Land Use
The Impact Of Smart Growth On Housing
The implementation of growth management laws may have severe impacts on housing availability.
County Reconsiders Growth Strategy As Cheap Land Disappears
Broward County, Florida, reconsiders its future as buildout of previously undeveloped land quickly approaches.
California Can't Ignore Growth
A Sacramento Bee editorial argues that California can no longer ignore its growth. Planners must choose a course.
AFL-CIO Passes Smart Growth Resolution
The AFL-CIO passed a resolution on smart growth and urban sprawl.
New Downtown Plan For Pittsburgh Avoids Past Mistakes
A new redevelopment plan for downtown Pittsburgh, PA, aims to avoid past mistakes.
Former Gerber Plant To Become Mixed-Use Urban Village
A former Gerber Plant in Ashville, NC, will be redeveloped under new zoning into a New Urbanist development featuring mixed use buildings, pedestrian orientation, and public/private joint partnerships.
Land With Bad Karma In Southern California
Dream Works bailed out, Frank Gehry cooled people off, and there's still methane and oil residue. Will it sell?
Code Changes, Grants Foster Joint Municipal Planning
Last year, the Pennsylvania Legislature approved changes to the Municipalities Planning Code so communities that file joint comprehensive plans can share the distribution of land use zones.
Grappling With Growth In Northern California
The Sacramento Bee's in-depth series, "Grappling With Growth", looks at how well suburban northern California is dealing with growth.
Federal Efforts To Take Over Land Use Control?
A columnist raises a warning that a joint APA-HUD 'growth blueprint' is an effort to centralize land use control by the federal government. (Link corrected.)
Interview: Los Angeles' Senior City Planner
Interview with Jane Blumenfeld, Senior City Planner with the L.A. Dept. of Planning.
Rail Tips From Urban Planners
A ULI panel of planners offers Arizona officials tips on public transit through downtown Phoenix.
Portland's Mixed Brew
Portland, Oregon's largest private redevelopment is envisioned as a city within a city.
New Report Debunks Pro-Sprawl Claims
A new report issued by the Congress For The New Urbanism argues that an earlier pro-sprawl report authored by Wendell Cox is based on misinformation.
Seattle's Transit-oriented Community Experiment
King County, WA officials say this transit-oriented apartment community is the first of its kind in the nation.
Why 'Big Labor' Favors Smart Growth
Big Labor--the AFL-CIO--condemns urban sprawl. Neal Peirce is surprised.
New Roads Bring Sprawl
Cities control land use; the state oversees transportation infrastructure. On Boston's Route 128 the result is sprawling growth.
No Growth Advocates Take Over Coastal Community
In the past decade, Half Moon Bay has become the California Bay Area's coastal escape hatch. No more.
New Pedestrian Crossing Technology Comes To North America
Langford, B.C. is trying out pedestrian solutions in North American that have been successful in Europe.
Mexico City: Earth's Petri Dish
New Times Los Angeles details the fascinating story of environmentalist's battle to save the Gray Whale in Mexico City.
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
