A Delaware Guide to Form-Based Codes

A Delaware Guide to Form-Based Codes

The Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination and the Institute for Public Administration recently developed a new tool for planners in Delaware. A Delaware Guide to Form-Based Codes describes the four common factors of Form-Based Codes: Regulating plan (zoning...

Pentagon’s Goal: Walkable Military Bases

An article written by Federal Times on May 18, 2012 reports: At military installations, suburban-style sprawl is out and walkable communities are in under new planning guidelines issued by the Defense Department that call for “compact development.”

Placemaking and Economic Growth

This new report by the MSU Land Policy Institute examines Michigan placemaking projects that attract growth through the education of relevant stakeholders, transformation of policies, removal of barriers and creation of incentives. The report also shares strategies...

CNU’s Sustainable Street Network Booklet

The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has compiled a set of principles and key characteristics into an easy-to-read and downloadable Sustainable Street Network Principles booklet. The booklet advocates that streets should be designed to play three simultaneous...

On Common Ground

The National Association of Realtors publishes On Common Ground twice yearly to focus on topics of Smart Growth, including enhancing the existing assets of a community, the long-term implications of various development patterns, and the fiscal impacts of these...