Land Use
Visions Of Green
An ambitious private fund-raising effort aims to transform metro Detroit into a region of natural with the help of a strategic plan for linking green corridors throughout the seven-county region.
Fighting For The Neighbourhood
Community groups are keeping a close eye on City Hall in North America's eastern-most city.
High Stakes In City's General Plan Rewrite
The stakes are high for established neighborhoods as Phoenix, AZ. plans a major rewrite of its general plan.
Whose Downtown Is It Anyway?
A proposal to replace a public plaza with an office building in Lower Manhattan brings up the question: does the downtown belong to residents or to businesses?
Sprawl Got Space On Ballots
The most popular ballot measures before voters in November were proposals to preserve open space and address sprawl according to a study by the Brookings Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy.
Public Or Private Parks?
Residents of Grosse Point must choose between opening their gated parks to the public, or paying Michigan state property taxes.
Maryland Smart Growth Plan A Model
Utah planners look at Maryland's 'Smart Growth' plan.
Poll Finds Sprawl, And Solutions, Unpopular
Poll finds New Jersey residents are not happy about urban sprawl and the state's solutions to counter it.
Electing the Shape of Communities
This paper provides a comprehensive listing of the more than 550 growth-related ballot measures put before voters on election day 2000 plus an analysis of major proposals and a list of implications for the growth debate in the future.
Putting More Housing Into Less Space
Northeast Ohio builders find great demand for cluster development.
Local Codes Prohibit New Urbanism
While smart growth is a hot topic, cities don't have any regulations that allow compact development.
Sprawl Index: Cities Ranked By Sprawl
USA Today publishes its "Sprawl Index" of 271 metro areas and a seven-page feature on the impact of sprawl on America.
Churches Not Immune To Growth Limits
The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle is opposed to the urban growth boundary in King County; this editorial makes an argument for not allowing churches to build in off-limit areas.
Is New Urbanism The Answer To Sprawl?
New urbanist projects are turning up in unusual places. And the residents seem to love them.
A Regional Approach To Open Space
The county of San Mateo approved a plan to bring together its trails into a 450 mile regional open space network.
Slowing Sprawl
Mequon, WI, learns the price tag for slowing sprawl as it puts together a task force to protect farmland and open space from development over the next 20 years.
Planning For The End Of Sprawl
The New York Times reviews The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl, by Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton.
Sensible Development Preserves Open Land
A land use task force in Macomb County, MI, aims to protect farmland and open spaces.
Complex Deal Directs Growth Away From Falls
A new deal in Washington would keep development away from the Snoqualmie Falls and surrounding forest areas.
Bush's Impact On California Land Use
Incoming President Bush is likely to make significant changes in the federal government's role over California's land resources.
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
