Several decades ago, the communities lining the southwestern corner of Connecticut were emblematic of quintessential suburbia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was mid-January 1997, the coldest day of the year, when city planners descended on Salt Lake City. They worked in a strange ...

By focusing development near existing infrastructure and services, the county could prevent what it calls an “inefficient use ...

To the editor: There are two major fallacies in Joel Kotkin’s argument that low-density sprawl might explain the lower impact of COVID-19 in Southern California compared to New York. First, density ...

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People in Contra Costa County will be voting on a measure that’s pitting conservationists against housing advocates. The ...

Basic rule of urban design: If you can see it on a map, you’ve got a better chance of being able to lay out a thoughtful plan for development. That’s the impetus behind the recent upgrade to the Atlas ...

Lauded by many as progress towards increasing urban housing supply and density, the MDRS allows land owners to develop up to three housing units, three storeys high, on most urban lots without seeking ...

Urban sprawl is gobbling up open spaces in fast-growing metropolitan areas so quickly that it could spell extinction for nearly 1,200 species of plants and animals, environmental groups say. Subscribe ...

Cities need clear limits and targets on urban sprawl to understand whether planning tools like greenbelts and denser development are working, according to new Concordia research. Applying such metrics ...