Land Use

When the interstate came to Texas' rural Comal County, it was suddenly in communting distance of San Antonio, San Marcos and Austin.

January 21, 2002 - The Houston Chronicle

Dan Garcia, who has served on nearly every significant commission in Los Angeles, offers his vision for planning in L.A.

January 21, 2002 - The Planning Report

A massive $185 million deal would put forestland twice the size of Seattle off-limits to development. But there's a catch. A big one.

January 18, 2002 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Rail station areas in suburbia and the inner ring are attracting higher-density residential developments in small, citylike environments.

January 18, 2002 - Urban Land Magazine

Defining "urban sprawl" is an apparent inconvenience but that doesn't stop growth control advocates from restricting housing choice.

January 17, 2002 - Reason Public Policy Institute

New Jersey town is first to win the right to condemn a farm to prevent it from being turned into a sprawling residential development.

January 16, 2002 - The Star-Ledger

Well intentioned but off-target planning regulations are neglecting to create the community-centered schools the public is demanding.

January 16, 2002 - Planetizen

A case study of the challenges faced by Tampa, Florida's Northdale Community Association in enforcing deed restrictions.

January 15, 2002 - The St. Petersburg Times

The American Planning Association is accepting input on its draft Policy Guide on Smart Growth.

January 15, 2002 - American Planning Association

Yucca Mountain, Nevada has been designated the world's first repository for high-level nuclear waste.

January 14, 2002 - Las Vegas Review Journal

A Los Angeles Times editorial calls for creating less sprawl and more walkable communities in Southern California.

January 14, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times

The Christian Science Monitor casts its vote against the right of government to put long-term moratoriums on property.

January 11, 2002 - The Christian Science Monitor

The Columbia River Gorge Commission has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Washington state Court of Appeals decision that could threaten regional planning in the bi-state Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

January 11, 2002 - Vancouver Columbian

Sunrise, FL., is considering a minimum height of 8-12 storeys for medium and high-density residential buildings to create a 'suburban downtown' skyline.

January 10, 2002 - Sun-Sentinel

Urban sprawl almost certainly poses a far greater threat to your health than bioterrorism.

January 10, 2002 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The year's key land use case before the U.S. Supreme Court is a 32-month building moratorium an unconstitutional taking of property rights.

January 10, 2002 - California Planning and Development Report

A study by the Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center titled "Flight (Or) Fight" looks at trends of urban decay, sprawl, and economic growth in the region.

January 10, 2002 - Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center

Lack of regional planning in Philadelphia promotes both sprawl and decay, according to the Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center's Flight or Fight report.

January 10, 2002 - Philadelphia City Paper

For 17 years land owners have been banned from building on their own property at Lake Tahoe. Finally, an outcome is near.

January 9, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times

Atlantic Monthly flashes back to January, 1962, with an essay by Robert Moses on what was wrong (and right) with America's cities.

January 9, 2002 - The Atlantic Monthly