Land Use
Smart Growth, Dumb Choice
Joel Schwartz and Wendell Cox argue that "Smart Growth" is a dumb choice unless you want higher housing prices and increased traffic congestion.
Sex And The Suburb
Reason Magazine looks at one town's struggle to save mom-and-pop porn shops. Are legitimate adult uses a new strategy for community development?
Big Box Retail's Global Appeal
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea's largest Asian store opens in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
NIMBY's With Deep Pockets
A town in Florida is paying another town to fulfill their affordable housing requirements.
From Coast To Sprawling Coast
The nation's coastal areas are experiencing a dramatic transformation.
Bush Announces National Parks Plan
As President Bush reports advances on his campaign promise to spend nearly $5 billion on upgrading national parks, critics point out exaggerations and his poor environmental record.
In Defense Of Strip Developments
The Thoreau Institute offers a defense of strip developments, comparing planners' attempts to remove them as similar to the urban renewal programs of the 1950s.
Utah Rewards Small Town Smart Growth
Utah plans to direct funds to rural areas that plan ahead.
Planning Is A Tool, Not A Goal
The thrust of contemporary urban planning might make sense if we were bees or ants. But we aren't, writes Wendell Cox.
Preemptive War On Sprawl
In a city rated as one of the nation's best places to live, a proposed plan asks voters for money to fight sprawl.
Will Voters Get To Vote On Development?
Florida considers a proposal to put development to a vote and give voters control over planning issues.
Council Calls For Directing Sales Tax Revenue To Transit
The Michigan Land Use Leadership Council recommends recommended directing a quarter of the state’s auto-related sales tax to finance new public transit programs in Michigan.
Revolt Against Regionalism
Wisconsin's 4-year-old law requiring all its local governments to develop "comprehensive land-use plans" by 2010 is creating a backlash at the grassroots level and in the state legislature.
Land Rush in the South
Giant timber companies are selling off millions of acres of forest land.
Ruling Could Lead To Land Use 'Anarchy'
Ruling over "critical area" case could have wider land use impact in Maryland.
Exploiting Dead Streets
A unique zoning law and carefully kept historical records in Massachusetts have created a loophole that is being exploited by developers.
Stuck In The Median
Longtime residents of the median strip of a Maryland highway may be able to sell their land for commercial uses.
California State Parks Department Looks To Urban Centers
In this interview, California State Parks' Acting Director Ruth Coleman addresses her department's approach to developing and programming parks in urban centers.
Community Asks: Who's The Boss?
A Springsteen concert at the new Rentschler Field, a state-owned stadium in East Hartford, CT, raises questions over the its intended uses.
Mixed Use Zoning In Savannah
Form-based code proposing mixed uses generates interest in Savannah.
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
