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A 40-year Battle Over Property Rights
Anthony Palazzolo has fought Rhode Island for over 40 years in what has become the quintessential battle over property rights.
FEATURE
The Smart Growth Debate: A Prisoner's Dilemma
Who wins and who loses after selfish development decisions are tallied?
Market-Oriented Land-Use Planning
Hans Lind, writing in the academic journal, Planning & Markets, identifies the five specific types of market-oriented planning.
CarFree Times
The November 2002 issue of Carfree Times is now available.
Reinventing Pittsburgh
A city in transition, Pittsburgh is striving to diversify its economy and become an urban success story.
When Portland's Uran Growth Boundary Is No More...
How does Portland, Oregon avoid the rush to urban sprawl when it relaxes its fabled no-growth boundary?
Why Do 13 States Block ERealty?
Old-line businesses have regulations that protect their turf.
The Roots Of Growth
A region's sewer mains provide a rough map of future development. In Sacramento, CA, this map is heating up.
Monorails Have Arrived
The futuristic Jetsons-era technology of monorail systems isn't just for Disney nostalgia or Simpsons' parodies. Monorails are actually viable urban transit alternatives to light rail and subways.
Local Regulations And Housing Affordability
Anthony Downs speaks at MIT on the impact of government regulations on affordable housing.
Friday Funny: The Stupidest State?
A Miami Herald columnist is annoyed at a group that ranked the 50 United States in order of intelligence. Florida ranked 47th.
Focus On Quality, Not Height
The threat to communities is not tall buildings, but bad design, argues John King in response to a proposed height-limit measure in Berkeley, CA.
GIS Fights Corruption
In a country plagued by severe corruption, satellite mapping and a national computerized database are helping fight corruption.
Eminent Domain: It's All About Power
Frustrated with high utility costs, the City of Corona, CA, plans to use redevelopment powers to take over power distribution.
LA Billboard Ordinance Ruled Unconstitutional
A federal judge blocked the city of Los Angeles from collecting billboard fees, ruling that two billboard ordinances violate the 1st Amendment.
Federal Reserve's 'Backup Facilities' Whitepaper
A "white paper" by the Federal Reserve, and the Security and Exchange Commission urges firms to have backup sites as much as 200 to 300 miles from downtown locations.
Exploding The Myth About SUVs
SUVs don't just guzzle gas and pollute. They are also dangerous to drive. The author of "High and Mighty" explodes the myth that SUVs are safer.
Atlanta's Quest For Parks
Atlanta looks to Boston for inspiration in how deteriorating parks can be revitalized into a community asset.
How Baltimore Bucks A National Trend
The "roaring 1990s" largely bypassed Baltimore but as the nation suffers an economic slump, economists say the city is performing well.
The New Alt-architects
Teams compete to build the ultimate solar-powered home of the future.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
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.
