Land Use
Mass. Seeks To Develop Abandoned State Properties
Gov. Romney may tread where local authorities have historically held sway
The Nation's Newest And Largest Park
A former military base in southern California is being turned into one of nation's largest municipal parks.
The 'Mythical' World Of Transit-oriented Development
A detailed report examines the Orenco/231st TODs outside of Portland and suggests that policy makers should lower their expectations of what TOD can deliver.
Searching For 'Sensible Sprawl'
A coalition of environmental groups advocates the establishment of a state-level Office of Smart Growth in Michigan.
Big Box Proposal Tests Regional Planning In Pennsylvania
Wal-Mart must convince six neighboring communities to approve its plans for a giant supercenter in a rural township.
Market-Oriented New Urbanism
New Urbanism would do well distance itself from the smart growth agenda of restrictive land-use controls, writes Chris Fiscelli.
Edge Cities Have Lost Their Edge
Are edge cities just a "passing phenomenon?"
Michigan Apartheid
Reforming land use policy can help most segregated state
A Good Deal Or 'Sweetheart' Deal?
Is the deal involving a 1,000-car parking garage at the beach, built at no cost to the city and the developer of proposed 1 million square foot high rise condo in Fort Lauderdale a sweetheart deal?
Redevelopment In The U.K.
A UK panel finds that national redevelopment policies are 'disjointed and wasteful.'
Slow Sprawl With Smaller Lots
Zoning rules that require large lots are contributing to sprawl.
Placemaking: Smart Growth And The Arts
Artists need places and places need artists -- how the arts and smart growth can work together.
APA Researchers Brief Michigan Land Use Leadership Council
Urge Council Members to "Fix What's Broken" Before Addressing Complex Issues
The Expense of Due Process
How due process bogs down city planning and drains public, andprivate, coffers in San Francisco.
Florida Town Approves Big Box Despite Advice Of Their Planner
Zephyrhills, Florida, City Council members cleared the way Monday night for a Lowe's home improvement store, against the advice of city planner Todd Vande Berg who found the plans in conflict with the comprehensive plan.
Will Planners Defend Smart Growth?
Proponents of property rights and other conservatives are attacking smart growth as a theory dreamed up by out-of-touch urban planners.
Smart Growth Saves Money
In Michigan as elsewhere, fiscal distress accentuates the need for reforming wasteful development patterns.
What Works, What Doesn't In Smart Growth Policy
Lessons for Michigan from other states.
Some Portland Residents Aren't Happy With Smart Growth
Opponents to the region's planning policies say they feel powerless to stop the wave of high density development encroaching on their neighborhoods.
Maryland's First Completely Built-out County
McLaughlin County's new Planning Director may be the first in Maryland to deal with a completely built-out county.
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
