Land Use
America's Top Environmental Issue
The top environmental issue in most American communities is how to save nearby farmland or build new local parks.
Big-box Ban Opposed
A real estate group says banning big-box stores would cause economic pain.
Zoning And Sex Shops: Freeway Porn
A national pornography chain is opening 'adult superstores' in freeway-adjacent, smaller midwestern communities with lax zoning laws.
To Live in a Dump
A determined housing developer plans to build a mixed, residential development next to a future landfill, against the recommendations of county and solid waste officials.
Stripping Away Aging Strip Malls
As sprawl has hit the wall, places like Fremont, CA are looking to convert aging strip malls into mixed-use developments.
Strips Malls As Apartments?
A city in California hopes to create new housing from aging strip malls.
Rhode Island Needs A New Affordable Housing Law
Rhode Island struggles with the right mix of incentives for affordable housing.
The Other Side Of Smart Growth
A Wall Street Journal editorial comes down hard on smart growth, comparing it to Jim Crow and segregation laws.
Subdivision Regulations: Practices & Attitudes
The Lincoln Institute publishes the results of a survey of public officials and developers in the nation's fastest growing single family housing markets.
Aggressive Growth Management For New Orleans Suburb
How does St. Tammany radically redefine the way growth occurs to save the parish from its own success?
Words From A Powerbroker Planner -- From 1962
Relive planning history in Robert Moses' attack on Lewis Mumford from January, 1962 in The Atlantic Monthly.
Sexist Zoning
Students and faculty of Ewha Womans' University in Seoul protest the designation of a 'beauty zone' in their vicinity.
Development Takes Live/Work To The Next Level
An Orange County developer is successfully marketing dwelling units that owners can legally use to receive customers and hire employees in a suburban residential setting.
Michigan's Business Strategy Based On Smart Growth
State's economic pain sows seeds of prosperity.
Zoning Without Zoning
Houston, Texas is the only large American city with no formal zoning code. Does it matter?
Encounters With a Land Use Loophole
Environmentalists and residents of Anne Arundel County, MD are worried by the recent development of old waterfront properties that predate current and tougher development regulations.
North Carolina's Success With Design-based Coding
Design-based coding is gaining popularity in Macon County's stalled planning process.
Balancing Local Autonomy with Regional Planning Goals
A recent study by Northern Illinois University recommends that 'counties and municipalities be given greater statutory power to coordinate land-use planning in shared transportation corridors.'
The Meaning of 'Private' in 'Private Property'
Sam Bass Warner Jr. reflects on the meaning of private property against the changing landscape of land use and ownership.
Induce Job Creation, Reduce Commutes
As nearly 60% of residents in Carroll County, MD commute to work, regional planners are proposing new zoning designations that would attract more businesses and light manufacturing to the county.
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
