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The Inheritance Problem: Urban Planning and Community Engagement in U.S. Cities

Urban planning is often confused with adjacent disciplines: urban design, environmental policy, civic strategy, local politics, and data analytics. Truthfully, the overlap makes th...

1m/s: Walkability and Public Space in Montevideo

The mobility paradigm focuses on the study, design, and planning of human movement rather than on vehicles. This shift from the object—the car—to the subject—the person—requires a...

Land-Use Law and Wildfire

This blog post was co-authored with Dave Owen, at UC Law SF.  The draft article this blog post series is based is here. This is the fifth in a series of blog posts on our proposal...

Urban Planning Gone Wrong…

Alexandre Chemetoff, Landscapes, Urbanism

Alexandre Chemetoff’s urban design draws on decades of designing landscapes, using new methods to reinvigorate older areas of the city and their architecture, while simultaneously...

Key Land-Use and Zoning Provisions in Landmark Housing Law

The newly enacted 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop voluntary federal guidelines for state and local zoning best p...

Planning for Love, Part 3: Enhancing human connection through walkability

Planning for Love, Part 3: Enhancing human connection through walkability Diana Ionescu Fri, 07/24/2026 - 05:00 7 minutes

'Sentient cities' shape future of urban development, place people at centre of planning

Holding space: Resisting the violence of urban renewal

Urban development can improve housing, streets and public spaces, but only if it doesn't displace communities. As designers, we can choose to shape our environments in a way that i...

BACA and planning

A key question under the CEQA initiative on the ballot this fall, should it be enacted, is how it will relate to planning in California law.  The question is an important one becau...

Good planning begins with better listening

Good planning begins with better listening Joshua Woods Tue, 07/28/2026 - 05:00 Primary Image Caption A public meeting in Austin, T...

Central Greens at RiverHills: A Master Plan Rooted in Climate-Sensitive Landscape Urbanism

The post Central Greens at RiverHills: A Master Plan Rooted in Climate-Sensitive Landscape Urbanism appeared first on World Landscape Architecture. Guest Post

The Urban Nature Project | J&L Gibbons + Feilden Fowles

The post The Urban Nature Project | J&L Gibbons + Feilden Fowles appeared first on World Landscape Architecture. Damian Holmes

Deakin University Waurn Ponds Integrated Water Management | Urban Initiatives

The post Deakin University Waurn Ponds Integrated Water Management | Urban Initiatives appeared first on World Landscape Architecture. Damian Holmes

VMRDA Region Gets New Development Blueprint

The land-use plan allocates resources as follows: agriculture (40.7%), residential (17%), mixed-use (9%), transport (6%), forests and green zones (25%), industry (2%), and other ca...

New draft London Plan integrates Green Belt evidence from LUC

Land Use Consultants (LUC) was commissioned to assess all Green Belt land within greater London by the Greater London Authority (GLA). The study assesses how all Green Belt land co...

Los Ocotes Masterplan & Urban Design | Zapopan, Mexico

The post Los Ocotes Masterplan & Urban Design | Zapopan, Mexico appeared first on World Landscape Architecture. Damian Holmes

ReLeaf Cedar Rapids | Urban Reforestation Plan

The post ReLeaf Cedar Rapids | Urban Reforestation Plan appeared first on World Landscape Architecture. Damian Holmes

To upzone or not to upzone? Two views on the housing crisis

To upzone or not to upzone? Two views on the housing crisis Diana Ionescu Fri, 08/14/2026 - 05:00 4 minutes

Seabrook’s Study in New Urbanism

A fantasy, or the future?

Local content for sustainable urban development in Muscat

Cities become more integrated to functions that drive economic development. As that happens, there’s an expectation on local authorities to deliver quality public services that als...

Move over, zoning. Housing’s unsung hero is better street design.

Move over, zoning. Housing’s unsung hero is better street design. Diana Ionescu Tue, 08/04/2026 - 05:00 6 minutes

Associate Urban Designer | Arcadia | Sydney, Australia

The post Associate Urban Designer | Arcadia | Sydney, Australia appeared first on World Landscape Architecture. Damian Holmes

New study visualizes how city shapes impact mobility

New study visualizes how city shapes impact mobility Diana Ionescu Wed, 07/08/2026 - 07:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption...