• How to prepare communities for climate change

    The Climate Planner offers a wealth of experience and advice for planners confronting climate change in community plans.
    “Think globally, act locally,” has been an environmental mantra for at least 30 years. For local communities, acting on climate change begins with a plan—which makes urban planners a linchpin in this issue. And yet planners may be averse to getting in the middle of another political hot-button...Read more

  • Transforming a suburban commercial strip corridor

    There is nothing so ubiquitous in the American landscape as suburban commercial strip corridors, typically built in the 20 th Century with a variety of single-use buildings, large surface parking lots, buffers, and thoroughfares focused on driving. These corridors have a lot of underutilized land...Read more

  • Legacy of the Little Pink House

    Last night I watched the drama Little Pink House , based on the Kelo v. City of New London, Connecticut, eminent domain case that reached the US Supreme Court in 2005. The case centered on the taking of non-blighted houses in the small Connecticut city to enable economic development by a Fortune...Read more

  • Design for new town deals with climate change

    Newfield in Martin County, Florida, provides an upland alternative to coastal real estate in Southeast Florida, while preserving the countryside.
    Development of a new mixed-use town near Stuart, Florida, designed for 15,000-20,000 people, is getting underway. The 3,400-acre Newfield, in Martin County, is being developed by Knight Kiplinger, head of the Kiplinger Media company in Washington, DC. The plan by Marcela Camblor & Associates...Read more