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Legislators, activists, and academics did not contemplate the proliferation... landuseprof Conservation Easements Environmental Law Scholarship Servitudes State Government Sustainability Fast Food, Religion, and Land Use: The Case of Loma Linda tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676113efb9970b 2012-01-25T17:33:55-05:00 2012-01-25T22:50:24Z 2012-01-25T22:33:55Z This recent article in the Los Angeles Times details a controversy in the town of Loma Linda, California over the city council's approval of a new McDonald's (some sort of fast-food chain). Voters are contemplating a ballot measure to limit... landuseprof San Francisco may supplement public art fee with public arts trust fund tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5e0849e970c 2012-01-25T12:16:00-05:00 2012-01-25T20:06:24Z 2012-01-25T17:16:00Z San Francisco has long required major development in or near its downtown Financial District to provide on-site public art. The art fee is generally popular, though unfortunately, much of the art produced by the fee is not. For instance, CurbedSF... landuseprof CNU Booklet on Sustainable Street Network Principles tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e60f1f2c970c 2012-01-25T09:18:38-05:00 2012-01-25T14:18:38Z 2012-01-25T14:18:38Z The Congress for the New Urbanism has published a booklet called Sustainable Street Network Principles. From the press release: The Congress for the New Urbanism has long recognized that the street network is a fundamental part of human civilization because... landuseprof New Urbanism Planning Transportation Urbanism Urban Land Institute launches new ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0163000dc324970d 2012-01-24T14:55:32-05:00 2012-01-24T23:58:18Z 2012-01-24T19:55:32Z Last week the Urban Land Institute (ULI) announced that the Greenprint Foundation has become a part of ULI's larger environmental initiative. Greenprint assembles voluntarily disclosed information from owners on the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) performance of buildings. As I have... landuseprof Farmers Take Back Land Slated For Housing tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760f42204970b 2012-01-23T10:50:58-05:00 2012-01-23T15:50:58Z 2012-01-23T15:50:58Z On Morning Edition today, NPR ran a story about farmers who sold land for development repurchasing it for agriculural use. Here's the summary: Over the past half-century more than 20 million acres of U.S. farmland were transformed into housing developments.... landuseprof Agriculture Conservation Easements Density Development Housing Mortgage Crisis Tekle on Lawns and Watershed Law tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162fff884fe970d 2012-01-22T14:34:32-05:00 2012-01-22T19:34:32Z 2012-01-22T19:34:32Z Asmara Tekle (Texas Southern--Thurgood Marshall) has posted Lawns and the New Watershed Law, published in Marquette Law Review, Vol. 95, p. 213, 2011. The abstract: American's long love affair with the evergreen, crew-cut, weed and pest free "Industrial" front lawn... landuseprof Land use in the urban century tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffe9ff49970d 2012-01-21T19:00:00-05:00 2012-01-24T16:46:43Z 2012-01-22T00:00:00Z Today is my birthday, and it has me thinking about what rich times these are for those of us that study land use and cities. Last year we had the announcement of the birth of the seven billionth person on... landuseprof Fracking wastewater, earthquakes, and the stream of interstate commerce tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffe72837970d 2012-01-20T12:31:24-05:00 2012-01-20T17:49:18Z 2012-01-20T17:31:24Z Growing up in Ohio, I recall the chandelier in our dining room shaking occasionally when military planes from a nearby air base would fly too low. Now, it appears, chandeliers are shaking all over Youngstown, which has had eleven ...... landuseprof ALPS deadline! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5c80b88970c 2012-01-19T01:57:09-05:00 2012-01-19T06:57:09Z 2012-01-19T06:57:09Z Registration for the annual meeting of the Association for Law, Property, and Society--i.e., ALPS--ends tomorrow, Jan. 20. So give your paper topic one last edit and then by all means submit it and register for the conference. ALPS has quickly... landuseprof Conferences Property Scholarship Urban Gardens in Cleveland tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5c73b5b970c 2012-01-19T00:22:44-05:00 2012-01-19T05:26:23Z 2012-01-19T05:22:44Z We've posted a few items about Cleveland, since it is a great city on that edge of transition; it has undertaken some ambitious programs to deal with abandoned properties as well as to promote urban green uses, as Catherine LaCroix... landuseprof Agriculture Urbanism Obama to reject Keystone pipeline, Washington Post reports tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffcb5247970d 2012-01-18T12:58:53-05:00 2012-01-18T17:58:53Z 2012-01-18T17:58:53Z The Washington Post is reporting that the Obama administration will announce it is rejecting the Keystone pipeline application later today. Here is what the Post is saying: The Obama administration will announce this afternoon it is rejecting a Canadian firm’s... landuseprof Ellickson on the Bundle of Sticks tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5bf0f5e970c 2012-01-18T09:54:43-05:00 2012-01-18T14:54:43Z 2012-01-18T14:54:43Z Last fall we posted about the Econ Journal Watch Symposium "Property: A Bundle of Rights?," with contributions from a number of leading scholars. Just recently, Robert Ellickson's contribution was posted on SSRN, and it's worth a highlight: Two Cheers for... landuseprof Property Property Rights Property Theory Scholarship Teaching Nelson Symposium--Digging up some Dirt (Law) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffc8f7ec970d 2012-01-18T09:26:46-05:00 2012-01-18T14:26:46Z 2012-01-18T14:26:46Z Michael Allan Wolf sends along information about the 11th Robert Nelson Symposium at the University of Florida School of Law: “Digging Up Some Dirt (Law): How Recent Developments in Real Property Law Affect Landowners and Local Governments.” From the description:... landuseprof Conferences Conservation Easements Eminent Domain Local Government Mortgages Scholarship Servitudes Charles M. Haar, RIP tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0162ffbc8e19970d 2012-01-17T13:06:20-05:00 2012-01-17T18:11:29Z 2012-01-17T18:06:20Z From Michael Allan Wolf comes the sad news that Charles M. Haar has passed away. Haar, the Louis D. Brandeis Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School, was one of the true giants of legal scholarship and teaching in the fields... landuseprof History Planning Politics Property Scholarship Teaching Olympics, Marathons, and Parades tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760b0789c970b 2012-01-17T12:04:34-05:00 2012-01-17T17:15:19Z 2012-01-17T17:04:34Z Last year I posted about the Houston Marathon, and my observations about how the route did a good job of taking the runners through a diverse set of neighborhoods, from older to newer, urban to suburban, residential to business. This... landuseprof Downtown Houston Local Government Planning Sustainability Transportation Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, and Housing tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5b13f5d970c 2012-01-17T11:27:02-05:00 2012-01-17T17:09:46Z 2012-01-17T16:27:02Z Hope everyone had a good Martin Luther King Day yesterday. An important part of Dr. King's legacy is his involement in advocating against de facto residential segregation and for fair and affordable housing as part of a broader conception of... landuseprof Affordable Housing Chicago History Housing Politics Property Rights Race Webinar: Service and Learning in Times of Disaster tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e5b0c1b7970c 2012-01-17T10:46:40-05:00 2012-01-17T15:46:40Z 2012-01-17T15:46:40Z From Prof. J.P. "Sandy” Ogilvy (Catholic) Webinar – Friday, February 17, 2012, 2:00 – 3:30 pm (EST) Title: Service and Learning in Times of Disaster Topic: Disasters, natural and man-made, can strike any community at any time. For the most... landuseprof Lectures HUD’s Moving to Opportunity study provides long-term analysis of neighborhood effects on residents tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016760a46203970b 2012-01-16T16:16:05-05:00 2012-01-16T21:17:28Z 2012-01-16T21:16:05Z On January 26, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. moved into a run-down section of Chicago’s West Side to bring attention to housing issues and segregation. On this day that commemorates all his efforts, it seems appropriate to consider a... landuseprof