Land Use
Is No Growth Also Smart Growth?
Chris Williamson offers four arguments that planners can use to argue that "No Growth" policies are valid positions to take.
Parking Patterns Matter
One of the most important decisions in Raleigh's Fayeteville downtown redevelopment: What kind of parking?
Big Dig's Dirt Is Not Easy To Reuse
Although an innovative plan to convert landfills into useful property with dirt from Boston's Big Dig remains a sound, it is now mired in dispute.
Harvard's Campus Expansion
Harvard University is delicately planning for a new billion-dollar, 100-acre campus addition in Allston.
Conference Highlights Examples Of Smart Growth
Environmentalists, developers, and officials meet at Sustainability Conference in Mississippi
Maryland's Smart Growth Governor
This article profiles Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening, one of the nation's most prominent voices in the smart-growth movement.
San Diego's Neighborhood Of Villages
San Diego's Neighborhood Of Villages Growth Management Plan offers lessons for many cities.
Growth Is Top Issue In Colorado
Fifty-two percent of Colorado residents say that growth is the most important issue facing the state.
Critics Say Growth Plan Is 'Elitist'
Critics say Alachua County's plan to implement "smart growth" strategies may increase housing costs and hurt low-income residents.
A Discussion On New Urbanism
The City of Palo Alto publishes a fascinating discussion paper about new urbanism and zoning.
California: No Longer A Smart Growth Innovator
San Francisco Chronicle columnist John King argues that California is falling behind when it comes to smart growth.
A Community With No Churches
Chuches in Stapleton, Colorado are resisting new "walkable" guidelines, and excluding themselves from a new community.
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.
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
