• Agricultural Zoning, Bankruptcy, and the Rural Homestead - The National Agricultural Law Center - Suburban sprawl meets farmland preservation: much has been written about this phenomenon, both in the popular press and in the scholarly journals.
  
• Zoning Limitations and Opportunities for Farm Enterprise Diversification: Searching for New Meaning in Old Definitions - The National Agricultural Law Center - Advocates of small farm viability are increasingly proposing market-driven state and local policy initiatives to counter the loss of farms at the urban edge due to rising land and input prices, falling commodity prices, and an overall deterioration of the rural infrastructure that has until recent decades supported the agricultural economy of rural communities.
  
• Characteristics of an Industrial Site – Ohio State University -- Each industry has particular needs that cause a specific site to be more appropriate for their uses than another.
  
• Developing Rural Industrial Parks – Ohio State University -- As soon as a community has decided to pursue an industrial attraction strategy and create an industrial park, the planning and construction stage begins. How should the community plan and construct an industrial park?
• Brownfields and their Redevelopment – Ohio State University -- Throughout the country, especially in older industrial regions--such as the Great Lakes states--cities and neighborhoods face the challenge of redeveloping unused, and sometimes abandoned, industrial properties.
  
• Rural Industrialization: Start Tapping Economic Potential – Auburn University -- Rural communities desiring industrial development should first analyze their own local resources to determine how they can best suit the needs of various kinds of industrial firms.

Zoning

• Why Planning and Zoning – Oklahoma State University Extension -- This fact sheet discusses the reasons and needs for planning and zoning now and in the future.
• Agricultural Zoning – Ohio State University Extension -- Agricultural zoning strives to protect the viability of agriculture in a region and is generally used by communities that are concerned about maintaining the economic viability of their agricultural industry.
  
• Zoning – Ohio State University Extension -- A simple definition of zoning is a locally enacted law that regulates and controls the use of private property.
  
• Zoning—What Does It Mean to Your Community? – Purdue University Extension -- Zoning puts a community's comprehensive plan to work.
  
• The ABC's of P & Z; A Planning & Zoning Glossary – Purdue University Extension -- Knowing and using a common vocabulary of planning terms will help you understand planning and zoning issues, and make it easier for you to get involved in answering questions and making decisions about growth in your community.
  
• Zoning Ordinances and Regulations – Lawyers.com – Zoning ordinances and regulations are laws that define and restrict how you can use your property.
  
• Zoning Overview – Small Business Administration – Types of zones and their specific regulations.
  
• Zoning Problems – Small Business Administration -- Sometimes a lawyer can help you get around zoning regulations.
  
• Dealing with Zoning Problems – Lawyers.com -- You may be unpleasantly surprised to find you can’t use your property as intended without violating of zoning ordinances.

Eminent Domain

• Private Property: Rights, Responsibilities, & Limitations – Purdue University Extension -- This publication addresses frequently asked questions about property rights in land in order to dispel myths and misunderstandings, and generate thoughtful discussion.
• Government Taking of Property – Lawyers.com – Eminent domain is the power of government to take private property and use it for public use.
  
• Eminent Domain FAQ’s – Lawyers.com – Questions and answers about eminent domain.