Land Use

Japanese Help with San Diego Airport Issue

Japanese university adopts Lindbergh Field as a lab project and comes up with an analysis and recommendations.

October 11, 2000 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Dot-Com or Community?

The debate over San Francisco's future continues as activists battle high-tech invasion.

October 11, 2000 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Cities On The Edge Of Disaster

CNN presents a special series about how the limits of the city are being tested -- and use Portland as a case study.

October 11, 2000 - CNN

Noisy Jets Buzz Residents

Study attempts to find a way to reduce noise at Denver's Centennial airport where jet traffic has tripled in recent years.

October 11, 2000 - The Rocky Mountain News

Plotting a Course for City Growth and Farmland Protection

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors solidified a new general, a guideline for the next 20 years that emphasizes city-centered growth and the preservation of farmland.

October 10, 2000 - The Fresno Bee

Does New Urbanism Make Good Neighbors?

New urbanism is about restoring the idea of the neighborhood. But does it make for good neighbors?

October 8, 2000 - CNN

Getty Amphitheater Nixed

A judge has ruled that zoning does not allow for an amphitheater to be built at the Getty Villa art museum in Pacific Palisades.

October 6, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

Sprawl: You Love It, But Dare Not Speak It's Name

CNN features an in-depth debate between Peter Calthorpe, promoting new urbanism, and Peter Gordon and Harry Richardson defending sprawl.

October 5, 2000 - CNN

California To Use Water Under Mojave Desert

There is disagreement on the environmental safety related to drilling water from beneath the Mojave. Will a mechanical device resolve the problem?

October 4, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

The Inner City And The Urban Future

The American city in the 21st Century: the view from Camden.

October 4, 2000 - Urban Land Magazine

Deer Create Airport Havoc

Deer are wandering into Humbolt County's airport runways causing risky situations for aircraft.

October 3, 2000 - The Sacramento Bee

CA Voters Want To Slow Growth

The process of initiative and referendum is California’s most peculiar institution. William Fulton explains why.

October 3, 2000 - California Planning and Development Report

Next Generation of National Parks

The next generation of National Parks will "commemorate less-pristinelandscapes, as well as recognize overlooked and ignoble moments of history. "

October 3, 2000 - The Christian Science Monitor

From the Earth, A Rare Mineral and Controversy

Proposed expansion of the Adirondack quarry operations worries opponents who fear loss of quality of life.

October 2, 2000 - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Thirteen Cities Most At Risk Of Overbuilding

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has identified the thirteen US cities most at risk of overbuilding.

October 2, 2000 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Luxury Housing Along Orange County Coast

After decades of controversy, lawsuits and threats, housing developments along Orange County's prime coastal areas are now moving forward.

October 1, 2000 - The Los Angeles Times

New Urbanism in the New Millennium

Peter Katz, author of The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community, takes a look at what new urbanism might look like in the future.

October 1, 2000 - Urban Land Magazine

San Diego May Form Sprawl Agency

A new agency dealing with sprawl and congestion may go before voters in 2002.

September 29, 2000 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Dense Housing, Buses Urged to Ease Traffic

In efforts to accommodate growth with population expected todouble over the next 20 years, local transportation officials andconsultants in Riverside County propose a fast moving shuttle system moving through densely populated communities.

September 29, 2000 - Press-Enterprise

A Plan That Could Change Boston Forever

Some say that this civic vision plan is the most responsible planning effort that's ever come out of Boston, and it could change the city forever.

September 29, 2000 - The Boston Globe

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.