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The article focuses on the reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. City of New London which involved disturbances around the country. The paper also explores how best to think about Susette Kelo once the initial reactions subsides. The Court invited states and localities to consider carefully the benefits and burdens of using eminent domain for economic development. The Court's ruling that the scope of public use is coextensive with the police power has rejected the argument that private benefits generated by a condemnation render it constitutionally suspect.

The article discusses Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) and urban development as of October 2012, focusing on the role of CBAs in economic development projects such as the Staples Center complex in Los Angeles, California and Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. CBA advocacy groups and land use regulatory issues are mentioned. The role of citizen participation in economic development decision-making is addressed, along with CBA goals such as social justice and racial equality.

In this article the authors discuss growth management programs during recessions in the U.S. According to the authors, due to recession, many local governments in the U.S. face the crisis of having unneeded infrastructure and outstanding bonds designed to be repaid with revenues from development charges. The authors say that the most common characteristic of a recession is an increase in the rate of unemployment.

In this article the author discusses state growth management in the U.S. According to the author, state growth management has evolved in waves. In the 1990s the U.S. witnessed a huge increase in activity by states to promote more efficient development patterns and infrastructure networks. The activity was promoted by the American Planning Association's Growing Smart Program. The author says that there should be an increase in state capital improvement programming.

The article discusses several court cases of the U.S. in which its Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) was applied, which will reportedly help others in determining its application on historic preservation designations and economic development by local communities. In River of Life Kingdom Ministries v. Village of Hazel Crest land use case the church bought a warehouse to use, the court of appeals rejected it as equal terms violation is for secular assembly.

The article examines awarding a share in the gains to takees in the context of economic development projects. It also examines the current measures of compensation and considers justifications for awarding after value in the economic development context. It also discusses the need for a new conception of the Takings Clause in the context of economic development condemnations. In a 5-4 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, The U.S. Supreme Court has held that economic development is a "public purpose" for which a government may use its eminent domain power under the Takings Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

The article reports on the role of initial statewide smart-growth legislation in forwarding the contentions of smart growth. It is noted that the growth-management movement that evolved in the United States during the latter 1960s and early 1970s turned into a smart-growth movement by the late 1990s. Advocates of this movement support principles that governments should use to help shape the future growth and development of cities. This study also surveys the nature of growth-management considerations prior to the emergence of smart-growth movement.