Land Use
Is Smart Growth Un-American?
An editorial asserts that the founding fathers would not have approved of the smart growth movement.
Smart Growth And Schools
Urban sprawl's impact on school funding is more of a smart growth issue than is commonly realized.
Paying Towns to 'Relax Zoning Rules'
A statewide housing task force recommends paying towns to 'approve new residences near transit stops, in towns centers and abandoned industrial areas.'
No Crematory In My Back Yard
By 2025 nearly half of Americans will be cremated. A dramatic rise in the number of crematories has many communities worried about zoning and pollution.
East Vs. West in Loudoun County
What will be the fate of growth restrictions imposed over the past 4 years in Loudoun County, Virginia?
Great Sprawl of China
Historic towns and farms located on the outskirts of Beijing are being engulfed by urban sprawl.
Book Review: Mugged By The State
A former reporter writes a scathing book about innocent citizens who find themselves overwhelmed by draconian laws -- many of them land use and environmental.
America's Newest Hot Spots Are Not In The Sunbelt
Suburbs boom in the nation's new "low-SPF Sunbelt.
Schwarzenegger Favors Curbing Sprawl
Governor-elect of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger favors restoration of declining urban environments. His website criticizes "fiscally unsustainable sprawl" and promises new incentives revitalization of blighted areas.
Are Big-box Superstores The New Town Squares?
Malls have been replaced by big-box superstores as the new town square. How long will it be until they have to surrender control to people exercising their free-speech rights?
'Progress Is Just Another Word For Letting Builders Build'
In a "revolutionary action, anti-sprawl voters in Ann Arbor, MI, agree to a new tax to buy and preserve open space.
Portland Sues Over Walkway Access To Rail
Building owners block access to previously agreed upon easement.
Deer-Related Accidents Cost $1.1 Billion
Car collisions with deer are costing lives and money across America.
Sprawl And Wildfires
Sprawl around San Diego has put people in the path of wild fires.
Developers Belted In Ann Arbor
Voters easily pass an initiative to establish a greenbelt tax around the city.
America At Odds With Its Land?
An Indian columnist offers his perspective on California's fires and city-slicking deer.
Cleveland's Population Continues To Fall
Tom Bier discusses the imbalance between suburban construction and the region's growth and its implications for Cleveland's future.
Atlanta Must Embrace Smart Growth
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorializes that zoning policies which encourage sprawl are eroding the region's quality of life.
Atlanta Cities Zoning Codes Favor Sprawl
A 'Growth Audit' examines zoning codes for 26 metro Atlanta cities and counties and found that the zoning codes favor sprawl.
Sprawl Without Borders
While spreading development around metropolitan areas, such as Washington, D.C. may be inevitable, the way it happens, as in this case, hardly benefits the folks who already live there.
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
