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Land Use Prof Blog

By Paul Boudreaux

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 11:17:06

What Land Use Profs Do At Faculty Retreats...

Posted on August 16, 2010
As a Land Use Prof mentor once opined to me "Teaching land use is one of the safest jobs in the world. After all, nobody else on the faculty would ever want to do it." So, as the rest of...

Land Use Teaching Resource...

Posted on August 15, 2010
This Monday is the first day of Land Planning and Development for my class this semester. Leading up to it, I've been searching for more interactive and collaborative teaching tools. I was especially excited when I ran across a good...

Fannie & Freddie Bailout?

Posted on August 14, 2010
I really enjoyed reading the article linked in Chad's post yesterday, and the good points in the comments so far. I've linked or mentioned a few times about the need to rethink housing policy with respect to the primacy of...

A Potential Fundamental Change...

Posted on August 12, 2010
...for decades, the U.S government has promoted a policy of encouraging "home ownership" (or, more accurately, a rent-to-own system through home mortgages). Now, the idea itself is not inherently bad if the homes are purchased with loans that can be....

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Jerry Weitz Moves to ECU

Posted on August 11, 2010
Planner Jerry Weitz is leaving Georgia to become a professor and director of the new planning program at East Carolina University. According to Jerry, the program is in "the urban and regional planning program in the department of geography at...

And Now, A Musical Interlude...

Posted on August 10, 2010
One of the ways that I try to stimulate student thinking about land use issues is to occasionally hold a contest of sorts where they (or their groups) come up songs related to the land use topic we are considering....

Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference

Posted on August 10, 2010
William & Mary Law School will be hosting the Seventh Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference on Thursday, Sept. 30th and Friday Oct. 1st. This year's honoree is Prof. Carol Rose of Arizona and Yale. Scheduled presenters include past honorees such...

Hurricane-Proof Dome Homes

Posted on August 10, 2010
I'm back from a summer sabbatical from the Land Use Prof Blog. Thanks to my fellow bloggers for holding down the blogging fort in my absence. Also, thanks to Will for lending us his apartment in Charleston for a long...

Smith on the Structural Causes of Mortgage Fraud

Posted on August 10, 2010
James Charles Smith (Georgia) has posted The Structural Causes of Mortgage Fraud, forthcoming in the Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 60. The abstract: Mortgage fraud, often a violation of federal and state criminal statutes, covers a number of different types of...

A New Look at Parking Regulations...

Posted on August 09, 2010
One of the long standing challenges in revitalizing downtowns and other more urban settings is the typical American's expectation of parking right outside the business or office or residence they plan to visit. Granted, there are times (rain, snow, Moscowian...

Kelly on Homes Affordable for Good

Posted on August 08, 2010
James J. Kelly, Jr., of Baltimore Law and intrepid Land Use Prof guest blogger, has posted Homes Affordable for Good: Covenants and Ground Leases as Long-Term Resale Restriction Devices, a symposium piece in the St. Louis University Public Law Journal,...

The Atlantic on How Texas is Dominating the Recession

Posted on August 07, 2010
I'm back in Houston from a visit to points far north. I thought up some blog posts while traveling, but I'll mark my return to the Lone Star State with a link to this article from The Atlantic by Derek...

Speaking of Land Use Studies...

Posted on August 07, 2010
Hazel Borys of the PlaceMakers firm recently updated her analysis of form-based codes and how they have been introduced and adopted across the United States (and several other North American cities). The study looks at the location, size, and type...

Two New Land Use Studies...

Posted on August 06, 2010
Both studies consider and compare the economic effect of the more conventional Post World War II development patterns with the neo-traditional efforts of the last several decades. In particular, former CNU Executive Director Peter Katz analyzes how mixed-use in urban...

Fennell & Roin on Residential Stakes

Posted on August 06, 2010
Lee Anne Fennell (Chicago) and Julie Roin (Chicago) have posted Controlling Residential Stakes, University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 77, p. 143 (2010). The abstract: Local communities often suffer when residents have too small a stake in their homes ?...

Iowa Clinical Law on Accessibility and Universal Design in Affordable Housing

Posted on August 04, 2010
The University of Iowa Clinical Law Program has The Washignton Court Housing Survey: A Study of Accessibility and Universal Design in Affordable Housing--Executive Summary, published in the Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law Winter, Vol...

Marsico on the Home Mortgatge Disclosure Act at Thirty-Five

Posted on August 04, 2010
Richard D. Marsico (New York Law School) has posted Looking Back and Looking Ahead as the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Turns Thirty-Five: The Role of Public Disclosure of Lending Data in a Time of Financial Crisis, published in the Review...

The Continued Stigma of Rental Projects...

Posted on August 03, 2010
With fewer and fewer Americans able to obtain a mortgage, more are turning toward rentals. Unfortunately, as this article shows, the stigma of rental units is so bad that it can undermine even what little development opportunity still exists in...

Two Great Top Ten Lists...

Posted on August 03, 2010
The Infrastructurist site has several great articles on land development issues. Two of the most interesting (with images to boot) recent ones were:The 10 Worst Design Fails of the Past 25 Years andThe World's 10 Greatest Large Urban Parks I've...

Speaking of Sustainability in Rural Settings...

Posted on August 02, 2010
Following up on my earlier ICMA post, I ran across this interesting effort by the Coastal Conservation League out of South Carolina to craft a development code for rural Dorchester County that codifies sustainable principles in a non-urban setting. This...

Eagle on the Really New Property

Posted on August 02, 2010
I'm still out of town, but a quick dose of internet access reveals what looks like a very interesting new property theory piece by Steven J. Eagle (George Mason): The Really New Property: A Skeptical Appraisal, forthcoming in the Indiana...

Asheville Ordinance Aimed at Sustainability...

Posted on July 30, 2010
...is voted down: The ordinance, crafted over two years by the Mayor?s Affordable Housing task force, allows developers to build denser housing than normally allowed by an area?s zoning if it?s considered affordable or sustainable and located in certain areas...

Smart Growth in the Country...

Posted on July 29, 2010
Oftentimes, smart growth and sustainable development topics focus primarily on urban settings. After all, those are the areas that issues like walkability, mixed use, and transit-oriented development are most prevalent. Even so, the domain of smart growth land use principles...

Heading to SEALS...

Posted on July 27, 2010
The annual Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference begins this Friday at the Breakers in West Palm Beach. I had the honor of chairing the Program Format Committee this year so I'm very familiar with all of the different sessions....

Gregory, Leiserowitz, & Failing on Climate Change and Adaptation in NW Alaska

Posted on July 26, 2010
Robin S. Gregory (Decision Research), Anthony A. Leiserowitz (Decision Research), and Lee Failing (Compass Resource Management) have posted Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation in Northwest Alaska. The abstract: A two-day workshop on climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation in...

A Marxist's View of Manhattan (and Other Urban Settings)...

Posted on July 26, 2010
Okay, so maybe I was making a weak attempt at introducing a Woody Allen-like title to Land Use Prof. But, is does accurately reflect this interesting article from FastCompany.com: "New York? The whole damn place has been turned into a...

Chapman on the Ontological Problem with Sovereignty

Posted on July 26, 2010
Chelsea Chapman (Wisconisn--Anthropology) has posted The Ontological Problem with Sovereignty: Indigenous Nations, Territoriality, and the Making of Natural Resources in Alaska. The abstract: Congressional resolution of Alaska Native land claims in the 1970s, driven by a discursive collusion of carbon...

Gordy on Canadian Sovereignty in Arctic Waterways

Posted on July 24, 2010
Again, if everything goes as planned, I will be away in Canadian waterways today, so I've arranged to post this somewhat topical article. Kimberley Celeste Gordy (J.D. Candidate, U. of Houston) has posted Dire Straits: The Necessity for Canadian Sovereignty...

An Interesting Analysis Related to Land Use and Schools...

Posted on July 23, 2010
Architect and planner Steve Mouzon--a strong advocate of sustainable development on the lot, block, and community scale--recently posted a very informative comparison of three elementary school sites in Alabama and how land use regulations affected them:Let?s look at the difference...

Fox on Smart Growth in Vancouver & Seattle

Posted on July 22, 2010
David Fox (J.D. Candidate, Boston College) has published Halting Urban Sprawl: Smart Growth in Vancouver and Seattle, 33 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 43 (2010). The abstract: Haphazard and unorganized land-use planning in United States cities has resulted in...

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