Land Use
Mayor Envisions A Tall, Dense, Green Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa imagines a future Los Angeles with transit-oriented development, high-rises, and scores of pocket parks. Critics say the vision is impractical.
Regional Plan For Bay Area Shopped To Officials
Planning for 2 million additional Bay Area residents in 25 years, three regional agencies will tie transportation funding to land use development to promote medium and high density housing within 1/2 mile of transit centers.
New Hope For Old Suburbs
This editorial from the New York Times highlights the findings of the newly released Brookings study and calls for more investment and collaborative planning in these communities.
Schwarzenegger's Road To A Greener California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promises of a greener California are being tested by a proposal to build a major toll road through a state park.
Eminent Domain At Gunpoint
Cities can't be trusted with sweeping eminent domain powers, writes Reason columnist Jacob Sullum.
New Urbanism In The City (And Edge City)
Atlanta's Atlantic Station introduces a new community to the 'trendy suburban antidote' of New Urbanism.
Mixed Use Development Gains Ground
Mixed-use developments are changing how Americans live, work, and play, according a Business Week review of New Urbanism projects.
Clinton, Katz Comment On 'First Suburb' Report
The nation's older, inner-ring 'first suburbs' are often bypassed by policies that direct government assistance elsewhere, as discussed by Senator Hillary Clinton and Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution.
Sierra Club Criticizes Large Sale Of Public Land
Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, comments on the Bush administration's plan to sell 300,000 acres of public land.
Transportation Fairy Tales?
Wendell Cox charges that Ventura County, CA's plans to promote alternative transit strategies over expanding highways is a "fairy tale" that will result in additional pollution and more traffic.
Environmentalists Oppose Sale Of Public Land
California environmentalists criticize Bush administration's plan to sale of over 300,000 acres of public land.
Smart Growth as a Research Topic
Let's say the idea of smart growth is a good one. Does that leave room for research questions, asks Randall Crane in UCLA's Department of Urban Planning.
Smart Growth Comes to Boston's Suburbs
Compact, walkable development near public transit may be the next big real estate boom in Massachusetts, according to the Boston Globe's Sunday magazine.
White House Plans Large Sale Of Public Lands
The Bush administration is planning to sell 300,000 acres of national forests and other public land.
Vietnam Creates Satellite City Plan
The scheme for Ho Chi Minh City is designed to alleviate overcrowding and other socioeconomic problems.
Ten Successes That Shaped The 20th Century American City
Historian Larry Gerckens outlines the ten successes that have shaped the modern American City -- from sewage systems to integrated transportation.
Tysons Corner: Less Density, Driven By The Market
The number of people living in dense, large buildings in the edge-city of Tysons Corner in Fairfax County, Virginia, will apparently be less than developers planned for.
Smart Growth And Parking
This report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) explores approaches for integrating parking with smart growth goals.
Linking Urban Sprawl And Poverty
A new book examines how racial segregation and urban sprawl perpetuate cycles of poverty.
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
