This article discusses the development of China's modern cities and China's emerging urban planning and growth management programs related to implementing its newly established sustainable development policies. Global sustainable development issues are discussed in the comparative context of...

This article discusses the regulatory techniques of place based crime prevention in the context of implementing zoning and planning laws in the United States. The article examines the specific planning and regulatory techniques that can be utilized in the urban planning process to incorporate...

Nations around the world utilize government interventions to promote the availability and affordability of housing. This article focuses on various types of government regulatory interventions, such as rent controls, building dedications and exactions, and density and growth controls on housing....

This article discusses sustainable development problems in the United States related to regional automobile-dependent sprawl and focuses on the need for devising and implementing growth strategies that provide people in the United States with affordable and sustainable housing and transportation...

This article explores Aristotle's statement about politics shaping the design and form of the built environment in the context of urban planning, suburban sprawl, and the threat of terrorism in the United States. The article suggests that sprawl may be accelerated by the threat of terrorism in...

This article discusses the potential impact of terrorist attacks on urban planning, design and development of the built environment in the United States. Defensive Dispersal I occurred in the nineteen fifties in this country, in part, as a result of a deliberate policy to disperse new...

This article discusses the causes of urban sprawl in the United States and examines sustainable development issues related to the impact and costs of sprawl on everyday life the United States. The article particularly focuses on how local zoning and growth management programs are a significant...

This article discusses partial regulatory taking claims in the context of zoning and planning laws and examines federal and state court decisions with a view toward identifying judicial principles that determine when the regulation of land use and development may be found to constitute a partial...