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Zoning Considerations When Building Granny Flats
Many homeowners are building separate apartments as granny flats for extra income. The Wall Street Journal offers advice for coping with local building and zoning regulations.
All Smart Growth Isn't
A sense of place is essential to successful smart growth projects.
Can Houston Drivers Adapt To Light Rail?
For the last year, Houston has been trying to prepare its drivers for light rail, but already there have been 15 accidents since January 1.
The Smart Money Is On Smart Growth
Compact development and reinvestment in urban centers can save taxpayers money and improve regional economies. In this paper, Mark Muro and Robert Puentes review the best academic evidence on the fiscal and competitive advantages.
Vanishing Urban Canopies
Urban areas have lost a staggering 21% of their tree cover in the last decade. American cities are 'turning from green into gray'.
Raising The Sustainable Roof
Roofing professionals' task force defines sustainable roofing and outlines best practices.
The Problem With Malls
All is not lost for shopping center developers and managers, if only they would think about consumers.
Invest in your community: Buy Clothes
Community-run clothing stores are a growing trend in the rural West.
Humor: Laughing With Us Or At Us?
The planning profession makes "The Onion".
From Suburbia To Ethnoburbia
Traditional conceptions about suburbia no longer reflect modern suburban reality.
A Call To Redesign American Public School Facilities
The design and building of new schools is increasingly seen as an opportunity to encourage integrated planning and smart growth thinking.
Are 'Bland' Suburbs Things of the Past?
Colorado's local governments and new suburban homebuyers are asking developers for "something different."
Unintended Consequences Of Sprawl
As formerly somewhat rural areas gain residents, more "urban" services are required.
Car-Sharing Has Rolled Into San Francisco
Mayor Gavin Newsom wants San Francisco to become the nation's car-sharing capital.
Congress Stalls; Traffic Slows
Failure to reauthorize a long term transportation spending bill may cause delays, higher costs for local highway and transit projects.
Top Ten Planning Issues Of 2003
From congestion charging to Wal-Mart's impact, Planetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2003.
Nobody Knows Where Chinese Culture Is Heading
In a headlong rush to modernise, China's people and traditions risk being left behind.
Shunning Wal-Mart, Shunning Freedom?
In this editorial, a University of Maryland Professor writes that efforts to keep Wal-Mart stores out of certain communities is 'un-American.'
Rapid Transit is the Only Way
Hawaii leads the nation in carpooling, though its own rates are experiencing decline.
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Top Ten Planning Issues Of 2003
From congestion charging to Wal-Mart's impact, PLANetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2003.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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