Land Use
Visiting Sprawl
Suburban development has taken a pummeling in recent years from environmentalists, urban planners, and suburbanites themselves.
Smart Growth And Sprawl In Texas
Would smart growth strategies actually drive up housing costs and increase traffic in Texas?
Residents Oppose Los Gatos Subdivision
Opponents of a subdivision in Los Gatos, CA, are concerned about traffic and redwood trees.
Arizona's State Lands: A Duel In The Desert
As Arizona struggles with sprawl, the battle over state trust lands is heating up.
Big Box Ordinance
The Hernando County Commission is considering a new ordinance that would regulate retail stores in excess of 25,000 square feet.
Cities And Schools Give A Lesson In Sharing
Santa Ana school officials needed additional land for a school. So the city gave it to them in exchange for use of the facilities.
Condo Residents Face Parking Crunch
Younger residents, living a lifestyle calling for more than one car per household face parking shortages when they move into condos designed for older residents with one car.
How The Media 'Creates' A City Image
Is Modesto, California a rural 'hicksville', or a premier Bay Area bedroom community? The media is quick to judge.
Regional Vision Needed To Fight Sprawl
John G. Parsons says the Loudoun County smart growth initiative is "a quiet revolution" but lacks a regional vision.
Tech Giant And County Clash Over Smart Growth Plan
America Online Inc., and Loudoun County disagree on county's smart growth initiative.
City And Rural Sprawl Compared
D.J. Tice owns a home in the city and a farm in the country. He compares sprawl in the country versus sprawl in the city.
Urban Sprawl: U.S. Can Learn From Germany
University of Maryland professor Roger Lewis discusses Germany's smart growth strategies and compares the results with urban sprawl in the U.S.
Maryland Brownfields Program Off To Slow Start
Maryland's brownfields program has only managed to develop two sites, while Pennsylvania's has been a staggering success -- 258 sites.
Sprawl Is Expensive
A study by Cal State Bakersfield correlates the cost of building homes with the distance of the home from the City's core.
Cleveland's Planners Envision Regional Park Plan
Park leaders in the Greater Cleveland, Akron-Canton area have a vision of building more than 1,100 miles of bike and hike trails and preserving thousands of acres along streams and rivers.
The 'Browning' Of North Carolina
North Carolina is becoming one of the fastest growing immigrant hubs in the country.
How Sprawl Helps
Researchers at Tufts University concludes that sprawl increases affordability of housing, and closes racial differences in homeownership.
A Crusade To Protect Florida's Beaches
Florida residents seek new zoning and laws to protect their beaches' 95%-pure quartz sand.
Loudoun Adopts Strict Growth Controls
After 19 months of dabate, Loudoun County adopts strict growth controls; opponents protest while experts give mixed reviews.
An Economist's Perspective On Urban Sprawl
As development continues on the urban fringes, one person's sprawl becomes another person's backyard.
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.
One Hundred Miles
County of Mendocino
planning NEXT
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
