In this issue:
Urban Land looks at sprawl development patterns in the United States that are being reshaped by shifting demographics and public efforts to induce change; aging and underperforming prototypical suburban properties such as shopping centers, office parks, big-box retail, and garden apartment complexes are being transformed into more urban and sustainable mixed-use places.

Feature Story:

Retrofitting Suburbia
By Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson
 
The dearth of good, cheap, undeveloped sites in suburban markets, the escalating number of vacant greyfield properties, and the expansion of mass transit systems into suburban areas are all factoring into a changed American suburban market. Read more (PDF)

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In this issue:
Urban Land looks at place making through various development models that are shaping community by recreating place.

Feature Story:
The Upside of a Down Economy: Going Local
By Fred Kent

The stumbling global economy, vulnerable energy supply, and loss of confidence in far-flung markets are being balanced by a surge of interest in things local: production of local food, promotion of local businesses, preservation of local character, improvement of public spaces, and perhaps more important, the re-discovery of meaningful ways to belong to a community. Read more (PDF).

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