Land Use
The City Of The Extreme American Dream
Orange County has grown from a small town of orange groves to a bursting suburb to a 'Todayland' megacity for the 'affluenza'.
Miami To Adopt Form-Based Zoning
City leaders say Miami's zoning code encourages insensitive development.
The Elitism Of Open Space Laws
Moralists are pulling up the drawbridge and outsiders - like young adults and families - can't get in.
Miami 21
Miami promises to throw out its antiquated zoning code and start anew to make Miami the city its citizens want it to be.
Can Active Living Design Curb Obesity?
Fighting America's obesity epidemic will required a myriad of lifestyle changes. Nature Medicine investigates communities that are rising to this challenge.
The Other Side Of Takings: Givings
What if the public were compensated for the increase in land value that results from public actions?
Public Transit Won't Work As Long As Parking Is Free
Even if Los Angeles builds a larger rail system, few will take it if parking is free, argues professor Donald C. Shoulp.
Miami To Abandon Old Zoning Code, Adopt New Rules
The city of Miami plans to remake itself by adopting new neighborhood- and pedestrian-friendly building rules.
Plans For The 'New Suburbia'
Nassau County, NY unveils its vision for for New Suburbia -- a three square-mile area in the center of Nassau County, Long Island, known as the 'Nassau Hub.'
SF Planning Department Overwhelmed
A backlog of up to 700 planning permits is frustrating residents and developer. Planning director promises change.
Denver Reinvents Itself
The city is combining an old pragmatism with an intensifying progressive bent.
Developers Compete For Land Near Ballpark
Many consider land around the site of the new D.C.stadium to be a home run of an investment.
Wal-Mart's Open Source Pledge
Wal-Mart pledges to buy and preserve land to compensate for footprint.
Boise Mayor Wants Growth Cap For Unincorporated Areas
Mayor Dave Beiter of Boise, ID, wants Ada County to amend zoning rules.
Property Rights At Odds With Sprawl Control
Market forces nurture a new crop on rural land -- suburban development.
Reinventing Conservation Easements
No recent happening in land conservation rivals the deployment from coast to coast of conservation easements.
Farm Wars
Can "Right to Farm" laws resolve growing land use conflicts?
Unincorporated Areas Under Development Pressure
Developers propose housing, commercial, and industrial development in farmland areas of Yolo County, CA.
Wal-Mart Money At Work In Vermont
Wal-Mart and an Ohio developer run a successful campaign to overturn a Vermont town's local ordinance governing large-scale retail stores.
Vermont Town Wants Big Boxes
Voters in Bennington, Vermont reject a cap on retail store size.
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
