Planning
Planning is an essential function of local and state government agencies, involving the strategic development of policies and initiatives that shape the growth and sustainability of communities. Effective planning covers a wide range of areas, including land use, transportation, and environmental impact, ensuring that development aligns with the region’s long-term goals. This directory offers articles on planning and related topics like Zoning, which explores the regulations that govern land use and development to create orderly and beneficial urban and rural environments.
While implementing a smart city program is often easier said than done, overcoming these challenges will have your city on its way to hyperconnectivity in no time
To survive the next inevitable flood, Winslow, Nebraska, residents must raise their homes, leave or restart the town at a site a few miles away and 100 feet higher with government financial help. Town leaders are pushing for the latter.
For Houston families who have endured floods, it’s hard to sustain traditions around furniture that isn’t there anymore or build traditions when there’s no guarantee your home will stay the way it is.
The House and Senate have reached agreement on a 5-year, $281 billion transportation bill that would increase spending to address the nation’s aging and congested highways and transit systems
The Strategy provides an overview of how to develop the industries of the future and harness innovation to help address the most important challenges
Nervous mayors and county officials are piping up about the Illinois budget crisis, with one city even threatening to turn off the lights at a state garage because of an unpaid electric bill
Plans to build a sprawling community for 17,000 athletes near downtown appeared to be in doubt and a search is underway for possible alternatives
Hundreds of New York emergency responders simulated a coordinated terror attack days before The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The plan sets conservation goals, outlines ways to share water during droughts and suggests ways to preserve the environment, recreation and agriculture while accommodating rapid population growth
Maryland received $27.8 million in Federal Railroad Administration funds to bring Superconducting Magnetic Levitation trains to the Northeast region
Before granting permissions, California regulators want Google to prove these cars of the future already drive as safely as people
At a hearing on proposed rules for oil and gas drilling in Colorado, critics say the guidelines were too narrow or that they didn’t protect property rights
A group of Idaho lawmakers are narrowing down recommendations on how to improve oversight on boards that helped lure major companies to the state
More than 300 people looked into the future of travel at the first ever transportation summit – Mississauga Moves 2015
Walk21 aims to strengthen the walking movement by supporting and inspiring communities to change their policies and practices
Michael Bloomberg and mayors of large world cities want to weigh in on upcoming U.N. climate negotiations with their local experiences in fighting global warming
Rivera is working to disrupt pervasive cronyism, while some constituents feel he is violating the city charter by hiring and firing certain public employees
Some states are getting smaller as governments give up on maintaining many rural roads and bridges to spend on more essential projects in busier areas
Middletown, Connecticut, was awarded a $143,970 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study brownfield sites for potential reuse or rehabilitation
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