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The Rise Of Market Urbanism, Michael Lewyn

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Market Urbanism, Michael Lewyn

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The Neighborhood Veto And Its Discontents, Michael Lewyn

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Suburbia, Gentrification And Jews, Michael Lewyn

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My Planetizen Blog Posts July-August 2017, Michael Lewyn

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2015 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn

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Attacking Smart Growth, Michael Lewyn

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Planetizen.Com Blog Posts First Half Of 2017, Michael Lewyn

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The Middle Class, Urban Schools, And Choice, Michael Lewyn

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The Middle Class, Urban Schools And Choice, Michael Lewyn

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2016 Market Urbanism Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn

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2016 Planetizen.Com Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn

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The Middle Class, Urban Schools, And Choice, Michael Lewyn

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How To Make Suburbia Less Sprawling, Michael Lewyn

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Smart Growth-Oriented Density And Parking Regulations, Michael Lewyn

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Many articles have been written about pro-sprawl land use regulation, such as minimum parking requirements. This speech, by contrast, focuses on the frequency of land use regulation designed to increase walkability- in particular, minimum density requirements and maximum parking requirements. I conclude that the first type of regulation is quite rare and usually very lenient. The second type of regulation is more frequent; however, the impact of maximum parking requirements is not yet clear.

No Parking Anytime: The Legality And Wisdom Of Maximum Parking And Minimum Density Requirements, Michael Lewyn, Judd Schechtman

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This article focuses on two aspects of smart growth policy that have thus far received little attention: maximum parking and minimum density requirements. To ascertain the frequency of such regulations, we examine the zoning regulations of twenty-four mid-sized cities, defined as those with populations between 500,000 and one million residents. The article concludes that the first type of regulation is somewhat common, but is usually restricted to certain types of land uses or sections of a city. Minimum density requirements, by contrast, are quite rare and quite lenient. Because these types of regulations have received little scholarly attention and are …

The (Somewhat) False Hope Of Comprehensive Planning, Michael Lewyn

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Some commentators equate municipal comprehensive plans with "smart" growth (that is, development that considers the needs of nondrivers as well as the needs of automobiles). However, comprehensive planning. although desirable, is neither necessary nor sufficient for smart growth. Plans are not necessary because zoning reforms can achieve the same smart growth objectives as plans, and are not sufficient because many comprehensive plans support sprawl rather than smart growth.

2015 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn

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How To Make America Walkable, Michael Lewyn

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Review of Walkable City, by Jeff Speck

2014 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn

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Suburban Sprawl: Weaker But Still Alive, Michael Lewyn

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Review of The End of the Suburbs, by Leigh Gallagher.

The False Hope Of Comprehensive Planning, Michael Lewyn

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Some commentators on sprawl and smart growth speak of municipal comprehensive plans and sprawl as polar opposites: but in fact, a comprehensive plan can be used to further auto-oriented sprawl just as easily as it can be used to encourage more pedestrian-friendly development. This speech uses parts of Jacksonville, Florida's plan as examples of pro-sprawl planning.

Judaism And Urbanism: Jewish Communities React To Suburbanization, Michael Lewyn

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This speech addresses both how Jews should react to suburbanization and how they in fact have reacted in a variety of metropolitan areas.

Why Leave It To The Liberals? Conservative Views On Smart Growth, Michael E. Lewyn

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Part of panel discussion on "Why Leave It To The Liberals? Conservative Views on Smart Growth"

Plans Are Not Enough, Michael Lewyn

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Some commentators see comprehensive municipal plans as a remedy for suburban sprawl. But in fact, a plan can be used to promote sprawl as well as to prevent sprawl.

2013 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn

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Sprawl In Canada And The United States, Michael Lewyn

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The purpose of this Article is to ascertain whether (1) suburban sprawl is as widespread in Canadian metropolitan areas as in their American counterparts, and (2) Canadian government policies, and in particular Canadian zoning law and transportation policies, encourage sprawl. The article concludes that Canadian metropolitan areas are in fact somewhat less sprawling than most of their American counterparts, but that in Canada, as in the United States, government land use regulation and government transportation policy do favor sprawl to some extent. For example, in both nations municipal zoning regulations, by limiting density and forcing landowners to build parking lots, …

2012 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn

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2012 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn

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Judaism And Sprawl, Michael E. Lewyn

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A speech explaining the relationship between suburban sprawl, Jewish values and Jewish observance.