Land Use
Chicago Looks To Update Its Antiquated Zoning Code
A blue ribbon commission appointed by Mayor Richard Daley released its recommendations to overhaul the city's 45 year old zoning ordinances.
Nevada Takings Initiative Heads To Ballot
An initiative that would require Nevada County to pay property owners if a land use regulation diminishes property value appears headed for the November ballot.
County Passes Law To Protect Front Lawns
Fairfax County, VA passed a law that prohibits paving over front lawns to convert them into oversize driveways. Opponents say the law unfairly targets immigrants.
Defining 'Rural'
Palm Beach County's development guidebook aims "to protect and enhance rural settlements" but county commissioners find it hard to define what "rural" is.
Smart Growth Law Sparks Land Use Battles
Wisconsin's Smart Growth directive angers communities.
No-Church Zoning Law Challenged
The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 faces challenges.
L.A. Secession Ripples To Phoenix
Los Angeles' secession movement is likely to have implications across the United States.
New Jersey's Mount Laurel Affordable Housing Doctrine
The New Jersey Supreme Court is poised to hand down a new ruling to mandate affordable housing.
New York Tomorrow
When the sun rises on New York City a decade from now, it could well be a very different place.
Places With The Longest Commutes
Commutes are getting longer, but not in dense urban areas. The longest commutes are now at the rural/urban fringe
A New 'Boston Common On The Water'
Boston plans to transform the industrial Fort Point Channel into a waterfront park and retail center.
Ballpark Boom Is Bust
Ballpark plans are getting chilly receptions throughout the U.S. Is this a sign that the U.S. stadium boom is over?
Gated Communities: The Big Bluff
Communities turning to gates and guard shacks, to keep out the public. Increasingly, however, the security measures are fake.
Developers Find That Sky Does Have Limits
Developers' plans for Orlando's skyline have been "put on hold."
The Brand New Sixth Largest U.S. City
If the San Fernando seceeds from Los Angeles, it will become the nation's sixth largest city, and it has its own unique urban flavor.
Columbia, Maryland's Thriving Urban Core
Columbia, Maryland has turned a dying downtown into a thriving urban core.
Sprawl: It's All In The Naming
Three smaller Michigan communities find that they are suddenly part of an urban area. By accident.
Airport City Phenomena
A nation of nervous travelers has yet to contemplate the other knee-quaking environmental and urban consequences of our fly-drive society.
Should The Moon Be Developed?
Lunar industrialization and development is under discussion.
County To Rethink 2,200-home Mixed-use Development
A California-based company proposes to build 2,200 homes near Chapel Hill.
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
