BOOKS
Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World (W. W. Norton & Co., 2024).
Restatement (Fourth) of Property Vol. 7 (Tentative Drafts 1 – 5) (A.L.I., 2015-) (with Henry E. Smith et al.)
Rathkopf’s The Law of Zoning and Planning (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2014- ) (with Dwight H. Merriam).
Historic Preservation Law (2d ed., Foundation Press, 2021) (with J. Peter Byrne).
First edition published in 2012 (with J. Peter Byrne).
Land Use Regulation (4th ed., Foundation Press, 2025) (with Stewart E. Sterk, Eduardo Peñalver & Jonathan M. Zasloff).
Third edition published in 2020 (with Stewart E. Sterk & Eduardo Peñalver).
Second edition published in 2016 (with Stewart E. Sterk & Eduardo Peñalver).
Historic Preservation Law in a Nutshell (2d ed., West Acad. Publ’g, 2018) (with Ryan M. Rowberry).
First edition published in 2014 (with Ryan M. Rowberry).
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Indigenous Knowledge as Federal Policy, 43 Va. Env’t L.J. 72 (2024).
Regulating History, 108 Minn. L. Rev. 241 (2023) (with Leslie R. Irwin).
A National Zoning Atlas to Inform Housing Research, Policy, and Public Participation, 25 Cityscape: J. Pol’y Dev. & Rsch., no. 3, 2023, at 55 (with Wenfei Xu, Scott Markley & Diana Drogaris).
Historic Preservation Law, in A Research Agenda for Land Use and Planning Law 203 (Sarah Schindler & John J. Infranca eds., Edward Elgar Publ’g, 2023).
Zoning by a Thousand Cuts, 50 Pepp. L. Rev. 719 (2023).
Reprinted in: Land Use & Environmental Law Review: 2024-2025 Edition, at 391 (Nadia B. Ahmad & Patricia Salkin eds., Thomson Reuters, 2024).
Reprinted in: 2024 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook 617 (Patricia E. Salkin ed., Thomson Reuters, 2024).
Land Use and Transportation Policies Addressing Climate Change, in Global Climate Change and U.S. Law 445 (3d ed., Michael B. Gerrard, Jody Freeman & Michael Burger eds., A.B.A. Press, 2023).
Heritage-Related Disaster Policy in the United States, in The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Law and Policy: Risk, Recovery, and Redevelopment 436 (John Travis Marshall, Ryan Rowberry & Susan S. Kuo eds., Cambridge Univ. Press, 2022).
Rewriting Our Nation’s Deadly Traffic Manual, 135 Harv. L. Rev. F. 1 (2021) (with Gregory H. Shill).
Integrity as a Legal Concept, 10 Change Over Time: An Int’l J. Conservation & Built Env’t 108 (2021).
Adapting National Preservation Standards to Climate Change, in Preservation, Sustainability, and Equity 165 (Erica Avrami ed., Colum. Books on Architecture & the City, 2021).
Historic Preservation Issues for Real Estate Development, in Environmental Aspects of Real Estate and Commercial Transactions: Acquisition, Development, and Liability Management 693 (5th ed., Kevin R. Murray ed., A.B.A. Press, 2021).
Rules of the Road: The Struggle for Safety & the Unmet Promise of Federalism, 106 Iowa L. Rev. 2153 (2021).
Law’s Disaster: Heritage at Risk, 46 Colum. J. Env’t L. 489 (2021).
Zoning for Families, 95 Ind. L.J. 1 (2020).
Reprinted in: 2021 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook 501 (Patricia E. Salkin ed., Thomson Reuters, 2021).
Comprehensive Rezonings, 2019 BYU L. Rev. 725.
Reprinted in: 2021 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook 759 (Patricia E. Salkin ed., Thomson Reuters, 2021).
Reprinted in: Land Use & Environmental Law Review: 2021 Edition, at 67 (David L. Callies & J.B. Ruhl eds., Thomson Reuters, 2021).
What the Pandemic Can Teach Climate Attorneys, 72 Stan. L. Rev. Online 155 (2020).
Rapports Nationaux: États-Unis d’Amérique, in Patrimoine architectural, sites & paysages saisis par le droit de l’urbanisme [Architectural Heritage, Sites & Landscapes Seized by Urban Law] 307 (David Renders, Jacqueline Morand-Deviller & Judith Gifreu Font eds., Éditions Bruylant, 2019).
Solar Rights in the United States, in Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US: A Reader 84 (Raphael J. Heffron & Gavin F. M. Little eds., Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2016).
Energy in the Ecopolis, 45 Env’t L. Rep. 10514 (2015).
Community-Scale Renewable Energy, 4 S.D. J. Climate Change & Energy L. 165 (2013) (with Hannah J. Wiseman).
Reprinted in: Energy, Economics, and the Environment 2019.
Building-Related Renewable Energy and the Case of 360 State Street, 65 Vand. L. Rev. 1875 (2012).
The Promise and Perils of Renewable Energy on Tribal Lands, in Tribes, Land, and the Environment 103 (Sarah Krakoff and Ezra Rosser eds., Ashgate Publ’g Ltd., 2012).
Reprinted in: 26 Tulane Env’t L.J. 221 (2013).
Solar Rights for Texas Property Owners, 89 Tex. L. Rev. See Also 79 (2010).
Curbing Energy Sprawl with Microgrids, 43 Conn. L. Rev. 547 (2010).
Modern Lights, 80 U. Colo. L. Rev. 881 (2009).
Solar Rights, 89 B.U. L. Rev. 1217 (2009).
Reprinted in: 2010 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook 469 (Patricia E. Salkin ed., Thomson Reuters, 2010).
Reprinted in: Renewable Energy Reader 2011.
The Quiet Revolution Revived: Sustainable Design, Land Use Regulation, and the States, 93 Minn. L. Rev. 231 (2008).
Reprinted in: Legal Handbook for Architects, Engineers and Contractors: Issues in Construction and Technology 2008/2009, at 207 (Albert H. Dib ed., Thomson Reuters, 2010).
Reprinted in: Land Use and Environmental Law Review 2010-2011 ed., at 1 (A. Dan Tarlock & David L. Callies eds., Thomson Reuters, 2010).
Reprinted in: Environmental Law & Policy Annual Review 2010.
Wrestling with MUDs to Pin Down the Truth about Special Districts, 75 Fordham L. Rev. 3041 (2007).
Beyond Worship: The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 and Religious Institutions’ Auxiliary Uses, 24 Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. 207 (2006).
Reprinted in: 2007 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook 689 (Patricia E. Salkin ed., Thomson/West, 2007).
Rehabilitating Rehab through State Building Codes, 115 Yale L.J. 1744 (2006).
“Gone Too Far”: Oregon’s Measure 37 and the Perils of Over-Regulating Land Use, 23 Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. 587 (2005).
BOOK REVIEWS
No Change Without Sacrifice (Zones)?, Jotwell (Apr. 21, 2025) (reviewing Jonathan Rosenbloom, Sacrifice Zones, 24 Nev. L.J. 891 (2024)), https://property.jotwell.com/no-change-without-sacrifice-zones/.
The Long Shadow of State Statutes, Jotwell (Mar. 7, 2023) (reviewing Deborah R. Gerhardt, Law in the Shadows of Confederate Monuments, 27 Mich. J. Race & L. 1 (2021)), https://property.jotwell.com/the-long-shadow-of-statue-statutes/.
Where the Sidewalk Begins, Jotwell (June 7, 2022) (reviewing Vanessa Casado Perez, Reclaiming the Streets, 106 Iowa L. Rev. 2185 (2021)),
https://property.jotwell.com/where-the-sidewalk-begins/.
Thinking Big in Thinking Small: Are Tiny Homes the Solution to Our Housing Crisis?, Jotwell (Jan. 11, 2021) (reviewing Lisa T. Alexander, Community in Property: Lessons from Tiny Homes Villages, 104 Minn. L. Rev. 385 (2019)), https://property.jotwell.com/thinking-big-in-thinking-small-are-tiny-homes-the-solution-to-our-housing-crisis/.
OTHER
Opinion, Zoning Rules Exacerbate Colorado's Housing Crisis, Colo. Pol. (Aug. 6, 2025), https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/08/06/zoning-rules-exacerbate-colorados-housing-crisis-opinion-ac955d7e-6761-42be-870f-e5d757cf54b1/.
Opinion, I'm an Urban Planning Expert from Houston. It's Time We Talk about Zoning Again., Hou. Chron. (Aug. 1, 2025), https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/houston-zoning-gulfton-opportunity-20784984.php.
Zoned In, 4 Vertical Urbanism, no. 2, 2025, at 12.
https://issuu.com/ctbuh/docs/vertical_urbanism_issue_4_ii_2025
Zoning Report: Cape Cod (Nat’l Zoning Atlas, 2025) (with Diana Drogaris & Matthew Harris).
Zoning Report: Colorado (Nat’l Zoning Atlas, 2025) (with Scott Markley, Matthew Harris & Diana Drogaris).
Opinion, Make Room for Micron with Region-Wide Zoning Compact, Syracuse.com (May 15, 2025, at 15:03 ET), https://www.syracuse.com/opinion/2025/05/make-room-for-micron-with-region-wide-zoning-compact-guest-opinion-by-sara-bronin.html.
Opinion, Parking Reform Offers Benefits for Connecticut Communities, Conn. Mirror (Apr. 3, 2024, at 00:12 ET), https://ctmirror.org/2025/04/03/parking-reform-offers-many-benefits-for-ct-communities/ (with Daniel Herriges).
Zoned into Risk?: Toward a Climate-Resilient Development Index for Housing (Urb. Inst., 2025) (with Andrew Rumbach et al.).
Opinion, How Zoning Tweaks Could Alleviate Arizona's Housing Shortage, Phx. Bus. J. (Feb. 17, 2025), https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2025/02/17/arizona-zoning-issues-housing-market.html.
Opinion, Preserving Faith, Building Homes, City Limits (Feb. 14, 2025), https://citylimits.org/opinion-preserving-faith-building-homes/.
Opinion, More Work Ahead: Preserving Indigenous Cultures Must Continue Under the New Administration, The Oklahoman, Dec. 15, 2024, at 4D.
Opinion, Preservation Could Help with Housing, Homelessness. Here's How., S.D. Union Trib. (July 8, 2024, at 16:05 PT), https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/08/opinion-preservation-could-help-with-housing-homelessness-heres-how/.
Opinion, Lahaina's History Must Be Central to Rebuilding After the Fire, Newsweek (July 3, 2024, at 12:49 ET), https://www.newsweek.com/lahainas-history-must-central-rebuilding-after-fire-opinion-1917964.
Opinion, Chicago's Historic Century and Consumers Buildings Must Not Fall, Chi. Trib. (June 2, 2024, at 5:00 CT), https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/02/opinion-chicago-preserve-century-consumers-buildings/.
Report and Recommendations on the Application and Interpretation of Federal Historic Preservation Standards (Advisory Council on Hist. Pres., 2024).
Opinion, "Indigenous Knowledge" Waiver Makes Sense for Historic Sites, Honolulu Star-Advertiser (May 30, 2024), https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/05/30/editorial/island-voices/column-indigenous-knowledge-waiver-makes-sense-for-historic-sites/.
Flexible New Historic Preservation Policies Support Housing and Climate Solutions, Plan. Mag. (May 9, 2024), https://www.planning.org/planning/2024/may/flexible-new-historic-preservation-policies-support-housing-and-climate-solutions/.
Opinion, Feds' Historical Preservation Rules Desperately Need an Update, The Hill (May 8, 2024, at 9:00 ET), https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4643822-feds-historical-preservation-rules-desperately-need-an-update/.
Opinion, We Have to Protect Our Historic Sites from the Ravages of Climate Change, The Hill (Feb. 11, 2024, at 9:00 ET), https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4459059-we-have-to-protect-our-historic-sites-from-the-ravages-of-climate-change/.
How to Make a Zoning Atlas 2.0: The Official Methodology for the National Zoning Atlas (Nat’l Zoning Atlas, 2023-) (with Scott Markley, Aline Fader & Evan Derickson).
Land Grab: The Untold Story of Fort Brown, 5 Latino Book Rev. 55 (2023).
Reprinted in: Latina (Mar. 11, 2023), https://latina.com/remembering-my-familys-stolen-land/.
Opinion, We Must Protect Sacred Burial Sites, Newsweek (Oct. 19, 2023, at 12:11 ET), https://www.newsweek.com/we-must-protect-sacred-burial-sites-opinion-1836183.
Opinion, To Build an Affordable Housing Future, We Must Look at the Past, The Hill (Oct. 16, 2023, at 15:00 ET), https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4254913-to-build-an-affordable-housing-future-we-must-look-to-the-past/.
Opinion, Florida Historic Buildings Bolster Tourism, Quality of Life. Why Demolish Them?, Palm Beach Post (July 20, 2023, at 11:05 ET), https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/07/20/florida-must-toughen-historic-buildings-climate-change-resiliency-safe-structures-act/70424086007/ (with Rick Gonzalez).
Opinion, White House Nationwide Zoning Reform Effort Needs Data, The Hill (June 11, 2022, at 17:00 ET), https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3520009-white-house-nationwide-zoning-reform-effort-needs-data/.
Why the U.S. Needs a National Zoning Atlas, Bloomberg CityLab (Feb. 2, 2022, at 8:00 ET), https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-02/how-to-make-an-atlas-that-reveals-the-mysteries-of-zoning.
Bringing Zoning into Focus: A Fine-Grained Analysis of Zoning’s Relationships to Housing Affordability, Income Distributions, and Segregation in Connecticut (Urb. Inst., 2023) (with Yonah Freemark & Lydia Lo).
An Invitation to Collaborate on a National Zoning Atlas (Joint Ctr. for Hous. Stud. of Harv. Univ., 2023).
Automating Zoning Data Collection: Results from a Pilot Effort to Automate National Zoning Atlas Methodologies (Urb. Inst., 2023) (with Judah Axelrod & Lydia Lo).
How to Make a Zoning Atlas: A Methodology for Translating and Standardizing District-Specific Regulations (Nat’l Zoning Atlas, 2022) (with Ilya Ilyankou).
The Environmental Case for Zoning Reform (Desegregate Conn., 2022) (with Kathryn Blanco, Natalie Punzak, Kobe Amos, Peter Harrison, Nick Abbot & Oliver Morris).
Small Lots in Smart Places: A Right-Sized Solution for CT (Desegregate Conn., 2022) (with Kathryn Blanco, Oliver Moriss & Nick Abbott).
Aligning Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency: Legal Reforms to Support the Greenest Buildings (Kleinman Ctr. for Energy Pol’y, 2021).
Houston: Still Zoning’s Last Frontier?, State & Loc. Gov’t L. Blog (Sept. 14, 2021), https://www.sloglaw.org/post/houston-still-zoning-s-last-frontier.
Opinion, Climate Emergency Also a Housing Emergency, Stamford Advoc. (Aug. 16, 2021, at 9:17 ET), https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/opinion/article/Opinion-Climate-emergency-also-a-housing-16385244.php.
The Rules that Made U.S. Roads So Deadly, Bloomberg CityLab (Mar. 30, 2021, at 9:59 ET), https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-30/five-ways-to-make-u-s-streets-less-deadly.
Architects Can Find an Opportunity in Zoning Reform, Architypes Mag., Mar. 2021, at 10.
Get on Board for Equitable Transit-Oriented Communities (Desegregate Conn., 2021) (with Kathryn Blanco).
How Uncoordinated Land Use and Transportation Laws Thwart Climate Response, State & Local Gov’t L. Blog (2021), https://www.sloglaw.org/post/how-uncoordinated-land-use-transportation-….
Reprinted in: 2021 Current Municipal Problems (Thomson Reuters).
Be the Change: A Playbook for Land Use Advocates (Desegregate Conn., 2021) (with Luke Reynolds & Will Viederman).
Be the Change: A Playbook for Pro-Homes Land Use Board Candidates (Desegregate Conn., 2021) (with Nick Abbott, Kathryn Blanco, Emily DiSalvo, Peter Harrison, Akash Kaza, Kevin Kurian, Katelin Penner & Luke Reynolds).
A Case for Better Street Design, Planning Mag., Winter 2021, at 17.
Reprinted in: Milestones, Conference 2021.
Issue Brief: The Economic Case for Zoning Reform (Desegregate Conn., 2021) (with Nick Abbott, Kathryn Blanco, Pete Harrison, Jared Klukas, Eleni Neyland & Luke Reynolds).
Amicus Curiae Brief of Historic Preservation Organizations and Legal Scholars, in Support of Respondent, Powell v. City of Hou., 628 S.W.3d 838 (Tex. 2021) (No. 19-0689).
Opinion, How to Fix a National Register of Historic Places that Reflects Mostly White History, L.A. Times (Dec. 15, 2020, at 3:30 PT), https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-12-15/historic-preservation-chicano-moratorium-national-register.
Opinion, Zoning Isn’t a Partisan Issue–Why Is Trump Making It One?, The Hill (Sept. 9, 2020, at 8:30 ET), https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/515601-zoning-isnt-a-partisan-issue-why-is-trump-making-it-one/.
Opinion, Desegregation is the Key to Thriving Suburbs, The Hill (July 25, 2020, at 13:00 ET), https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/509016-desegregation-is-the-key-to-thriving-suburbs/.
Harm to Border Irreparable, Brownsville Herald (July 16, 2020).
Amicus Curiae Brief of the International Municipal Lawyers Association, and Legal Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellees, Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of S. Portland, 240 A.3d 364 (Me. 2020) (No. FED-20-40) (with various contributors).
Amicus Curiae Brief of the International Municipal Lawyers Association, and Legal Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellees and Affirmance, Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of S. Portland, 947 F.3d 11 (1st Cir. 2020) (No. 18-2118) (with various contributors).
How COVID-19 Could be Used to Help Win Climate Lawsuits, Fast Co. (July 15, 2020), https://www.fastcompany.com/90527854/how-covid-19-could-be-used-to-help-win-climate-change-lawsuits.
For Small Businesses to Survive Outdoors, Parking Laws Must Change, Fox Bus. (June 22, 2020, at 6:51 ET), https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/small-businesses-outdoors-parking-laws.
Opinion, In Fight for Justice, Zoning Laws that Exclude Low-Income People Must be Changed, The Courier-Journal (June 9, 2020, at 7:13 ET), https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2020/06/09/zoning-laws-exclude-poor-people-neighborhoods-must-change/3138316001/.
Opinion, Can City Life Stay More Al Fresco Post-Pandemic?, The Hill (May 5, 2020, at 18:30 ET), https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/496197-can-city-life-stay-more-al-fresco-post-pandemic/.
Opinion, Coronavirus Is a Reminder to Value Parks and Open Spaces, Phila. Inquirer (Mar. 26, 2020, at 7:00 ET), https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/coronavirus-shutdowns-parks-outdoors-philadelphia-20200326.html.
Connecticut Cities, Towns, Cutting Red Tape Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Conn. L. Trib. (Mar. 23, 2020, at 17:04 ET), https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2020/03/23/connecticut-cities-and-towns-are-cutting-red-tape-amid-covid-19-crisis/.
Opinion, More Energy-Efficient Buildings Should be a Priority, Hartford Courant (Mar. 17, 2020, at 6:00 ET), https://www.courant.com/2020/03/17/more-energy-efficient-buildings-should-be-a-priority/.
Opinion, Destroying Cultural Heritage Sites is a War Crime, L.A. Times (Jan. 5, 2020, at 16:39 PT), https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-05/iran-donald-trump-cultural-sites-war-crime.
Historic and Green in Connecticut, Nat’l Tr. for Hist. Pres. Leadership For. (2020).
Opinion, Border Wall Presents a Paradox for Conservatives, Austin American-Statesman (Nov. 17, 2019), https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/columns/your-voice/2019/11/17/opinion-border-wall-presents-paradox-for-conservatives/2272779007/.
Opinion, Why Preservationists Must Be More Green to Protect Our Historic Places, The Hill (Oct. 25, 2019, at 18:00 ET), https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/467532-why-preservationists-must-be-more-green-to-protect-our-historic/.
Opinion, The Golden Girls Would Violate Zoning Laws, N.Y. Times (July 28, 2019), https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/opinion/affordable-housing-zoning-golden-girls.html.
Opinion, A Recent U.S. Supreme Court Ruling May Seem Like a Win for Those Fighting Government Seizure of Property, But Was It Really?, Hartford Courant (July 7, 2019, at 10:00 ET), https://www.courant.com/2019/07/07/a-recent-us-supreme-court-ruling-may-seem-like-a-win-for-those-fighting-governmental-seizure-of-property-but-was-it-really/.
Who Owns Lebanon’s Town Green?, Conn. Explored, Summer 2019, at 42.
Rethinking Parking Minimums, Planning Mag., Feb. 2018, at 9.
Opinion, Stop Destructive Airport Tree-Cutting Plan in Hartford, Groton, Hartford Courant (Dec. 12, 2018, at 14:42 ET) (with Andrew Minikowski), https://www.courant.com/2017/03/21/stop-destructive-airport-tree-cutting-plan-in-hartford-groton/.
Rezoning the Post-Industrial City: Hartford, Prop. & Prob., May/June 2017, at 44.
Using Urban Agriculture to Grow Southern New England, Conn. Planning, SNEAPA 2015 Special Edition, at 17 (with Laurie Beyranevand, Marie Mercurio & Sorell E. Negro).
Peaceful Coexistence: Independent Microgrids are Coming. Will Franchised Utilities Fight Them or Foster Them?, Fortnightly Mag. (Mar. 2013) (with Paul R. McCary).
New Haven’s Elm City Market: Coop Expands Access to Fresh Food, Communities & Banking, Spring 2011, at 15.
Re-Designing Education: Philadelphia’s Carter High School for Architecture and Design, The Next Am. City, no. 11, 2006, at 31.