Land Use
Brookings Institute Scholar Says Pittsburgh Sprawl Is Worse Than LA
To Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution, who will speak to a seminar on Smart Growth in Pittsburgh, the town is slowly sprawling out of control.
Looking At Parks From A Regional Perspective
A group of citizens and local government officials in and around Portland are making the case for regional participation in the planning, acquisition and maintenance of parks.
Does Smart Growth Cause Traffic Congestion?
Wendell Cox argues that anti-sprawl measures lead to higher home prices and traffic congestion.
High Tech Mansions Under Attack
A six month freeze on billionaire mansions in Medina, the Seattle suburb on Lake Washington, has been ordered by the city's mayor.
Sprawl Creates A Region Divided Against Itself
In Northeast Ohio, sprawl's effects are impacting older suburbs as well as the city.
Panama City, FL To Take Over State Coastal Permitting
Panama City Beach may become Florida's first city to assume responsibility for issuing coastal development permits.
Twin Cities Change Growth Plan
Two strategies attempt to balance growth with restrictions on development.
Maryland Gets Serious About Smart Growth
Maryland has taken a hard line on sprawl: the state will challenge any policy that violates smart growth principles.
Giving The Housing Element Teeth
Proposed legislation would establish penalties for California cities who are not in compliance with their housing element.
Jane Jacobs Reviews New Urbanism
Reason Magazine interviews Jane Jacobs about New Urbanism, city planning, Los Angeles, and how she would like to be remembered.
Preserving Farmland In The Hudson Valley
Farmland preservation groups are buying development rights to agricultural land.
Fighting Sprawl A Top Priority For States
Delegates at shopping-center convention discuss revitalization and urban sprawl.
Cities Want To Avoid Becoming Like L.A.
Many growing cities of the West are becoming more like Los Angeles, the 'poster child of urban sprawl.'
Why Smart Growth Is Important For Kentucky
Kentucky has formed a 35-member Smart Growth Task Force to help plan growth in the state.
Curbing Growth In Portland
Portland's urban growth boundary is meant to control growth and preserve farmland and forests. But opponents it has caused traffic problems and high home prices.
Andres Duany Interview: New Urbanism And The Future
Andres Duany answers his critics and talks about how New Urbanism confronts the future.
California Coastal Commission Unconstitutional?
The California Coastal Commission is held unconstitutional. The executive director says the State will appeal.
Can Gambling Revitalize The Inner City?
Detroit has become the nation's largest testing ground for urban casinos. Now Oakland, CA is considering its own inner-city gambling.
Is Sprawl A Dirty Word?
As the debate over sprawl grows, some see the use of the word as loaded with negative connotations.
Public Schools As Neighborhood Centers
A St. Louis developer thrives on mixing land uses with schools in California.
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
