Conservation Areas

Scotland, United Kingdom

Trump Golf Course Destroyed Protected Scottish Ecosystem

The president promised to protect the unique natural area when he received permission to develop a resort there.

August 3, 2018 - The Guardian

Can Conservation and Drilling Coexist?

That's the question facing the nation's largest environmental organization (not the Sierra Club but The Nature Conservancy) regarding the management of its preserve in Texas. There is no question for Naomi Klein, who writes about it in her new book.

August 6, 2014 - The New York Times

Integrating Conservation into Planning Processes

Conservation areas can provide a variety of benefits to localities, including improving public health, raising property values, and sustaining ecosystems. Proactive conservation strategies are the best way to ensure those benefits accrue.

April 25, 2013 - APA Sustaining Places Blog

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.

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