School of Planning, Design and Construction Land Policy

Books

• Placemaking as an Economic Development Tool: A Placemaking Guidebook

  Published on May 31, 2016
  The Land Policy Institute, in collaboration with the MIplace Partnership Initiative, released the most comprehensive guidebook on placemaking in 2016, drawing from the best works available.

• Rural Water Quality Protection: A Planning & Zoning Guidebook for Local Officials

  Published on December 31, 2012
  The LPI Planning & Zoning Center has developed a new planning and zoning guidebook for use by local government officials in very rural parts of Michigan.

• Land Resource Management: Economic Foundations and New Directions

  The Land Resource Management: Economic Foundations and New Directions is a capstone, the final work of eminent economist, scholar and former Michigan State University Professor, the late Dr. Raleigh Barlowe who died at age 98 on May 18, 2013.

• Building More Livable Communities: Corridor Design Portfolio

  The Mid-Michigan Program for Greater Sustainability, a three-year HUD-funded grant administered by the TCRPC with local partners, including the Land Policy Institute, released the “Building More Livable Communities: Corridor Design Portfolio" in 2014.

• Michigan Sign Guidebook: The Local Planning and Regulation of Signs

  The LPI Planning & Zoning Center developed a new sign guide­book for use by local government officials.

Papers/Journal Articles

• Integrated Asset Management Policy Paper

  Faculty in LPI and the School of Planning, Design and Construction completed a study on “Integrated Asset Management: Dealing with Neglected Infrastructure and Vacant Property in Legacy Cities.”

Reports

• Northwest Michigan Seasonal Population Analysis

  A report detailing the seasonal population fluctuations in the northwestern counties of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is available from LPI.

• Northwest Michigan Regional Services Recommendations

  A report detailing analysis of state and regional services that currently, or could potentially, support Networks Northwest’s Framework for Our Future Regional Prosperity Initiative is now available from LPI.

• Rebuilding Prosperous Places in Michigan - Full Report

  A full report detailing the views and values of placemaking in Michigan, the Midwest and the Nation is available from LPI.

• Chasing the Past or Investing in Our Future - Full Report

  The LPI released a national full report in May 2009, titled Chasing the Past or Investing in Our Future: Placemaking for Prosperity in the New Economy.

• Economic Impacts of the Ingham County Land Bank, 2006–2012

  The Ingham County Land Bank and the Land Policy Institute released the results of a study examining the economic impacts of the Land Bank in August 2013.

• Chasing the Past or Investing in Our Future - Summary Report

  The LPI released a national summary report in May 2009, titled Chasing the Past or Investing in Our Future: Placemaking for Prosperity in the New Economy.

• The WalkUP Wake-Up Call: Michigan Metros

  The WalkUP Wake-Up Call: Michigan Metros looks at development in seven Michigan metropolitan areas: Detroit-Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Lansing, Jackson, Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, and Flint.

• Community Impact Assessment of the Kent County Land Bank Authority, 2012–2016

  Over the last four years, the Kent County Land Bank Authority generated $42.9 million in estimated economic impact and 266 jobs in Kent County, according to an economic impact analysis by the LPI released on Apr. 25, 2017.

• Rebuilding Prosperous Places in Michigan - Summary Report

  A summary report detailing the views and values of placemaking in Michigan, the Midwest and the Nation is available from LPI.

• Economic Impact Analysis of the Ingham County Property Tax Auction

  The LPI, in partnership with the Ingham County Treasurer’s Office completed a study to objectively and empirically measure economic impacts of the Ingham County Tax Auction Sale activities.

• Economic Impacts of Residential Property Abandonment and the Genesee County Land Bank in Flint, MI

  This study documents work by the Genesee County Land Bank to alleviate the burden of abandoned and tax-foreclosed properties in the City of Flint, MI.

• Building Prosperous Places in Michigan - Full Report

  A full report detailing the values of, perceptions of and barriers to placemaking for Michigan communities is now available from LPI.

• Building Prosperous Places in Michigan - Summary Report

  A summary report detailing the values of, perceptions of and barriers to placemaking for Michigan communities is now available from LPI.

Tools

• Placemaking Assessment Tool

  The LPI released a Placemaking Assessment Tool that will continue to help communities develop quality places that are attractive and functional in Michigan.