Land Use
Housing and Schools Mismatch Creates Widespread Problem
'As military families migrate to better quarters at Fort Meade and elsewhere, local authorities strain to educate an influx of children.'
Expansion Of Snowmobile Use In Yellowstone Rejected
A Bush administration plan to allow expand snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park is rejected.
Land Use Struggle at a Stalemate
'Many port cities are struggling...because port and city leaders usually have different ideas about how waterfronts should be used. Only rarely have they worked together on a vision.'
Venezuelans Divided Over Who Owns The Land
Venezuela's supreme court ruled last month that one major government-sponsored land invasion was illegal.
Can Better Schools Sell Housing?
With $4 billion of housing at issue, Stapleton's master developer wants to persuade people to move back to the city for the schools.
Making Streets Safer For Bikes And Pedestrians
Two local organizations to audit streets for pedestrian safety in Providence, RI.
Is Detroit Being Reclaimed By Nature?
A third of Detroit's 139-square-miles now consists of weed-choked lots and deteriorating buildings.
Development Limits Upheld
A Florida court overturns a local judge's ruling that would have allowed property owners to build on up to 15,000 lots created before strict land-use requirements were enacted.
Cluster Developments Approved
Smart growth's benefits are not enough to counter the market incentives to sprawl.
New Report Highlights Need To Curb Sprawl
Pembina Institute finds that existing provincial policies are an obstacle to reforming land use planning in Ontario
One Creek As A Test Of Western Land Use
A miner who owns claims along an Oregon creek brings a suit that could shift the balance between development and preservation.
Report Analyzes The Decline Of Pennsylvania
The truth hurts but hopefully we can learn from it.
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.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
