Land Use
Texas Landowners Lose Property Rights Case
Texas Supreme Court unanimously rules that a groundwater district did not have to consider the adverse effects on the property owners before limiting the aquifer water they could pump.
Dallas Needs A Big-picture Plan And Planner
In a special 5-part series, Dallas calls for more urban planning in and around its downtown.
Sprawl Or Demographic Dispersion?
America's demographic dispersion is widely despised by planners, ecologists, many governments and often attacked as "sprawl."
Can Charlotte Learn From Portland?
A writer for the Charlotte Observer begins a series comparing Charlotte, North Carolina to Portland, Oregon.
Affordable Housing Development Run Amok?
Dozens of towns throughout Eastern Massachusetts are facing massive new affordable housing developments exempt from zoning.
How Much Does Growth Cost?
A study in Georgia reveals that housing is far more costly than business, farms or forests, and bring in far less revenue.
What To Do When A Big-box Retailer Comes Knocking?
The Philadelphia Inquirer features a four-part series, on new uses for abandoned big-box store sites.
Home Sweet Home In A Trailer Park
To some it's an urban junkyard, but to it's close-knit residents -- it's a community.
How To Solve The Problem Of Sprawl
Neal Peirce reviews various approaches to tackling the problem of urban sprawl.
Ohio: Are Growth Controls Too Restrictive?
Samuel Staley and Matthew Hisrich argue that while Ohio can't ignore growth, it also should not make growth controls too restrictive.
The Fiasco Of Suburbia
Author James Howard Kunstler takes an incisive look at the dilemma of open space conservation as a means of salvaging community.
Sarasota's Urban Services Boundary Working
Sarasota's urban service boundary has worked remarkably well in encouraging in-fill development. But a shift in strategy may change things.
NJ Governor To Create Council On Sprawl
Governor McGreevey will create a new planning task force to implement the state development plan.
Mountains, Elk, And Sprawl
In Montana, hunting for a new pact with nature.
How To Get From Sprawl To Smart Growth
Everybody complains about sprawl, but how do we cause meaningful changes to land use policies?
Preservation Or Housing? California Can't Decide
State policy encourages farmland preservation while at the same time mandating thousands of new homes in agricultural areas.
Moratorium On Cybercafes
In Orange Grove, CA, the city has put a moratorium on cybercafes, which have become centers of gang activity.
The Doughnut Effect On British Cities
Britain's inner suburbs are paying for the success of inner city revitalization.
Arizona Fights Sprawl
If local communities don't have funds to purchase desert lands as preserves, it's only a matter of time until they're developed.
Developing Florida's Last Beachfront?
Real estate development innovator Peter Rummell discusses his plans for the new 499-acre WaterColor development.
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
