Land Use
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.
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.
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
