Utah
'Landmark' Bill To Allow Sale Of Public Land To Finance Development
Growth advocates applaud a bill to sell public land to finance local projects but conservationists are worried about what they consider a dangerous trend that benefits only developers.
Salt Lake City's New Environmentally Sensitive Megasuburb
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., a multinational mining company, plans a new megasuburb twice the size of San Francisco, for a half-million residents. The development is planned on the largest piece of private-owned land in the U.S.
Twin Energy, Real Estate Booms In West Cause Conflict
In the Rockies, developers and oil and natural gas companies are vying for access to the same land -- but what could be the consequences for local communities?
Free Parking For Green Cars
Salt Lake City offers free parking for fuel-efficient vehicles.
Getting Smart With Mr. Grow
A Utah visionary points the way to regionalism and public transit in Michigan.
Business Is Booming For Utah's Private Radioactive Waste Landfill
Business is booming for the nation's only privately owned and operated radioactive and hazardous waste landfill. Envirocare of Utah handles almost as much waste in the first half of 2005 as it did in all of 2004.
Moving 12 Million Tons Of Nuclear Waste
The Department of Energy is moving radioactive waste farther from the banks of the Colorado River in Utah, where it has been temporarily stored.
Provo Zoning Aids Affordability Says HUD
Overlays allowing granny flats and customized zoning for unique development situations meet needs, reduce excessive regulations, promote affordable housing.
The Revolution Will Be Localized
Local politicians are taking the fight against global warming past Washington politics and directly to the people.
Utah Reservation Closer To Becoming Nuclear Waste Site
Plans to temporarily house over 44,000 tons of nuclear waste at the Skill Valley Reservation in Utah are pushing forward, despite Utah officials' objections.
Is God An Urbanist Or A Mall Rat?
What is next for two failing shopping malls owned by the Mormon Church in downtown Salt Lake City?
Cookie Cutter Housing Leads To Calls For Design Standards
Planners hope to counter rows of monotonous housing with design standards such as mandating "visual relief" through architectural features and a minimum of two colors on each unit.
A Lesson In Planning
Honor students at the University of Utah use downtown Salt Lake City as a case study of public participation in the planning process.
New Utah Rail Stations Offer Hope For Economic Development
New rail stations to open in 2007 will offer residents of towns north of Salt Lake City new economic options.
Salt Lake City's 'Anti-Strip Mall' Ordinance
A Salt Lake City ordinance is designed to bring pedestrians back to the city's streets.
Unproductive Oil Wells Despoil Utah Wilderness
Oil and gas leases are devastating wilderness areas in Utah, even though these supplies are enough to feed US oil demand for about four days.
An Unusual Transit Solution
A study commissioned by officials in Ogden , UT, concludes a gondola system would be cheaper than a light rail line.
Open-space Initiative Draws Criticism
Pundits say there may be legal and financial snags with the Utah open-space measure to be voted on in November
Utah Wilderness Area Sale Will Yield A Few Weeks' Worth Of Oil
The Bureau of Land Management has auctioned off nearly nearly 40,000 acres of legislatively proposed wilderness in Utah to oil interests -- although studies show the resulting oil would serve the country's needs only for a few weeks.
Land Use And Transportation Planning To Work Together
The process for long-range land use and transportation planning works with Envision Utah to tie the two together.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
