Land Use
Sprawl Index: Cities Ranked By Sprawl
USA Today publishes its "Sprawl Index" of 271 metro areas and a seven-page feature on the impact of sprawl on America.
Churches Not Immune To Growth Limits
The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle is opposed to the urban growth boundary in King County; this editorial makes an argument for not allowing churches to build in off-limit areas.
Is New Urbanism The Answer To Sprawl?
New urbanist projects are turning up in unusual places. And the residents seem to love them.
A Regional Approach To Open Space
The county of San Mateo approved a plan to bring together its trails into a 450 mile regional open space network.
Slowing Sprawl
Mequon, WI, learns the price tag for slowing sprawl as it puts together a task force to protect farmland and open space from development over the next 20 years.
Planning For The End Of Sprawl
The New York Times reviews The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl, by Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton.
Sensible Development Preserves Open Land
A land use task force in Macomb County, MI, aims to protect farmland and open spaces.
Complex Deal Directs Growth Away From Falls
A new deal in Washington would keep development away from the Snoqualmie Falls and surrounding forest areas.
Bush's Impact On California Land Use
Incoming President Bush is likely to make significant changes in the federal government's role over California's land resources.
Government Retreats On Urban Sprawl Numbers
USDA's 1997 National Resources Inventory study that provided evidence of an alarming increase in sprawl taking over primve farmland may have overestimated the numbers.
California's Fight Over Housing Targets
The first housing element updates in California are causing a standoff between local and state agencies.
California Hearst Coastal Plans Anger Skeptics
Critics of the Hearst Coastal project in California say that the company is not telling them everything. What is the plan?
Saving Savannah
Ben Hubby believes that developers and superstores will destroy the charm and ecology of Savannah, GA.
Queensway Bay Still Floating Along
The prime Long Beach, CA waterfront project is 2 years behind schedule. But the city has given the builder another extension.
The High Cost Of Open Space
A plan for Montgomery County, MD raises questions about owners' rights.
Washington County Seeks Slow Growth
King County's slow-growth measure would prohibit new urban buildings in rural areas.
Developer Settles Lawsuit For Right To Develop
A developer who sued Weston on the grounds that the City had illegally stopped his 94-home project due to school crowding will pay to settle his own lawsuit; the money will be used to build a road for the school.
South Michigan's Landmark District
Michigan is reviving an eight-year-old plan to create a landmark district as a form of revitalization.
Sprawling Into The Third Millennium
Suburbia was a reaction to crowded cities but today many suburbs are crowded as sprawl continues to spread.
Churches Oppose Sprawl Limits
Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle is against the urban-growth boundary in King County, WA.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
