Land Use
'Interventionist' Planning Credited for Vancouver's Success
Vancouver's "Living First" strategy, which emphasizes downtown living, as well as careful attention to designing the downtown skyline, has made it one of North America's most livable cities.
Is Annexation 'Smart Growth'?
Cities call annexation an effective tool for managing growth at the local level. Counties disagree. Who's really in control?
Anaheim, CA's 'Anti-Kelo' Approach
Anaheim, California, serves up an alternative to Kelo in the form of promoting competition, loosening business restrictions and lowering taxes, writes Steven Greenhut.
Perform Building Inspections From Your Desk
While Pictometry's new mapping technology is being used for public safety, it's also being used by building officials who don't have to leave the office to see who's building without a permit.
African Soil Can't Sustain Locals
A recent report says that over 80 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa's farmland is unfit to produce enough food to sustain millions of hungry inhabitants.
Limiting Sydney's Sprawl Has High Costs
Columnist Michael Duffy argues that new planning techniques and leadership in Sydney are discouraging sprawl and forcing density into the cities and towns that can least support the growth.
The Galactic Suburban Frontier
As growth continues farther and farther from traditional urban cores, defining a sense of place among the myriad "exopoli" becomes increasingly difficult.
Does Maryland Governor Really Support Smart Growth?
After election, Governor Ehrlich identified several "Priority Places" throughout the state, sites supposed to receive full support for smart growth efforts. Yet funding has yet to come through as expected.
Historic Preservation Vs. Transit Hub In NYC
Lisa Chamberlain examines NYC's historic Corbin Building at 11 John Street that's being taken by eminent domain to make way for the new Fulton Street Transit Center.
Indian Planning Terminology 'A Mess'
New Delhi architect Sudhir Vohra outlines problematic and antiquated municipal land use laws in India.
The Geography of Somewhere: Civic Tourism
Author Scott Russell Sanders offers a perspective on how civic tourism can serve to help improve American cities and towns that "feel like jumbles rather than communities, without pattern or purpose."
Drip-by-Drip, Food For Angola
Using advanced irrigation technology imported from Europe and Israel, the war torn country is producing tons of good food for its residents.
Central Florida Pursues Regional Vision For Growth
The Central Florida region, with 86 cities and seven counties, faces development predicted to more than double its population. Three hundred political, business and civic leaders who see the region as a single entity have met to develop a shared vision.
Proposal To Tear Down Obsolete Viaduct Gains Momentum
While options for what to do with Seattle's obsolete waterfront Alaskan Way Viaduct may seem limited, another plan has been thrown into the mix.
Pricing Smart Growth
Smart growth and other land use restrictions cost U.S. homebuyers at least $275 billion in 2005, according to a new report by Randal O'Toole and the American Dream Coalition. O'Toole calls the additional costs 'The Planning Penalty.'
'Shoupistas' Take On Downtown L.A.'s Parking Dilemma
Trying to find parking in Downtown Los Angeles is going from difficult to near-impossible as ever more surface lots are converted to housing. The Downtown News offers the first in a three-part series.
Bay Area Brain Drain
The Bay Area Council has published "The Innovation Economy: Protecting the Talent Advantage" that portrays a stark future for the area, largely resulting from the "unaffordability" (second only to NYC) of the nine-county northern California region.
A Transit-Oriented Future For North Las Vegas?
Anticipating major transportation improvements to serve explosive population growth, the City of North Las Vegas is considering adoption of a transit-supportive land use plan featuring a Regional Fixed Guideway (RFG) system.
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
