Land Use

Ed Blakely indicts the planning profession for failing to protect our communities from the threat of a changing climate. How can we plan places that serve as bulwarks from the worst physical traumas, while providing economic and social resiliency?

November 5, 2012 - Edward J. Blakely

October 1, 2012 - Ariel Godwin

County officials hope the zoning changes will help boost the housing supply in the region.

June 18, 2024 - Mountain Times

An update to the city’s zoning code makes way for a project that would reclaim a former highway and create new green space and recreation opportunities.

June 18, 2024 - City of New Rochelle

The film charts the saga of a Brooklyn site called Industry City.

June 17, 2024 - Next City

Limiting drive-thrus can make streets more dangerous for pedestrians and snarl traffic.

June 12, 2024 - Axios

The ‘Room to Roam Act’ would require cities and counties to consider local habitats and the impact of development on wildlife corridors and connectivity.

June 11, 2024 - Nossaman LLP

Transportation planner Buff Brown challenges common traffic engineering practices in a rap video which demonstrates how the Engineering Bingo Card of Excuses helps maintain the status quo of street design.

June 11, 2024 - The Barrier of the City Engineer

The decision paves the way for a controversial student housing development.

June 10, 2024 - Los Angeles Times

Budding developers can access funding and low-cost vacant lots for affordable housing construction.

June 10, 2024 - Nebraska Examiner

The month of May featured a lot of stories on local and state bans, as well as a controversial move to split Baton Rouge in two.

June 7, 2024 - Mary Hammon

The U.S. Corps of Engineers and Redington Shores, Florida are at a standstill: The Corps won’t spend public money to restore private beaches, and homeowners are refusing to grant public access to the beaches behind their home in return for federal assistance.

June 7, 2024 - Grist

As more and more cities look to adapt vacant office buildings into homes, a new analysis from Urban Institute says some cities will benefit more than others.

June 7, 2024 - Urban Wire

As the urgency of the climate crisis increases, a paper in the Notre Dame Law Review argues that increased density is not a universally effective strategy to reduce emissions and that different strategies are needed for low-carbon places versus high-carbon ones.

June 6, 2024 - Nate Luce

The Indianapolis city-county council approved Mayor Hogsett’s alternate plan for a hoped-for professional soccer stadium.

June 6, 2024 - Axios

A potentially toxic algal bloom has turned Clear Lake in Northern California bright green, fed by increased runoff from human activity.

June 4, 2024 - Los Angeles Times

The state legislature is poised to pass a law that would bring more data centers to the state, but critics say the move would threaten the state’s climate goals.

June 4, 2024 - The Guardian

Per a 2017 state law, all cities and towns must submit plans for providing enough housing in their jurisdictions, but a lack of clarity and enforcement mechanisms gives the law little real power.

June 4, 2024 - The Register Citizen

Coal mining in Wyoming will take a major hit as a result of a U.S. Department of Interior plan to cease future leasing of coal mines in the nation's most productive coal mining basin. The decision casts a spotlight on the presidential election.

June 4, 2024 - Irvin Dawid

The building would stand 1,907 feet high, twice as tall as any other building in the Oklahoma City skyline.

June 3, 2024 - NPR