Land Use
California's Eroding Rural Areas
Across California, once-prized agriculture areas are being squeezed by rapidly growing populations and development. What can be done?
Security Concerns Push Firms To Suburbs
This is the last in a series of occasional articles on security, buildings, and cities after 9/11 by Boston Globe urban planning writer Anthony Flint.
NY's Proposed Building Code Changes
Proposed changes must walk a fine line between economic reality and protectiveness.
APA Lauds New Illinois Smart Growth Statute
Illinois enacts Local Planning Technical Assistance Act.
Challenges To San Diego's 'City Of Villages'
The City of San Diego is having toconfront institutional obstacles to its proposed "City of Villages."plan.
City To Spend $15.8m For Walkable Downtown
Sunrise, Florida to offer incentives to a private developer to "carve out a downtown."
Chicago's $11 Billion Downtown Master Plan
The National Real Estate Investor looks at Chicago's new downtown plan -- the first planning document for downtown since 1958.
Rural Smart Growth Strategies
A new report illustrates promising rural growth strategies that revitalize small towns.
Maintain Quality Of Life: Provide Open Space
Arizona cities have been unable to build enough parks to keep up with the rapidly-increasing population.
War Stories From A Houston Pedestrian
Houston has done well facilitating pedestrian access in commercial areas -- but don't try to walk between neighborhoods.
Building Homes On Shaky Ground
When one geologist says not to build, developers find another geologist that says everything is fine.
Blueprint 2030: How To Grow
A draft report proposes a different approach for development in the Twin Cities.
Conservation Subdivision Design
While conventional environmental wisdom suggests that only draconian government efforts to preserve open space will work, the market is already well ahead of the curve.
Affordable Housing And The Suburbs
Peter H. Schuck comments on the recent court decision regarding New Jersey's Mount Laurel doctrine.
The New Trend: Lake-side Living
A growing number of residents and cities are finding that development adjacent to lakes is a way to dramatically improve the quality of life.
Costco Vs. The Church
A federal judge blocks an attempt by the City of Cypress, CA to condemn church land to make way for a tax-generating Costco store.
Hurricanes No Deterrent To Rapid Coastal Growth
The 45 million people massed along the coast from Maine to Texas, who gamble that they will never face a hurricane, have more people join them every day.
It Takes More Than UGBs
Infrastructure and open space policy also shape metropolitan growth.
'Ticking Timebomb' For NJ Council On Affordable Housing
New Jersey towns are to blame as only 272 towns out of 566 have saught protection under the Council on Affordable Housing.
Court Ruling A Blow To Sprawl Opponents
New Jersey State Supreme Court upheld its controversial descisions that supports housing for the poor.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Yukon Government
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Norman, Oklahoma
City of Portland
City of Laramie
