sauget, Illinois: Home Of The 'YIMBY-ists'
Give us your strip-clubs, your benzene and dioxin-spewing chemical plants, say Sauget, Illinois officials.
Ballots Reflect Eminent Domain Backlash
After the Supreme Court's "Kelo" decisions, ballot referendums seek to restrict local governments' power.
Urban Areas Say 'No' To Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart's expansion into urban areas, which the company believes is necessary for continued growth, is continuing to meet strong opposition.
Establishing Land Rights For The Poor?
Establishing land rights for the poor in developing nations was a mostly-ignored issue until the second annual Clinton Global Initiative in Manhattan in late September, 2006.
Second Homes In Tahoe Basin Force Out Local Workforce
As more wealthy Bay Area residents purchase second homes to vacation in the Tahoe basin, long-time residents and workers find themselves priced-out, moving to less expensive, rural Nevada and commuting long distances, or out of the area entirely.
Higher Density For The Dead
Pressed for land, cemeteries in Orlando, Florida, and elsewhere are being more efficient with space.
Project In Hawaiian Flood Zone Is Denied
A proposed commercial development on the Hawaiian Island of Kaua'i has been denied by a county planning commission. The site is located in a flood zone and construction would require the removal of many exotic trees. The developer plans to sue.
Do Maryland Residents Want More Density?
The results of a recent statewide growth visioning exercise show a continuing desire to reign in sprawl by focusing development in urban areas along transit lines.
Farmland Divided In Central California
2,800 acres of Central California farmland has been effectively split into a collection of 40-acre parcels, all of which have been zoned to contain up to two residential units. Many in the nearby community are upset at the loss of farmland.
Dead End For Road Building In National Forests
Without conducting environmental analysis as required by federal law, the Bush administration suspended Clinton-era rules banning road building in national forests.
Florida Residents Sue To Prevent Eminent Domain
A day after Riviera Beach contracted with a developer for hotels, condos, marinas, shops and a new harbor, and 4 months after Gov. Bush signed a law outlawing government seizure of land for private development, 4 property owners filed a suit.
Sprawl Isn't The Answer For Affordable Housing
An editorial from a building industry leader criticizes the Australian government's simplistic thinking on increasing the production of affordable housing.
The Manhattanization Of Toronto
With the city mostly built out, and more residents looking to live in the urban core, Toronto planners and developers are busy building the city upwards.
ULI Honors Peter Calthorpe With Nichols Prize
Peter Calthorpe, an early pioneer of the new urbanism and smart growth movements, recently received the prestigious J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development by the Urban Land Institute.
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
