Land Use
Smart Growth Survives
If you thought the recession would make smart growth policies disappear, look again. Neal Peirce reports from the National Governors Association.
Protecting The Appalachian Trail Without Zoning
To the dismay of hikers and homeowners in the area, a motorsports club project near Blue Mountain in Eastern Pennsylvania has been given a jump start.
The Nation's Largest Growth Visioning Project
A new two-year visioning program will examine the demands of anticipated growth in the Southern California region over the next 25 years.
Behind Enemy Lines At The Anti-Smart Growth Conference
Joel Hirschhorn offers tips for smart growthers on how to stand your ground against the fine-tuned rhetoric of conservative libertarians.
Commuter Chaos In Ontario
Continued growth will lengthen time travelling to work, chew up farmland.
Right-sizing Urban Growth Boundaries
How to figure out what's best for your community.
Housing Demand Drives Sprawl
As the state tries to meet housing demand, suburban sprawl spreads across the California landscape.
A New Tool For Planning Without Zoning
Houston introduces the 'area plan' ordinance that allows certain neighborhoods to craft their own development guidelines.
Landscape Of National Significance Needs Protection From Sprawl
U.S. Forest Service study says 40% of the New York-New Jersey Highlands should be protected from overdevelopment.
Growth Restrictions Contribute To Increased Housing Prices
A recent study in the Journal of Real Estate Research provides evidence that growth restrictions make housing less affordable.
Who Can Reuse Metro Atlanta's Northern Arc Land
Suburban counties want the land acquired for the now-defunct 59-mile Northern Arc tollway in metro Atlanta.
Smart Growth Plan For Greater Toronto Area
An unlikely smart growth panel is poised to release two reports that could fundamentally alter the direction of urban development in Ontario.
Southern California Rates Traffic Worst Regional Problem
Could Southern California's love affair with the auto be fading? More people say they want their tax dollars spent on public transit.
Neal Peirce: 'Can Suburbia Develop Real Urban Centers?'
Mixed-use developments are succesful. So why aren't more of them being built across the nation?
Surveying And Democracy: How Mapping Shaped America
An interview with Andro Linklater, the author of "Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy."
Smart Growth 2.0
The task now is to begin moving smart growth development practices from the margin into the mainstream.
The American Dream Does Not Look Like Sprawl
As smart growth gains momentum, opponents plot against it.
Smart Growth Efforts Slow Down But Survive
Despite shrinking budgets, some states haven't abandoned smart growth.
Compact For A Sustainable Bay Area
Six Bay Area agencies plan for the future.
Does 'Downzoning' Work?
The story of how a remarkable 'downzoning' effort to save the Occoquan Reservoi
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
