Land Use
Scottsdale Arena Proposal Scaled Back
The proposed hockey arena and retail complex in Scottsdale, AZ, will be scaled back from 2.3 million square feet to 1.5 million.
Boston's Downtown Wasteland
Boston's sprawling City Hall Plaza is the plaza that Boston loves to hate. Will any improvement help?
Fairfax County: New Urbanism Metro Station?
Proponents imagine high rises atop the Metro stations, with shops, museums, and health clubs, built on bridges arching across the Dulles airport.
Residents Get A Say In Shaping North Jersey
A public hearing will give residents a chance to voice their opinions about the State Development and Redevelopment Plan that will "set boundaries on suburban sprawl and channel development into cities and town centers."
Opening Untouched Land to Usual Sprawl
Prince William County, VA, just 30 miles south of the White House, succumbs to sprawl.
Studies Focus On Quake-risk Areas
Two studies identify quake-prone "hot spots" in Southern California.
California's Regionalism-building Effort
California has a baffling maze of localgovernments -- 58 counties, 473 cities, 1,000 school districts and 4,800 special districts.
Group Embraces Arson To Oppose Sprawl
The radical Earth Liberation Front is evidently using arson to oppose sprawl.
Your Neighbor's Tree
What do you do when your neighbor's tree encroaches on your property? In California, the answer isn't so clear.
Anti-sprawl Terrorists Take Action
Fighting sprawl with arson -- eco-terrorism takes on sprawl.
Oakland's Fruitvale
The Fannie Mae Foundation publishes a practitioner's guide to planning and financing community revitalization.
Western Michigan Coastline Controls Considered
Officials has proposed $100,000 plan to study coastline community master plans and impact of new homes.
Images Of Sprawl
Aerial photographs capture the essence of suburban sprawl.
Tradition A Barrier To Smart Growth
Selling smart growth to real estate agents can be difficult.
Burning Suburbia
The debate over suburban sprawl has taken a dangerous turn.
Oil Versus Wildlife In Alaska
The President has decided not to give the Artic National Wildlife Refuge a national monument status.
Financing New Urbanism Projects
The Congress for the New Urbanism publishes a report on the obstacles and solutions for financing new urbanism projects.
$145 Million Proposed to Preserve Maryland Lands
Proposal will enable state to buy back land threatened by development.
Boston's Dudley Triangle
The Fannie Mae Foundation publishes a practitioner's guide to planning and financing community revitalization.
Flexible Zoning Rules: A Builder's Nightmare
Why flexible rules and reasonable regulators are a builder’s worst nightmare.
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
