Urban Development

In response to the latest Southern California wildfires, site locations and climate must be more carefully considered by the people who build and approve subdivisions, writes Christopher Hawthorne.

October 31, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times

Groundwater supplies in Northeast Florida may only be able to support growth until 2030, when demands on water will overshoot available resources.

October 30, 2007 - The Florida Times-Union

Despite its tax benefits, a big mixed-use project in Salt Lake City is being blamed for making the downtown a virtual deadzone.

October 30, 2007 - Deseret Morning News

Due to the success of Portland's downtown streetcar, city officials are already in the beginning stages of planning future lines throughout the city.

October 30, 2007 - The Oregonian

Smart Growth projects are having trouble gathering support in Long Island, New York, mainly because of their large scales.

October 29, 2007 - The New York Times

Participatory planning in Philadelphia creates a new vision for the city's Delaware River waterfront.

October 29, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Seattle activist Jim Diers takes his expertise on cultivating neighbor power 'Down Under'.

October 29, 2007 - Mark Tirpak

Criteron Planners, a certification reviewer for the LEED for Neighborhood Development program, offers its analysis of LEED-ND pilot project locations and areas.

October 29, 2007 - Criterion Planners

With two major fires in four years, San Diego County officials are trying to evaluate their options. Though many acknowledge that the battle against forest fires is a losing one, there are no proposals to restrict home building in fire prone areas.

October 29, 2007 - The New York Times

Though the fate of Seattle's light rail plans remain undecided, developers are moving forward with plans for transit node developments.

October 29, 2007 - Seattle Post Intelligencer

With a flood of new condos, booming downtown Toronto is the fastest-growing area in the city.

October 28, 2007 - The Toronto Star

This article from the meat-focused magazine Meatpaper discusses Manhattan and its similarities to a slab of meat, and looks at how Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs would have sliced their New York steaks.

October 26, 2007 - Meatpaper

Detroit is planning to sell off nearly 100 of its public parks to make way for redevelopment. The mostly small, pocket parks have been increasingly abandoned as their neighborhoods decline in population.

October 26, 2007 - The Detroit Free Press

Recent polls show that anti-development sentiment is stronger than ever, with 75 percent of Americans opposing new development in their communities.

October 26, 2007 - CNN/Money

As brownfield redevelopment escapes from its "avoid-at-all-costs" stigma, Sustainable Industries offers a look at five common remediation and redevelopment projects for the country's brownfields.

October 25, 2007 - Sustainable Industries

James Howard Kunstler attends the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) and finds downtown Houston a "ghastly" environment that shows that even without zoning a city can achieve "miserable" results.

October 25, 2007 - Energy Bulletin

Walkable neighborhoods will be the new American dream, according to land strategist and developer Chris Leinberger in this interview from Smart City.

October 24, 2007 - Smart City

The "Neck" area of the Charleston, South Carolina region, connecting the cities of North Charleston and Charleston, holds the potential to become an urban model regarding several issues which are plaguing the metropolitan area.

October 23, 2007 - The Post & Courier

Homebuyers increasingly look to developing downtown San Diego, California, as the site for their second homes.

October 22, 2007 - The New York Times

Despite running a deficit, Cincinnati officials are strongly considering the construction of a streetcar system to spur economic development.

October 22, 2007 - The Cincinnati Post