Land Use
Doctor Blames Health Problems On Developers
Where people live has been shown to relate directly to how much they exercise, as well as to excessive child obesity and the increasing incidence of diabetes. Real estate developers are being held to blame for creating auto-reliant, unhealthy towns.
A Green Grassy Lawn: Love It Or Leave It?
Researchers at Arizona State University investigate landscape design and human-landscape interaction.
Empty Desert Develops To House 200,000
A 67-square mile piece of empty desert in Nevada will soon explode into one of the state's biggest cities, housing more than 200,000. Senator Harry Reid pulled various strings over the last four years to obtain approval for the development.
NIMBY Meets Maxwell Smart
Tips on how to keep projects from getting 86'd by getting smarter than Maxwell Smart.
Sneaky Campaign To Privatize Nationally Owned Land
Activist and singer-songwriter Carole King urges Americans to oppose bills that give away public land for private development.
Learning From Portland: Linking Land Use And Transportation
A film documenting Portland's success in moving people from cars to public transportation is airing on British television.
Drawing Lessons From Major Disasters
A new report contains lessons for planners and other public officials who are concerned about recent public disasters.
The Politics Of Planning In Florida's Citrus Groves
Local residents of rural Palm Beach County learned how growth management laws and grass-roots opposition to a 10,000 unit major development can be trumped by lobbyists in the state capital.
Elected Officials Gone Wild
In a Detroit suburb, a councilwoman is charged with assault and battery after a physical altercation escalates between two elected officials during a council hearing to discuss a variance.
New Urbanist Organic Farmer Wanted
The successful New Urbanist town of New Town in St. Charles, Missouri, is looking for a farmer for its organic farm.
City Plans By Designers, Not Developers
This Times of London opinion piece calls for planners and architects with a true vision to get back in control of city planning. The author argues that "it is the developers who produce the master plans, and the city that responds to them."
Health Effects Of Built Environment Examined
A new report looks at the relationship between the built environment and public health. This report identifies how development can affect public health, while providing advice for improving public health through changes in development patterns.
A Prescription For An Ailing Urban Habitat
The ills that affect our cities can be cured with more sustainable urban planning, says one Australian public health practitioner.
The Beginning Of The End For Suburbia?
With high gas prices here to stay, many experts believe suburbia as we know it will be replaced by more dense and urban settlement patterns.
Green Building Brings Profits In NYC
As environmentally-conscious renters and buyers snatch up the eco-friendly properties in Manhattan, developers are finding that building green is good for the earth and for business.
Do Speed Bumps Increase Traffic Safety?
Randall O'Toole and Kathleen Calongne examine the findings from a recent report that suggests that speed humps make streets 50 to 60 percent safer for children, and reach a different conclusion.
Aspen's Booming Market For Planning Consultants
An industry of planning consultants, many of them former Aspen city planners, has set up shop to help builders navigate through the city's complex development review process.
Annexation and the Fiscal Fate of Cities
New research by David Rusk finds that there is a crucial relationship between the ability of municipalities to expand their borders into unincorporated land and their bond ratings.
A Shifting Planning Paradigm In Hong Kong
No longer content with the planning status quo, the city's residents are demanding that government plans abandon their outdated "city in the sky" vision and focus on quality of life issues in the territory.
New Town Sets Sights On The Sea
Blighted and forgotten waterfront areas are on track for development in Scotland using 19th century new towns as inspiration.
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
