Results for keyword: Land Use and Planning
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Selling forestland won't solve the real problem
The writer says selling public land is no way to help rural communities
by John Krist, Mar 13, 2006 -
Urban planning — with a wild touch
Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and Citizens and Nature-Friendly Communties are two new handbooks on innovative land-use planning and habitat protection
by Ray Ring, Feb 06, 2006 -
Deciphering humanity's hardware
Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes is a wonderfully conversational explanation of everything one sees along the highway that isn’t natural
by Michelle Nijhuis, Jan 23, 2006 -
Jackson can't agree on growth
A decade after it became famous for its model land-use planning, Jackson, Wyo., is facing a stagnant downtown, crowded highways, sprawling development and sky-high real estate prices
by Rob Marin, May 10, 2004 -
My 40 acres of Eden and the planner’s dilemma
The writer in New Mexico thinks he knows why sprawl is so attractive
by Robert Rowley, Apr 19, 2004 -
Wyoming lives uneasily with big game and big equipment
Author loves to hunt, but not when big equipment invades the publicly owned land of Wyoming.
by Ted Kerasote, Mar 03, 2003 -
A new planning tool takes flight
CommunityViz's powerful new planning software allows citizens to get a clear look at how planned developments will actually look in the local landscape.
by Paul Larmer, Sep 30, 2002 -
No ranchettes for the rest of us in Jackson
Jackson, Wyo., citizens have rejected a development planned for a ranch near the town, but the problem of where to house people in resort towns - especially working people - won't go away.
by Bryan Foster, Jul 08, 2002 -
Growth boundary grows
The growth boundary to limit sprawl on Colorado's Front Range, originated five years ago by concerned business leaders, developers and government officials, has been revised periodically to accommodate more growth, which critics say defeats the purpose.
by Jon Waldman and Erika Trautman, Jun 24, 2002 -
Bring back towns
"Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zybrk and Jeff Beck brings to life the "new urbanism" which is largely a return to old-fashioned, small-town living.
by Betsy Marston, Dec 18, 2000






