Land Use

Ikea's plans for a megastore are blocked.

February 4, 2003 - Home Town Advantage Bulletin

The tantalizing puzzle of revitalizing this waterfront land excites civic interest - and anxiety.

February 4, 2003 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Is it rational to try to improve the jobs-housing balance in urban areas or should people, not plans, decide where people live and work? (Link corrected.)

February 3, 2003 - Planetizen

After more than a decade, Boston's Central Artery is about to come down. What will take its place is becoming a citywide debate on land use.

February 3, 2003 - The Boston Globe

New public opinion research suggests that broad regional coalitions against urban growth might be difficult to create.

February 2, 2003 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Report urges the consolidation of building codes into one simple guideline, incentives for towns to accept housing with greater density in their midst; and the creation of a panel to overhaul outdated zoning rules.

February 1, 2003 - The Boston Globe

Is new urbanism "re-urbanizing" the city, or simply creating cuter cookie-cutter suburbs? Is it creating sustainable development?

January 31, 2003 - Planners Network

Ian Roberts blames urban planners for the looming war in Iraq.

January 31, 2003 - The Guardian Unlimited

The barons of Brentwood, Tennessee find the prospect of people walking to work in nearby offices about as attractive as second-hand smoke in a doctor’s office.

January 31, 2003 - Citistates Group

A Los Angeles planner assesses a newly-passed ordinance promoting new housing in L.A.'s commercial corridors.

January 30, 2003 - The Planning Report

APA profiles the history of planning in Denver in preparation for the 2003 APA conference.

January 30, 2003 - Planning Magazine

Southern California kicks-off an innovative two year effort in growth visioning -- the nation's largest effort to date.

January 29, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

A Constitutional defect raises other questions about California's Coastal Commission.

January 29, 2003 - California Planning and Development Report

A bypass demise yields unique transportation partnership.

January 28, 2003 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The City of Irvine, CA plans to auction the 4,700 acre former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station to developers, generating funds and land for a park.

January 28, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Michican state senate majority leader says Michican Republican leaders are "totally committed" to the Smart Growth Commission.

January 27, 2003 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Will form-based zoning codes supplant conventional 0rdinances?

January 27, 2003 - American Planning Association

Is it really too much to ask a developer to justify, in detail, why his building needs to dwarf everything else in the neighborhood?

January 25, 2003 - The Boston Globe

A columnist charges that zoning rules across the country restrict or prevent building new churches, synagogues or mosques

January 22, 2003 - Wall St. Journal

A County Commission in Georgia proposes to abolishing public planning. APA replies.

January 22, 2003 - American Planning Association