Land Use
Debunking Myths About Multi-Family Housing
Why aren't more suburbs approving multi-family housing?
Property Rights, Downzoning, And TDRs
Loudoun County, Virginia, continues to try to balance land preservation and growth pressures, but can't use tools that work because of Virginia's hardcore property rights bent.
Urban Planning In Portland
NPR's Science Friday features a segment on planning in Portland.
How To Make Sprawl Worse
Some anti-sprawl measures result in unintended consequences such as "Gucci Sprawl."
The Trouble With Infill
Infill development sounds great in theory, but frequently faces opposition.
Virginia Beach's Green Line
Virginia Beach has relied on a strong municipally enforced boundary to stop sprawl. But pressure is mounting to open the 'green line.'
The SmartCode: A Weapon To Fight The Sprawl War
'The SmartCode', published by urban design firm DPZ is now available as an alternative to conventional zoning regulations.
Residential Reuse Of Industrial Sites Increasing
The urban living boom is causing many to re-examine the residential potential of industrial and brownfield sites.
Flood Of Money Yields Scant Improvement In State Roads
Exclusive study finds deep cracks in costly repair program, greater need for "fix it first".
The Assault On Smart Growth
Even as Smart Growth garners new supporters, a smear campaign attempts to discredit the movement.
Alarming Future For Chicago Region
A new report says if current if the current land use, transportation and taxation policites continue, the Chicago region faces an alarming future.
Tel Aviv Permitting: The Seven Circles Of Hell
Is your city's permitting process difficult? The Tel Aviv Municipality (Israel) permitting system is much, much worse.
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.
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
