Land Use

Kunstler On Ontario's Green-Belt Plan

Author James Howard Kunstler discusses Ontario' new green-belt protection plan to halt sdevelopment outside the Greater Toronto area.

February 21, 2005 - Rise The Hammer

Impact Fees Should Not Be Used For Social Engineering

Impact fees add $10,000 to the cost of a new home in the North Albuquerque area, and are being used as a tool for social engineering, writes Jeff Stuve, president of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.

February 21, 2005 - Albuquerque Journal

Latino New Urbanism Takes Off

Communities find cultural preferences can aid efforts to limit sprawl.

February 17, 2005 - USA Today

New Urbanism And Crime: CNU Fires Back

The Congress for the New Urbanism responds to a recent article in Reason Magazine claiming that New Urbanist developments encourage crime.

February 16, 2005 - The Congress for the New Urbanism

State Sues Developer Over 'Moonscaping'

Arizona files a suit against a southern Arizona developer alleging the "moonscaping" of land, archaeological ruins, waterways and wildlife.

February 16, 2005 - The Arizona Republic

Does The Built Environment Influence Physical Activity?

Evidence is sparse but supports a relationship between physical activityand the built environment.

February 15, 2005 - Transportation Research Board

Sprawl Rights

How Connecticut got planned and zoned for sprawl.

February 14, 2005 - The Hartford Courant

$1 Million Mobile Homes

Beachfront mobile homes in Southern California are fetching staggering prices.

February 14, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

Health Facilities Master Planning Case Study

Healing exterior spaces are moving from options to necessities as health systems compete for patients, staff and community good will.

February 14, 2005 - Health Facilities Management

Looking Back at 20 Years of Growth Management in Florida

Former planning leaders voice regrets over growth management in Florida.

February 14, 2005 - Palm Beach Post

Suburbs Are Here To Stay, So Stop Complaining

Planning and related professions should stop condemning suburbs -- and focus on making them better.

February 14, 2005 - Architecture

The San Joaquin Valley: To Sprawl Or Not?

Imagining the future is risky business, but projections often encourage regional planning.

February 12, 2005 - The San Francisco Chronicle

First Suburbs Are Feeling The Urban Core's Pain

Cleveland's older suburbs hope to fight new projects that will drain more people from the aging suburbs.

February 11, 2005 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

D.C. Property Tax Drought May Be Ending

President Bush proposes an evaluation of federal land holdings in the District.

February 8, 2005 - The Washington Post

Urban Blight Meets Victorian Values, Sylvan Dreams

Caught between Atlanta's shimmering downtown and its endless magnolia-laced suburbs is a moat of rusting forges and quarries, neighborhoods with names like Cabbagetown and Peoplestown.

February 7, 2005 - The Christian Science Monitor

Eminent Domain: Used or Abused?

Are local governments are using eminent domain to eliminate blight--or to boost tax revenues?

February 7, 2005 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Northern Virginia's New Downtown?

The owners of Tysons Corner Center, already the region's largest mall, are developing a plan that would double its size and move toward transforming the iconic suburban shopping destination into something like a small city.

February 5, 2005 - The Washington Post

Combat Training and Suburbia

Sprawl is moving close to once-remote military facilities.

February 3, 2005 - USA Today

The Stranglehold Of Conventional Suburban Design

Is New Urbanism effective in countering sprawl? [Link corrected.]

February 2, 2005 - New Urban News

ULI Panel To Recommend Ways To Resolve Growth Dilemmas

Turf battles, private property rights, and rural growth are hot button issues.

February 1, 2005 - The Idaho Statesman

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.

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Director, Strategy and Research

Greater Baltimore Committee

Senior Planner

Eagle County Government

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