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Scenario Planning for Slow-Growing Regions
A Guidebook and Case StudyDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Ian Varley, Robert Goodspeed, and John EgelhaafLegacy cities and regions often have low overall growth rates, making traditional scenario approaches, such as sketching possible future land uses, less relevant. However, they are often undergoing...
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LegacySP
A Scenario Planning Toolkit for Shrinking RegionsDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Emma Walters and Arnab ChakrabortyScenario planning tools and practices often imply a baseline of growth which hinders the applicability of these tools in regions experiencing declining populations and economic disinvestment. These...
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Valuing Density
An Evaluation of the Extent to which American, Australian, and Canadian Cities Account for the Climate Benefits of Density through Environmental ReviewDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Katrina Wyman, Danielle Spiegel-Feld, Adalene Minelli, and Sara SavaraniThis study looks at the extent to which major cities in the United States, Australia, and Canada assess the climate impacts of densification through the environmental review process. Research...
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Confronting the Real Barriers to Housing Affordability
Using Research to Assemble Durable Coalitions and Expand Political CapacityDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2021Benjamin Teresa, Kathryn Howell, and Leah DemarestThe paper begins from the perspective that barriers to affordable housing are less about having good ideas but rather about how to enact policy changes. It focuses on the relationship between housing...
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Scenario Planning in Small and Mid-Size Legacy Cities
Framework and Tool Adaptations in Youngstown, OhioDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 2021Thomas Hilde and Hunter MorrisonThis paper examines how scenario planning frameworks and tools—largely designed for contexts of regional growth—can be adapted for land use and development planning in small and mid-size...
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Climate and Housing Crisis
A Research Agenda for Urban CommunitiesDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 2021Michael P. Johnson, Patricio Belloy, Heather MacLean, and Sajani KandelHousing unaffordability and climate change adversely affect the lives of Boston area residents. These crises are amplified by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are especially salient for low- and...
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Eight Ingredients for a State-Level Zoning Reform
Lessons from Oregon’s House Bill 2001Documentos de trabajoJulio 2021Michael AndersenIn 2019, Oregon passed a first-of-its-kind state law that ordered larger cities and the Portland metro area to rapidly legalize duplexes on all residential lots and fourplexes, triplexes, townhomes,...
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The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project
Documentos de trabajoJulio 2021Michael AndersenIn 2020, Portland became the largest modern U.S. city to end so-called “single-family zoning,” legalizing up to four market-rate homes on almost any residential lot, or up to six homes on...
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Examining State Planning Enabling Laws Regarding Water Planning Requirements
Documentos de trabajoJulio 2021Cassie Pettit and Sagar ShahThis report summarizes the methodology, findings, and implications of examining and evaluating the legal requirements for water provisions within comprehensive plans in each of the 50 states. Focus...
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Opportunity Clusters
The Twin Cities Case StudyDocumentos de trabajoJunio 2021Andrew Guthrie, Yingling Fan, and Greg LindseyMinnesota’s Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA), which includes Minneapolis and Saint Paul, presents a confounding example of overall regional prosperity marred by racial disparities in income...
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