Land Use
Former Atlanta Developer Helps Other In Rezoning
A former Atlanta developer now specializes in guiding other developers through tricky historic urban infill projects.
Experiments With Privatized Parks
Privately-run parks and public spaces can solve many problems. But how "private" is too private?
El Toro: Surprise In Orange County
In a surprise announcement after voters reject a regional airport, the Navy says it will sell the former El Toro Marine base.
How To Tell If You Live In A Smart Growth Neighborhood
This article presents readers with several questions to determine whether or not they live in smart-growth neighborhood.
Smart Growth: Let's Face The Reality
Loudoun County has a bold Smart Growth plan. Will it work?
Planners Turn To Seniors-only Housing
Massachusetts cities are putting age restrictions on residential development to stabilize fast-growing communities.
Some TNDs Struggle To Started
Multiple-year struggles to get TND projects approved are becoming common.
Freeways In Arizona Are An Amenity
The rise and fall of Phoenix home prices can be tracked to the freeway grid and congestion.
Increase Height Limits For More Housing
A new Boston redevelopment proposal would allow developers to build at twice the current height limit -- if half the building is housing.
Sprawl Overruns Historic Battlefields
Civil War battlefields are vanishing quickly, swallowed up as cities expand and the need for new housing increases.
Mall Controversy Continues
Propsosed development adjacent to a National Historic Battlefield concerns citizens.
KB Home Takes On Urban Infill
The Wall Street Journal reports that KB Home, known for building sprawling suburbs, is taking on a different kind of project.
Can Parking Save Portland's Transit Mall?
A plan to increase parking for the struggling downtown Transit Mall would dramatically change the well known symbol's character.
ULI's Principles For Smart Growth
Urban Land Institute presents ten principles for transforming "auto-dependent" sprawl into healthy pedestrian communities.
Is Smart Growth An Anti-Terrorism Tool?
Speakers at the New Partners for Smart Growth conference say smart growth can improve security.
Do Urban Growth Boundaries Work?
Portland's urban growth boundary is either the key to livability or the cause of high housing prices.
Land Deal In Detroit Falters
A $50 million land deal in Detroit is scrapped when the buyer argues that wetlands and contamination reduce future development value.
BioMap Aids Conservation Efforts
A map of Massachusetts' environmentally critical areas aids efforts to conserve undeveloped land and protect endangered species.
Parking Is Not Necessarily A Good Thing
Incentives to discourage drivers are catching on across the country, and many are offering transit incentives.
Atlanta Considers Radical Zoning Changes
New zoning seeks to make Atlanta a "distinct and viable alternative to the suburbs."
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
