National Zoning Atlas Founder Sara Bronin is Empowering Communities to Transform Land Use

Zoning reform has become a topic of national interest, not just
among planners and local decision makers, but also in the
national media and in everyday conversations. While the national
housing crisis is well-documented, information on the role of
local zoning rules has been harder to find — until now. The
National Zoning Atlas is going state by state to create a map of
local land use policies. It simplifies and unifies a multitude of
data inputs, helping planners and community members to both make
sense of zoning regulations and champion zoning reform. The
brainchild of lawyer and Cornell University professor Sara C.
Bronin, the National Zoning Atlas is proving to be a valuable
advocacy tool.


In this episode, Bronin explains how an effort to Desegregate
Connecticut paved the way for the National Zoning Atlas and how
planners are contributing to — and benefiting from — this
movement to demystify and democratize the policies that shape
communities.


Episode URL:
https://planning.org/podcast/national-zoning-atlas-founder-sara-bronin-is-empowering-communities-to-transform-land-use/