A substantial amount of research relative to the not in my backyard (NIMBY) and locally
unwanted land use (LULU) phenomena has been conducted during the past two decades …

Few studies compare alternative measures of land use diversity or mix in relationship to
body mass index. We compare four types of diversity measures: entropy scores (measures …

The term “NIMBY” is used prolifically in both academic literature and general public
discourse to describe a locally based action group protesting against a proposed …

As global warming advances, regions around the world are engaging in revolutionary
sustainability planning-but with social equity as an afterthought. California is at the cutting …

A supportive distribution of residential density is perceived to be an essential component of
strategies aimed at increasing the use of public transit. To alter substantially land use …

One of the unintended consequences of decades-long public housing policy has been to
concentrate the poor within communities that are at the extreme end of economic …

Is it beneficial for municipalities to cooperate or compete with one another to attract visitors?
The myopic rationality of game theory favors competition for short-term gains, whereas the …

Contrary to current international, national, and regional trends of neo-liberal policy reform,
government regulation of urban land use has continued to increase in many countries …

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, more than a million Gulf Coast residents were forced to
flee, nearly 250,000 to Texas. New Orleans lost more than half its population. Four years …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: We examine the post-plan impacts of the
Sacramento region's 2004 Blueprint, a widely celebrated regional process, to better …