Such a Sisyphean task this Thing we call Planning
What is this thing we do called planning? Are we really planning or just reacting? And visioning? What’s that all about? These the questions that came to mind as I was reading yesterday’s - Ineffective...
View ArticleNew Eco-Town Plans Meet NIMBY Resistance
The crux of the criticism is that the planned eco-towns would be built on greenfield sites, which locals are hoping to preserve. Publication Date: Thu, 07/16/2009
View ArticleThe Economics of Greenfield Development
"What is greenfield economics? This is simply the set of conditions that flow from building on new territory or exploiting new markets vs. redevelopment of old places, organizations, etc. Being able to...
View ArticleMoving Infill from Policy to Reality
The article features exclusive Q&A with Meea Kang, president of Domus Development, and John Given, principal of investment and development at CIM Group: Publication Date: Mon, 05/02/2011
View ArticleInfill Development Picks Up Speed Across the U.S.
The good news in the Environmental Protection Agency's newly released report, "Residential Construction Trends in America's Metropolitan Regions: 2012 Edition"(PDF), is that "infill has become a...
View ArticleA Battle to Protect England's Countryside as Greenfield Developments Double
A report published the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has identified that 150,000 houses are to be built on protected greenbelt land across England. This represents an increase of 84% on the...
View ArticleShould Britain Scrap its Green Belts to Build Houses?
"Driven by a baby-boom, immigration and longer lives, Britain’s population is growing by around 0.8% per year, faster than in most rich countries. Foreign wealth, meantime, is pouring into London,"...
View ArticleComparing Naperville and Joliet: the Underappreciated Importance of Legacy
"There is a totally undervalued consideration when looking at the past, present and future of cities. We can't discount the importance of legacy -- the quality of past decisions, what's been given to...
View ArticleColorado Development Spells Demise for Local Prairie Dogs
"The Castle Rock Town Council gave unanimous approval to plans for a large scale, mixed use development north of the Outlet Stores," reports Lance Hernandez.Publication Date: Tue, 03/03/2015
View ArticleThe Four Phases of New Urbanism
The New Urbanism began mostly as a large-project, greenfield movement. Some new urbanists concentrated on infill in the 1980s and 1990s, but their efforts attracted less media attention and...
View ArticleDenver's Building Boom Happening on the Fringes
John Aguilar finds evidence of new waves of greenfield, fringe development outside Denver in the city of Watkins, "where an expansive 9,000-home community, dubbed Prosper, take shape on more than 5,100...
View ArticleGreenfield Developments Suffer Amid California Drought
"The state’s dry spell is creating challenges for developers at a time when home prices are soaring because of limited inventory," reports John Gittlesohn. "Now the drought, into its fourth year,...
View ArticleDallas Area Ready for More Greenfield Developments
"Frisco city planners have approved proposals for a large new residential community and a shopping center on part of Publication Date: Mon, 11/23/2015
View ArticleSuch a Sisyphean task this Thing we call Planning
What is this thing we do called planning? Are we really planning or just reacting? And visioning? What’s that all about? These the questions that came to mind as I was reading yesterday’s - Ineffective...
View ArticleNew Eco-Town Plans Meet NIMBY Resistance
The crux of the criticism is that the planned eco-towns would be built on greenfield sites, which locals are hoping to preserve.Publication Date: Thu, 07/16/2009
View ArticleThe Economics of Greenfield Development
"What is greenfield economics? This is simply the set of conditions that flow from building on new territory or exploiting new markets vs. redevelopment of old places, organizations, etc. Being able to...
View ArticleMoving Infill from Policy to Reality
The article features exclusive Q&A with Meea Kang, president of Domus Development, and John Given, principal of investment and development at CIM Group:Publication Date: Mon, 05/02/2011
View ArticleInfill Development Picks Up Speed Across the U.S.
The good news in the Environmental Protection Agency's newly released report, "Residential Construction Trends in America's Metropolitan Regions: 2012 Edition"(PDF), is that "infill has become a...
View ArticleA Battle to Protect England's Countryside as Greenfield Developments Double
A report published the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has identified that 150,000 houses are to be built on protected greenbelt land across England. This represents an increase of 84% on the...
View ArticleShould Britain Scrap its Green Belts to Build Houses?
"Driven by a baby-boom, immigration and longer lives, Britain’s population is growing by around 0.8% per year, faster than in most rich countries. Foreign wealth, meantime, is pouring into London,"...
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