Elizabeth Stampe: "Turning Up the Heat on Urban Sprawl" An article on how to fight global warming with better land use that includes data on how certain types of design can influence people's transit habits.
Seth A. Brown: "Why Building Smart is So Hard" An article on the economic, political and legal challenges to building sustainable projects.
Urban Land Institute: "Higher-Density Development: Myth and Fact" Study highlighting common myths and actual facts related to higher density development. Great source for additional studies on development and land-use issues.
Chris Taylor: "The Next Real Estate Boom" Article on the growing popularity of "new villages" where dense settlements, not sprawling ranch houses, are the future of housing.
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