Land Use
Ranchers Resist Sprawl In Colorado
Ranchers create a conservation agreement to form a massive 11,000-acre green belt and limit new development.
Business Owners Oppose Aesthetic Regulations
Winter Garden, Florida, faces vocal opposition of its plans to implement signage, landscape and architectural controls along the city's businest commercial corridor.
Palm Beach County Debates Development Moratorium
Surprising developers, planners and even themselves, Palm Beach County Commissioners agreed on July 24 to consider temporarily halting development.
New Transportation Concurrency Report Released
Testing transportation in one of the nations fastest growing counties.
Fighting Sprawl
Annie Snyder fought to protect the land against sprawl.
The State Of Canada's Cities
Canada's cities are deteriorating even as they attract immigrants and rural Canadians.
El Toro Saga Continues
What will be the fate of the closed Orange County, CA El Toro Marine Corps Air Station? A voter-approved park seems unlikely.
The Fallacy Of Growth
Relentless growth is destroying Washington. The popular belief that "growth pays for growth" has been proven wrong.
Surprising Failure For Portland TOD
One of Portland's best planneddevelopments -- a lifestyle and entertainment center with light rail -- fails. How can this be?
What If: A Downtown Los Angeles Utopia
The Downtown News asks business and community leaders what they would do in Downtown Los Angeles if they could go on an urban planning shopping spree.
$250 Million To Create Federal Stewardship Area
Federal legislation to protect 100,000 acres of forested watersheds in NJ and NY.
Their Own Private Malibu
What does it take to get liberals sounding like Ayn Rand in defense of property rights? Having their own property threatened.
Poster Child For Failed Planning To Be Fixed
Boston's most ambitious urban renewal project since the 1950's envisions a complete makeover for the West End -- a once-vibrant community destroyed by bad planning.
Building On Contaminated Land
EPA and Oklahoma developed a land certification program that addresses reusing industrial land and its cleanup.
Wendell Cox Responds To PLANetizen Readers
Cox presents a response to readers' comments and arguments to his PLANetizen editorial, "Trouble in Smart Growth's Nirvana."
UGBs On The Rise, Housing Caps In Decline
A new study finds that UGBs and subsequent voter approval requirements dominate recent ballot-box zoning in California.
Don't Pick On Portland
We should not dismiss the bold planning experiment in Oregon just because it runs counter to current orthodoxies.
Some Towns Saying 'No' To Families
Some growth-phobic towns are using a practice sarcastically referred to as 'vasectomy zoning' to limit the arrival of families.
Should Flooded Texas Towns Rebuild?
The Guadalupe River in Texas has flooded twice in five years. Should the communities along the river be rebuilt?
Moratorium Talk In Tampa Bay Area
With the Tampa Bay area barely recovering from a 4-year drought, and even tighter water restrictions imposed last month, residents complain that they are forced to conserve while developers build more homes.
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
