Land Use
Proposed Golf Course On Dump Is Hailed And Assailed
Controversy and legal challenges continue to swirl around Fort Lauderdale's ongoing move to place a plastic cap over toxic chemicals buried in the Wingate landfill, a precursor to building a golf course.
Ground Zero In Urban Decline
Reason magazine examines the myriad problems of Cincinnati and finds a pattern that may predict the future of other U.S. cities.
The Johnny Appleseed Of Livable Communities
Writer Tony Hiss interviews New urbanist Dan Burden about his vision for the post-sprawl landscape of the U.S.
Ten Tips For Revising Your General Plan
The community development director for the City of Saratoga, California offers ten things to remember when revising the general plan.
Many Eyes Watch New California HCD Program
A new state housing program is intended to encourage home construction in areas with high concentrations of jobs.
A Land-Use Plan That Bans Everything
They don't want people on the island. There are no stores, no utilities, no power lines. But the island has conflicts.
The Shady Side Of Planning
A Los Angeles County urban planner in is suspected of selling certificates of compliance.
Greater Cincinnati Needs A Regional Plan
According to Myron Orfield, sprawl has made the Greater Cincinnati region one of the nation's most fragmented region.
Creating A Regional Vision For Central Texas
John Fregonese and Peter Calthorpe lead an effort to develop a regional vision for Central Texas.
Traffic Congestion Hurts Economy
Businesses hurt by congested roads in Southeast Michigan have formed the Michigan Smart Growth coalition to address sprawl.
Cincinnati's Sprawl
Cincinnati is experiencing rapid and disturbing deterioration in the city's older suburbs.
Managing Growth Through Open Space Acquisition
Open space acquisition programs are becoming a popular and successful way to manage growth in California.
Is Urban Sprawl Good For Minorities?
For all the blame it gets for a number of societal problems, is sprawl a good thing for Black America?
Urban Sprawl: Not Just For Big Cities
Indiana's smaller cities are experiencing a problem they thought only impacted big cities -- sprawl.
It's Not Easy To Fight Sprawl
Controlling sprawl in Greater Cincinnati is difficult when many communities believe that they do not face a sprawl problem.
California's Desert Housing Shortage
California's fourth-fastest growing county is facing a housing crisis: thousand of working poor live in illegal mobile home parks.
Joel Kotkin: New York May See Benefits Of Sprawl
Joel Kotkin writes that, like most other major U.S. cities, New York will have to rethink its development strategy and spread out to survive.
Planning On Waldron
Resident of the remote 4.5-square-mile island of Waldron are trying to zone privacy.
Mixing Suburbia And Density In Baltimore
Baltimore planners are proposing what the Maryland Sun calls 'the future of suburban development.'
Somerville: A Test Case For Smart Growth
Somerville is a test case for the proposition that a community can be committed to smart growth in hard economic times.
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
