Land Use
A New Crop Of Subdivisions?
Urban areas are increasingly spreading into the countryside, pitting farmers against developers.
Suburban Life Pitting Farmers Vs. Neighbors
Farms' new residential neighbors drawn by pastoral setting but don't like farming realities.
Does Smart Growth Have Staying Power?
Is Smart Growth a passing fad that will fade away? Neal Peirce explains why he thinks the Smart Growth movement will last.
In The Name Of Smart Growth
Charlotte Observer associate editor Mary Newsom writes that misusing the term "Smart Growth" will give the movement a bad name.
Urban Boundaries And Money
The precise location of municipal boundaries is becoming more important as developers look to build on infill sites.
Michigan To Halt Sprawl With Smart Growth Plans
Developers warn that new measures will increase housing costs.
Grapes Vs. Redwoods On California's North Coast
New chair of California Coastal Commission and Coastal Sonoma County Supervisor proposes limits to vinyard growth.
Michigan Looks For Ideas To Curb Runaway Growth
In its final installment of the series "Grappling with Growth," The Detroit News weighs the costs and benefits of land reforms adopted in Baltimore and Lacaster County.
Town Fights Growth To Preserve '50s Character
Unlike many Florida towns where growth is welcome, residents of Cocoa Beach have voted to limit growth not once, but four times.
Twin Cities Approves Blueprint 2030
The Metropolitan Council has adopted a new 30-year plan for metro-area growth, despite objections from the Governor-elect. [Link corrected.]
Ahmanson Moves Forward
Ventura County, California, Board of Supervisors approves first tract map for conversial project.
Phoenix: Grow Or Rot
"Annex or rot" is the cornerstone philosophy of Phoenix's urban policy.
How Much Is A Chicago Cubs View Worth?
The Major League Baseball club is filing a lawsuit against the owners of 13 buildings with a view of Wrigley Field.
The Death Of New Urbanism
Richard Carson proclaims that New Urbanism is dead. He says that New Urbanism hasn't caught on because it is "essentially anti-American."
A Realistic Approach To Urban Planning
Alexander Garvin offers the first of an eight-part series addressing realistic approaches to urban planning.
Glendening To Continue To Advocate Smart Growth
Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening says he will continue to battle sprawl. Though he hasn't announced his new jobs sources says he is talking with organizations including Smart Growth America.
San Jose Case Study Part Two: Light Rail
Part two of this two-part series examines the likely failure of San Jose's light-rail system.
Boston's New 'Urban Ring'
In the second-largest settlement of its kind, Massachusetts will pay $23 million for 8 acres of industrial land needed for the Big Dig.
San Jose Case Study: The Urban-Growth Boundary
Part one of this two-part series examines San Jose's urban-growth boundary.
The American Dream Is Alive And Well In California
Are the days numbered for the American Dream of detached homes and automobility, as some anti-sprawl activists would have us believe?
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
