Ohio
New Ohio Law May Encourage Sprawl
The new law will give townships more say in annexation attempts by Ohio cities, but opponents fear it gives too much power to townships and will increase suburban sprawl.
Cleveland's Planners Envision Regional Park Plan
Park leaders in the Greater Cleveland, Akron-Canton area have a vision of building more than 1,100 miles of bike and hike trails and preserving thousands of acres along streams and rivers.
Ohio's Largest Neo-Traditional Development
Ohio's Barberton development is an alternative to sprawl -- a community where every resident is a five-minute walk from the lake.
You May Be Against Sprawl, But Others Love It
Many write that sprawl is a bad thing, but Carol Ann Lease of the Dispatch thinks we should embace it as long as we can.
Revitalizing Cleveland's Older Suburbs
Cleveland's aging communities team up to market postwar era housing.
Greater Cincinnati: Threatened By Sprawl
Is rapid development in Ohio 'irresponsible?'
Cleveland To Allow Warehouses To Be Converted To Lofts
Artists may soon colonize Cleveland's struggling industrial districts under a new zoning classification allows for live/work residential spaces in industrial warehouses.
Kentucky Is Urging Citizens To Think About Planning
The governor's smart-growth task force is holding meetings across the state to encourage residents to participate in the planning process to prevent sprawl.
Sprawl Creates A Region Divided Against Itself
In Northeast Ohio, sprawl's effects are impacting older suburbs as well as the city.
Is The American Department Store Dead?
Department stores are rapidly losing ground to new innovative retail concepts.
Professionals That Shape Open Spaces
An introduction to the role played by landscape architects, landscape designers, and horticulturalists.
Can Downtowns Compete With Suburbs?
Though suburbs continue to mushroom across the nation, some experts say overcrowded suburbs will help city centers survive.
Cincinnati's Low Home-Ownership Rate
Cincinnati's owner-occupancy rate is less than 40 percent and is well below the national average.
Regional Approach Needed To Address Sprawl
A report by the Smart Growth Coalition for Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky describes the negative impact of urban sprawl and illustrates the need for a regional solution.
Instant Cities
Building a complex erector-set of pipes to get water to expanding cities has created the possibility of "instant cities" in remote locations.
Urban Sprawl Becomes Major Issue In Ohio
For nine candidates for the Columbus city council, sprawl has become one of the foremost issues.
Mayor's Conference On Downtown Revitalization
The Mayor's Institute on City Design is a leadership conference focused on redeveloping downtowns.
Park On A Bridge
Planners are looking to put a park-on-a-bridge over Fort Washington Way in downtown Cincinnati.
24/7 Traffic Information
The Advanced Regional Traffic Interactive Management and Information System (ARTIMIS) will provide 24/7 traffic information for the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky region.
Cleveland Retail Market Update
Cleveland, once derided as the "mistake by the lake," gives birth to a retail rennaisance.
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.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
