Land Use
The World's Largest Park
A proposal for a vast nature park in America's Great Plains could help revive economies in 10 states.
Historic Preservation Needed
As urban sprawl encroaches upon California's oldest wineries, owners are concerned about the future of their industry.
The Backlash Against Smart Growth
Writing in Innovation Briefs, Ken Orski charges that the Smart Growth forces -- long basking in uncritical acclaim -- now find themselves on the defensive.
Planning for the Dead
As cemetaries all over the U.S. are running out of burial spaces, planners are faced with a sensitive challenge.
New Standards Limit Look-alike Buildings
New Commercial buildings in Sarasota County can be similar to structures built else where in the U.S., but can only be reproduced one time within the County.
'Not In Your Backyard'
Connecticut residents find out that the hazards of suburban living include intrusive cell towers.
Why Build In A Firebelt?
Why do Southern California planners and developers keep building in harm's way?
California's Blazing Density (or Sprawl?) Problem
The state wrestles with age-old issues of growth amid some of the worst fires in history.
Home Builders Train Guns On Ann Arbor Land Plan
Greenbelt would protect watershed, limit sprawl.
Religion And Zoning: A Home Or A Synagogue?
The debate over zoning and religion comes to a point in an historic upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Orthodox Jews and architecture connoisseurs.
Raising The Dead
Planners seek to reinvent Fresh Kills, the world's largest landfill.
TOD Is Good For Drivers Also
Hank Dittmar offers evidence that building transit benefits drivers, as well as transit riders.
The Anti-Sprawl Catch-22
New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey promised the nation's toughest anti-sprawl campaign. Nine months later...
Land That's a Goldmine
In many states, a trend to recycle abandoned quarries for residential development 'is accelerating.'
Bet The Farm On It
A new study finds that agricultural easement programs are protecting farmland from urban expansion.
Upstate New York Sprawling Despite Little Growth
A new analysis shows that despite two decades of anemic population growth, Upstate New York has urbanized hundreds of thousands of acres of farm and forest land since 1980.
Private Ownership Reconsidered in China
Private ownership of land, which was banned in China for the past 54 years, may be included in the country's revisions of its current constitution.
Casino Profits For Land
California Indian tribes are using casino proceeds to buy back and expand reservation lands.
How To Stop Sprawl: A User-Friendly Toolkit
The David Suzuki Foundation has released a toolkit to help communities stop sprawl.
Playa Vista: The Future Of Urban Planning
Now officially open, Playa Vista is the 'largest and best example' of Smart Growth in Southern California.
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
