Land Use
An Anti-Sprawl Experiment
New Jersey tests a new anti-sprawl system.
Transportation, Land Use and Economies of Scale
While planners strive to enhance the transportation-land use configuration to minimize travel and transportation infrastructure, the seemingly unrelenting movement toward larger-scale businesses and services may be counteracting these initiatives.
Does Gentrification Cause Prejudiced Condemnations?
Did D.C. housing officials unnecessarily condemn deteriorated apartment buildings to speed up gentrification?
Finding The Right Agricultural Buffer Zone
As new development replaces agricultural land, cities struggle with an appropriate buffer zone between the two uses.
How To Spot A Suburb Becoming An Urban County
Once considered a suburb, Orange County, CA has run out of coastal land for building, and is now more crowded than Los Angeles.
The Age Of The Great Dispersal
Despite "Smart Growth" entreaties, outward migration continues.
Geologist Predicts Southern California Earthquakes
Southern California's San Andreas fault may be about to produce several earthquakes, according to University of Oregon geologist Ray Weldon.
Learning The Lessons Of Urban Sprawl
How urban sprawl is changing Maine.
How To Tell If You Are Winning The War On Urban Sprawl
Studying how urban form changes over time, this study evaluates the success of a city with one of the nation's leading anti-sprawl initiatives.
Boom And Bust
Leapfrogging suburbs make life difficult for public schools.
California May Set Statewide 'Granny Flat' Standards
California officials are considering new legislation to compell wealthy communities to allow construction of granny flats.
Tri-Rail's Boca 'Station Of The Future'
A transit-oriented development in South Florida is heralded by Tri-Rail as the future for rail stations.
Testing Adequacy Of Services, Not Just Adequacy Of Facilities
Prince George's County revisits police and fire adequate public facilitites standards.
Trends In Transfers Of Development Rights
USA Today profiles the efforts of a couple in rural Palmett, GA to manage growth through transfers of development rights.
Atlanta Suburbs Have Most Fast-growing Counties
Atlanta's suburbs are exploding with growth according to new Census data.
Wal-Mart Rejected By Oregon Land Use Board
State land use board denied an appeal by Wal-Mart and upheald a city's zoning decision.
San Francisco's Shrinking Population
The U.S. Census Bureau reports population losses for San Francisco and gains for its neighbor to the south--Los Angeles.
An Ordinance To Restrict Chain Stores
A San Francisco ordinance would restrict 'formula retail stores' from entering the Hayes Valley community.
Wal-Mart Store Rejected By Voters In Inglewood
An effort by Wal-Mart to bypass planning and environmental reviews is rejected by voters.
When Mixed-use Includes A Library
Glen Park Marketplace in San Francisco may soon include transit-adjacent mixed-use grocery store, housing and library branch.
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.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
