A city councilmember has a plan to turn Midtown’s explosive growth into a new funding stream. The post Could Atlanta tap Midtown’s explosive growth to fund affordable housing? appeared first on Atlanta Civic Circle.| Atlanta Civic Circle
Los Angeles’ emergency order blocks Senate Bill 9 lot-splits in fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades, restoring the single-family pattern that existed before the January inferno. The move underscores tensions between state housing law and local disaster realities.| The Builder's Daily
Ahead of state reform, Indigo demonstrates how planning, education, and balance can deliver affordability. Cottages under $300,000 are selling out fast—proof that zoning alignment and collaboration work.| The Builder's Daily
The Builder's Daily's RIchard Lawson reports on a first-of-its-kind Georgia ruling against minimum home size requirements. The ruling could spark a domino-effect model to ignite zoning reform nationwide.| The Builder's Daily
Knightdale’s approval of a Horton's cottage court plan shows how local vision and builder flexibility can align—just ahead of sweeping reforms.| The Builder's Daily
The European Commission JRC recently released a new 2023 update of the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) data. This update has greatly improved the GHSL data, with a 10 metre scale built-up area…| CityGeographics
By Erica C. Barnett The city council’s comprehensive plan committee, chaired by Joy Hollingsworth, spent much of its two-hour meeting…| PubliCola
How big is Tokyo? What's the population of Tokyo? What even is Tokyo? All excellent questions, so in this long read I'll try to explain my answers to these questions by way of data and maps, including some new analysis I've done. But first, here's a photo of the urban area, plus a map of Tokyo prefecture - I'll say more about it later on - including a bit about the remote Tokyo island shaped like a shark's tooth.| Stats, Maps n Pix
In what is likely a bellwether for final agreement votes, the St. Petersburg City Council passed multiple measures related to the Historic Gas Plant District’s $6.5 billion redevelopment Thursday evening. A $1.37 billion ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays would anchor the generational project. Council members voted 5-3 to extend an area funding mechanism, increase [...]| St Pete Catalyst
Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities, published in 1961, revolutionised urban theory. This essay kicks off a series exploring Jacobs’ influential ideas and their potential to address today’s urban challenges and enhance city living. Adam Louis Sebastian Lehodey, the author of this collection of essays, studies philosophy and economics on the …| Market Urbanism
By Erica C. Barnett Last August, Seattle’s Department of Planning and Community Development produced a draft update to the city’s…| PubliCola
Although Greater London has an extensive transit network, this is not the case for many UK cities where underinvestment and privatisation has seen bus, metro and rail networks stagnate in recent de…| CityGeographics
Sprawl is a problem in Vermont, but citizens have begun to have some success in opposing additional low-density development.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy