Land Use

It has been five months since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Urban Land publishes a 24-page special report with an overview, recommendations, and essays from urban planners, local business leaders, developers, architects, and academia regarding the future of the Crescent City.

February 7, 2006 - Urban Land Magazine

An index of walkability incorporates land use, street connectivity, net residential density, and retail floor area ratios, with health-related outcomes in King County, Washington.

February 7, 2006 - Journal Of The American Planning Association

February 7, 2006 - Ricky Mathews

An eminent domain story from the New Jersey coast illustrates the complexity of the controversial issue.

February 7, 2006 - The Weekly Standard

As mega-malls begin to emerge in established communities, communities have mixed feelings. Some think the development will bring traffic. Others look to increasing property values.

February 5, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Planners, students and citizens participate in a two-day visioning session to create a road map for the future of Seattle's open space.

February 5, 2006 - Seattle Post Intelligencer

The new study says that L.A.'s underserved areas need parks the most, preferably within one mile of homes, although more parks alone may not be enough to promote adequate levels of exercise.

February 4, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

One man owns a piece of Fort Totten, now a major New York City metro area park; he's just not sure where it is (or who's buried there), complicating matters for the Mayor.

January 31, 2006 - New York Press

Suburban growth has kept our cities livable while they expand, and attempts to limit suburban growth ignore important historical trends, writes Joel Kotkin.

January 30, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) disagrees with Demographia's recent study on housing affordability.

January 30, 2006 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

This brief describes a new information tool developed by the Urban Markets Initiative to quantify, for the first time, the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices.

January 30, 2006 - The Brookings Institution

Office space in the Portland metro area grew by a net 1.45 million square feet in 2005, but only 150,000 was added to Portland's commercial core in Multnomah county. The rest, almost 90 percent, was distributed across three suburban counties.

January 30, 2006 - The Oregonian

A columnist confesses publicly that he is a heretic and that he 'loves suburbia.'

January 27, 2006 - The Australian

Two comprehensive studies conclude that sprawl has negative effects on public health and pollution; however, many remain skeptical.

January 27, 2006 - The Seattle Times

Eleven towns are weighing the costs and benefits of recent plans tailored to each community, with the option to pick and choose among the various proposals.

January 26, 2006 - Biloxi Sun Herald

Strategists take note as Virginia’s new governor tackles sprawl. Could "smart growth" tip the next presidential election?

January 26, 2006 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The early version of the 'Forward Dallas Comprehensive Plan' focuses on making the city more pedestrian-friendly.

January 25, 2006 - Dallas Morning News

Successful litigation by a Sierra Club chapter in California's Central Valley results in $17.5 million to purchase conservation easements in San Joaquin County, as well as the establishment of a farmland preservation fee in the City of Stockton.

January 23, 2006 - The Stockton Record

To arrest the trend of historic tear-downs with incompatable 'mega-mansions' built in their place, the City of Atlanta has placed a temporary halt to the practice.

January 23, 2006 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

New Urbanism pioneer Andres Duany says the movement could change affordable housing and predict growing demand for experts.

January 22, 2006 - Orlando Business Journal