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Smart Growth Network Smart growth& cultural resource planning, www.wisconsinhistory.org Description: Planning ahead for historic preservation. Smart Growth Network Economic benefits of walkable communities, www.lgc.org Description: balance of pedestrian/vehicle traffic to benefit communities. Center for Rural PA Socio-demographics of rural pennsylvanians, www.ruralpa.org Description: Socio demographic trends of rural pennsylvanians. Center for Rural PA A rural economy reality check, www.ruralpa.org Description: How rural economy is faring using labor force, jobs and economy data of last decade. PA Game commission PA game commission strategic plan 2003-08, www.pgc.state.pa.us Description: Defines what are the agencys priorities; how that work will be carried out; and how we intend to monitor its progress.. DEP Land Recycling Program, www.dep.state.pa.us/ Description: Explanation of Environmental Remediation Standards Act Program Enhancements . West Virginia University Extension Real Property: Landowners Rights & Responsibilities, www.wvu.edu Description: Rights & Responsibilities of Landowners. West Virginia University Extension Best Mgmt practices-soil/water conservation, www.wvu.edu Description: Measures to preserve soil and water quality. West Virginia University Extension Questions about forestry & forestland, www.wvu.edu Description: How to manage your forest; what is its worth; where to go for information. Penn State Extension Economic Impact Model -CIM:PSU, cimpsu.aers.psu.edu Description: Understanding economic structure and how changes in every facet e.g govt,educ affect each other. Cornell Coop Extension Statewide water resources mgmt program, www.stcplanning.org Description: A description of the water mgmt program and the diverse projects it encompasses. Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design workbook - introduction, www.stcplanning.org Description: Explains audience and goals of rural design workbook; explains each chapter & appendices. Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design workbook - Ch 1-, www.stcplanning.org Description: Why do we need better design?. Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Workbook - Ch 2, www.stcplanning.org Description: Conservation Design Method - how to design site with conservation in mind. Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Wkbk Ch5, www.stcplanning.org Description: Good Design - Stuart Site 120acre hilltop site. Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Wkbk Ch 10, www.stcplanning.org Description: Good Design - Clarke site - 600 acre bicentennial farm. Cornell Coop Extension Intro to chapters 12-13, www.stcplanning.org Description: Properties in Watershed areas. Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Wkbk Ch 12, www.stcplanning.org Description: Good Design - Janiak site - 273 acres in watershed area . Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Wkbk Ch 13, www.stcplanning.org Description: Good Design - Rautine site -240 acres watershed. NYMIR Comprehensive Planning Tutorial, www.NYMIR.org Description: The basics of comprehensive planning and legal effectsf. NYMIR Comprehensive Zoning Tutorial, www.NYMIR.org Description: The basics of zoning. Cornell Coop Extension Revitalizing coommunity: a comparative case study, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning Description: Rept on 4 communities attempting to address needs, set goals, solve problems within their communities. Cornell Coop Extension Building a Balance: Housing Affordability, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning Description: Discussion, opinions and options for Smart Growth in NYC. Cornell Coop Extension Sustaining rural landscape by building community social capital, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning Description: How social capital works in communites in an urban environment. Cornell Coop Extension Cultural Diversity in Rural communities, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning Description: Intercultural programs; oral history; racial equality. CT Dept of Environmental Protection Environmental Land Use Restrictions, www.dep.state.ct.us Description: Guidelines for Environmental Land use. CaRDI Smart Growth -more choices-better places, www.cardi.cornell.edu Description: Power Point presentation- Smart growth principles and trends. American Farmland Trust Conservation options for CT farmland, www.farmland.org Description: A guide for landowners, land trusts and municipalities. National Governors Assn Integrating affordable housing w/state development policy, www.nga.org Description: Implementing housing strategies to improve communities . ICMA Revitalizing Brownfields into GreenSpace/TOC, icma.org Description: Table of Contents. ICMA Revitalizing Brownfields into GreenSpace -Chapter one , icma.org Description: Making a case for the need for Greenspace. ICMA Revitalizing Brownfields into greenspace-Ch 2, icma.org Description: Varieties of greenspace and benefits to the community. ICMA Preserving cultural/historic resources through brownfield redevelopment , icma.org Description: Creating social and economic revitalization. Smart Growth - governors office -MD Smart Growth Best Practices - Parking, www.smartgrowth.state.md.us Description: Smart growth study of parking strategies that meet BP mgmt. Funders Network Vacant properties & Smart Growth , www.fundersnetwork.org Description: Reclaiming vacant properties and abandoned buildings. Smart Growth Transit oriented development, www.nipc.cog.il.us Description: Creating mixed use higher density communitites. Purdue Coop Extension Svc Rural/Urban Conflict, www.ces.purdue.edu Description: Why people are moving to the country; and how to co-exist . Purdue Coop Extension Svc How good is your comprehensive plan, www.ces.purdue.edu Description: Short summary: how to create an effective comprehensive community plan. Purdue Coop Extension Svc Citizen participation in land use planning, www.ces.purdue.edu Description: How you can be actively involved in land use decisions. Purdue Coop Extension Svc Private Property: Rights, responsibilities & limitations, www.ces.purdue.edu Description: Frequently asked questions about rights of land ownership. Purdue Coop Extension Svc What is Planning commission-how does it work, www.ces.purdue.edu Description: What is planning commission - what happens at a hearing. Purdue Coop Extension Svc Protecting our water and environmental resources, www.planningwithpower.org Description: A model for incorporating resource protection into land use decisions. Purdue Coop Extension Svc Impacts of development on waterways, www.planningwithpower.org Description: Development disrupts waterways; what can we do?. Purdue Coop Extension Svc How to protect your community from polluted runoff, www.planningwithpower.org Description: Identifying the problem; considerations for dealing with it. Purdue Coop Extension Svc Minimizing effects of development on water quality, www.ces.purdue.edu Description: Fact sheet with suggestions to minimize damage to water. CRS report -Library of Congress Wetland Issues, cnie.org Description: What is a wetland..policies; programs. NRCS - USDA Rehabilitation of aging watershed dams-overview, www.nrcs.usda.gov Description: Fact sheet about watershed dams and what needs to be done. NRCS - USDA Implementation of watershed rehabilitation, www.nrcs.usda.gov Description: Question and Answer sheet. NRCS - USDA Reinvesting in America's watersheds, www.nrcs.usda.gov Description: Fact sheet about what needs to be done about watersheds. National Watershed Coalition A guide to watershed protection and flood prevention program, www.watershedcoalition.org Description: How your community can organize a watershed project. Enterprise Foundation Healthy housing, healthy families, www.enterprisefoundation.org Description: Trends that point to progress in improving health prospects of low income families through providing affordable housing. Enterprise Foundation Schools, Community and Development:Erasing the boundaries, www.enterprisefoundation.org Description: Results of 4 neighborhoods connecting community based revitalization w/school reform. Smart Growth Network The Link between Land Use and Water Resources, www.epa.gov Description: Guidelines for building communities that protect water resources. Smart Growth Network What is Smart Growth?, www.epa.gov Description: Smart growth priciples and practices. Smart Growth Network Protecting water resources w/Smart Growth, www.epa.gov Description: A development approach characterized by ten SG principles. EPA Improving air quality through land use activities, www.epa.gov Description: Guidelines to encourage development of land use policies and projects that improve livability and air quality. Smart Growth Network Our built and natural environments, www.epa.gov Description: A technical review of the interaction of land use, transportation and environmental quality. Smart Growth Network Parking Alternatives: Making way for urban infill and brownfield redevelopment, www.smartgrowth.org Description: A guide to vehicular parking requirements--generic formulas that are not working and some alternatives. Smart Growth Network Transportation & Environmental impact of infill vs.greenfield development , www.epa.gov Description: Comparative study of location one infill and one urban greenfield. Smart Growth Network Supporting environmental excellence & Smart Growth, www.epa.gov Description: Summary of Atlantic Steel project - Environmental analysis. EPA Alternatives to subsidizing edge development, www.epa.gov Description: Strategies for preserving rural landscapes. EPA Making the brownfield-transportation link, www.epa.gov Description: Smart growth options for metropolitan areas. Smart Growth Network/ICMA Getting to Smart Growth- Vol 1, www.smartgrowth.org Description: 100 policies for implementation. Smart Growth Network/ICMA Getting to Smart Growth- Vol 2, www.smartgrowth.org Description: 100 more policies for implementation. Smart Growth Network Creating great neighborhoods: Density in your community, www.epa.gov Description: All about your community and density; what is it?. EPA Building Green infrastructure: Land conservation as a watershed protection strategy, www.tpl.org Description: Report: 4 cases where land conservation is preserving water quality. Trust for Public Land Economic benefits of parks and open space, www.tpl.org Description: How land conservation helps communities grow smart and protect the bottom line w/intro, 7chapters and endnotes. Trust for Public Land Why America needs more city parks & open space, www.tpl.org Description: All the reasons why parks and open space are critical . Trust for Public Land Land conservation & the future of Americas drinking water, www.tpl.org Description: Making the case for water protection; how and case studies. Trust for Public Land Protecting land to safeguard CONN water , www.tpl.org Description: All about water and protecting it, a tool box for Conn. Trust for Public Land Smart Growth for clean water, www.tpl.org Description: Helping communitites address water quality impacts of sprawl. Trust for Public Land Protecting open space along America's highways, www.tpl.org Description: Educate the public about link between highway construction and loss of open space. Trust for Public Land Preserving land in the chesapeake watershed, www.tpl.org Description: Progress of bay state and how can rededicate to the commitment. Trust for Public Land Connecticut: A legacy of land, www.tpl.org Description: Annual report on protection of open space. Trust for Public Land Local greenprinting for growth: Vol 1, www.tpl.org Description: Defining a conservation vision,and funding it. Trust for Public Land Vol 2: How to define a conservation vision, www.tpl.org Description: Tools and resources to create the vision,and assess open space. Trust for Public Land Vol 3: How to secure conservation funding, www.tpl.org Description: Identify, define, evaluate ways to secure quality funding. Trust for Public Land Local tools for Smart Growth, www.naco.org Description: Practical strategies & techniques to improve our communities. Smart Growth Network Pedestrian and transit friendly design, www.epa.gov Description: A primer for smart growth in urban design. Smart Growth Network Why Smart Growth? A primer, www.epa.gov Description: Smart growth recognizes the connection between development & quality of life. Smart Growth Network Best develoment practices: A primer for smart growth, www.epa.gov Description: Good community development defined in operational terms. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Detection of QFHD by GIS information systems, www.lincolninst.edu Description: How to detect QFHD's without standardized deifinition & how to create this definition. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Development subsidies and Labor Unions belong in the sprawl debate, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Incentives are a intergral part of the sprawl process. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Do Plans Matter? Effects of Light Rail on Land Values, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Plans can serve as coordinating transportation and land use investments. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Downtown living: A Deeper Look, www.lincolninst.edu Description: 7 key findings to deeper downtown living. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Easements, Covenants and Servitudes: Traditional Limitations and Future Trends , www.lincolninst.edu Description: Current status of nonpossessory rights in property. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Educating policymakers and communities about sprawl, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Defining sprawl and crafting working policies to respond to suburban growth.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Effects of land and housing policies on market performance, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Growing recognition of economic/social importance of land, housing and real property. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Employment access; neighborhood quality; residential location choice, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Residential location outcomes of white and black households with variety of neighborhood attributes influencing labor markets. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Environmental amenitites, urban sprawl, and the economic landscape, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Theory of leapfrog development patterns and the associated economic landscape. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Political economoy of two rate property taxation, www.lincolninst.edu Description: In favor of taxing land value more heavily than building values, and why the US hasn't adopted such a plan. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Estimating the external effects of subsidized housing investment on property values, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Subsidized housing investments can produce substantial sustainable external benefits. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Ethics, business,and land, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Talk on ethical practices. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Farming Inside Cities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Characteristics of entreprenurial urban agriculturel; key obstacles to it's practice. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Fortress communities: The walling and gating of American suburbs, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Gated communities and the social implications. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Habitat Conservation Plans: A new tool to resolve land conflicts, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Definition of HCP's; how they work; can they work. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Have American planners lost their values, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Types of planning tools used in the United States to minimize the adverse effects and costs of development or to maximize public benefits. . Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Homeownership: Low household mobility,volatile housing prices, high income dispersion, www.lincolninst.edu Description: How home ownership affects local housing markets. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Housing Modes, Impediments and Opportunities , www.lincolninst.edu Description: The need for affordable housing on US rural land for low income people . Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Housing segregation in the US: Does race matter?, www.lincolninst.edu Description: This study explores neighborhood amenities and characteristics that families seek out upon racial lines. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Identifying the real costs/benefits of sports facilities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Economic development of sports facilities and full costs and benefits. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Implementing a land value tax in urban residential communities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Potential for modern mass appraisal methods to separate values for residential properties between land and buildings. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Implications of a split rate real property tax, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Study data on property to explore redistribution of real property tax liability. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy In search of new life for smaller cities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Small cities struggling for relevance. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Inequality, segregation and housing markets, www.lincolninst.edu Description: A theoretical framework of social theory with comparative qualitative inquiry. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land & Biodiversity conservation: a leadership dialogue, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Discussion about land conservation challenges in the 21st century. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land assembly, Land readjustment, and Public-private redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu Description: What is applicability of land re-adjustment, and case study. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land use and design innovations in private communities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Proliferation of private communities is causing a transition from private ownership to collective governance. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Planners & economists debate land market policy, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Regulation within a market economy and the unintened consequences. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land market understanding is the basis for smart change, www.lincolninst.edu Description: A comprehensive study of land use policies, financial strategies that influence capital markets, conservation, smart growth etc.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land supply and infrastructure capacity monitoring for smart urban growth , www.lincolninst.edu Description: Urban growth processes and growth management policy. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land value taxation and eco-taxation, www.lincolninst.edu Description: The social and economic inter-relationship. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Managaing Urban Sprawl: Effects of land use externalities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: How neighborhood interaction, as land use externalities influence land development decisions.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Model house for the millions: The making of the american suburban landscape 1820-2000, www.lincolninst.edu Description: An historical typology of american suburban development. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Effects of urban containment on housing prices and landowner behavior, www.lincolninst.edu Description: To explore the implications of these two faces of urban containment as smart growth policy,. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Regional planning in America: updating earlier visions, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Discussion of concerns first raised in the 1920s that remain largely unresolved: the impacts of suburban sprawl on cities and countryside; how to reconcile the automobile and highways with the design of communities and regions; and the need for high-quali. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Promoting more equitable brownfield development, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Identifying promising approaches for improving redevelopment prospects of least marketable brownfield sites found in depressed urban neighborhoods. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Property tax reform and smart growth: connecting some of the dots, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Tax policy tools for smart growth. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Property taxation and current use assessment, www.lincolninst.edu Description: This paper discusses the relationships between property taxation and patterns of land use.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Redeveloping urban brownfields, www.lincolninst.edu Description: The environmental and financial challenges of dealing with these sites represent serious barriers to potential urban revitalization. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Regulating subdivisions in Massachusetts, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Practices and outlooks; survey of public officials. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Resolving Land use conflicts through mediation: 8 case studies, www.lincolninst.edu Description: 8 case studies from oregon to PA. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Revisiting the sitcom suburbs, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Short history of suburbs and their creation. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Roles of community based organizations in brownfield redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Learning how to partner with other sectors and when to bring these partners into a brownfields project is an important aspect of successful brownfields redevelopment for CBOs... Lincoln Institute of Land Policy School finance litigation and property tax revolts, www.lincolninst.edu Description: How undermining local control turns voters away from public education. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy School finance, spatial segregation and the nature of communities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: How school finance policies affect the nature of communities. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Schools and housing markets, www.lincolninst.edu Description: This paper examines the relationship between house price levels, school performance, and the racial and ethnic composition of Connecticut school districts.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Self help and self managed housing, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Comparison between self help housing in the US and less developed countries. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Smart governance, smart growth, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Regional governance and regional growth: urban sprawl. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy State planning in the Northeast, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Do'/dont's of building state planning programs and establishment of economic development program for the NE corridor. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Subdivision regulations: practices & attitudes, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Survey of public officials and developers in single family housing markets. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Taxes on buildings and land in a dynamic model of real estate markets, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Generalized perfect foresighted model of real estate markets and effects of ad valorem property tax are explored. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Adoption and repeal of 2 rate property tax in NY, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Successes and failures of two rate property tax rate. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Case of the disappearing city: redistribution without growth, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Describing the geography of vacant land in cities especially in NY. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The changing politics of urban mega projects, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Rise of political power in land development projects. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The debate over future density of development, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Subjective debate of major positions over future density.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Economic value of open space, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Discussion of value of open space . Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The economics of the causes and benefits/costs of urban spatial segregation, www.lincolninst.edu Description: This paper shows that even with elimination of instituitional practices that hinder spaital integration, market factors would still drive some form of spatial integration.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The Ghetto and the ethnic enclave, www.lincolninst.edu Description: There is a difference between the ghetto and the ethnic enclave. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The Ideologies of urban land use politics, www.lincolninst.edu Description: The adaptation of local government in changing times. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The impacts of urban form on travel, www.lincolninst.edu Description: How the built environment may or may not influence travel behavior. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The legacy of contamination and redevelopment of inner city industrial districts, www.lincolninst.edu Description: This study examines the role land contamination plays in hindering central city industrial redevelopment.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Legal requirements regarding valuation of land and improvements for property tax purposes, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Does state law determine whether land must be valued separately from improvements... Lincoln Institute of Land Policy New Urbanism: Hype or Hope for american communities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Policy focus report addressing the issue of new urbanism. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The new urbanism challenges conventional planning, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Article: promises and problems of new urbanism. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The price elasticity of the demand for residential land, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Estimation and implications of tax code related subsidies on urban form. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The tax treatment of housing and it's effect on bounded and unbounded communities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Federal tax treatment of owner occupied housing has divergent impacts on communities within metropolitan areas.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Roles of community based organizations in brownfield redevelopment and other vacant property redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Case studies of CBO's: barriers, successes and key factors. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Ties that bind, bridge and constrain:social capital and segregation in the american metropolis, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Race, space, social connection and inequality. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Transfer of development rights for balanced development, www.lincolninst.edu Description: TDR: obstacles and opportunities. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Transportation and land use, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Article: the complexity of transportation and land use. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Urban ethnic segregation and the scenarios spectrum, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Different aspects-degrees of urban segregation. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Urban spatial segregation and social differentiation, www.lincolninst.edu Description: A typological analysis. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Valuing land and improvements: State laws and local govt practices, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Research results are positive indicators of need for land value tax reform. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Visualizing Density - phase 2, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Overview of the "density" problem . Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Visualizing Density - phase 2 - the images, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Photographs of density scenarios w/facts. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Visualizing Density - phase 2 more images, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Additional photos of density.. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy What politicians know about land taxation, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Article: Case for efficiency/fairness of land based tax system. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Why do we have urban density controls?, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Density controls make residents worse off, justifications and analysis. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working across boundaries, www.lincolninst.edu Description: A framework for regional collaboration. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Regionalism on purpose, www.lincolninst.edu Description: The challenges facing regionalism. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Law and the production of urban illegality, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Article: discussion of law & legality in the context of urban development. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Urban land as common property, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Article: draw the line--public or private rights in land. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Communications technology and settlement patterns, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Article: growing technology and its impact on settlement patterns. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy New urbanism challenges conventional planning, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Article: redefining the american metropolis. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Effects of urban density on rail transit, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Article: urban density has metro cities looking at rail transportation. US Global Change Research Info America's water supply: prospects for the future, www.usgcrp.gov Description: Comprehensive discussion of water, and its future. US Global Change Research Info Past & present land use and land cover in the US, www.usgcrp.gov Description: Article on various types of land use, and our future. Dept of the Interior - USGS Water: Potential consequences of environmental changes for water resources in the US, www.gcrio.org Description: Report of water assessment team of USGS of changes in water resources. US Global Change Research Info Education for sustainability, www.usgcrp.gov Description: Public awareness & education regarding sustainable development extension networks. Conservation in Practice Urbanization's Aura, www.conbio.org Description: Tracking urban sprawl with light maps. USDA Assessing conditions of Riparian-wetland corridors , ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov Description: Using proper functioning condition methodology -an assessment tool. USDA Collaborative community conservation, ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov Description: Local participating in recognizing resource problems and opportunities. Smart Growth Network Washington, DC open space in jeopardy, www.smargrowth.org Description: Article: Developers bulldoze up to 43 sq miles daily. Washington Post Region's Green Space going fast, www.washingtonpost.com Description: Article: Loss of green space continues to accelerate. Smart Growth Network Builders protest smart growth law: State defends process, www.sgli.org Description: State holding fast on focus of affordable near transit options. Smart Growth Network EPA-NOAA partnership on coastal community growth, www.epa.gov Description: Scope of activities of partnership. Smart Growth Network Smart growth audit of zoning code and subdivision regulations, www.sgli.org Description: Final report,analysis and proposed recommendations. Smart Growth America Housing: a better place to live, www.smartgrowthamerica.org Description: Article: Finding a better place to live; affordability; market. AMPO Metro Planning Org Conference presentations, www.ampo.org Description: Power Point presentations: walkable communities; transportation & land use; best practices; air quality and more. Smart Growth Network Plan to use CPT funds for Smart Growth upsets officials , www.smartgrowthi.org Description: Article: Gov transfer of funds cause uproar in MA. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Article 1, www.suffolk.va.us Description: General provisions of these local ordinances. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Article 2, www.suffolk.va.us Description: Administrative Agencies. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Article 3, www.suffolk.va.us Description: General procedural requirements. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Article 4, www.suffolk.va.us Description: Zoning ordinances. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Article 5, www.suffolk.va.us Description: Subdivision regulations. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Article 6, www.suffolk.va.us Description: Design and improvement standards. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Article 7, www.suffolk.va.us Description: Supplemental use regulations. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Article 8, www.suffolk.va.us Description: Non-conforming uses. VA City Govt-Smart Growth Unified Development Ordinance - Appendix B, www.suffolk.va.us Description: Submission Requirements. MD Dept of Planning Models and guidelines for Infill development, www.mdp.state.md.us Description: Offering remedies that overcome barriers and identifying alternative approaches. MD Dept of Planning Smart Neighborhoods, www.mdp.state.md.us Description: Report examines characteristics of existing traditional neighborhoods. Center for Watershed protection Recommended model development principles for Frederick, MD, www.cwp.org Description: How Frederick MD adopted 22 design principles within their community. HUD Barriers to Rehabilitation of affordable housing, www.huduser.org Description: In partnership w/ historic preservation trust, an examination of existing major barriers to urban rehabilitation . HUD A builders guide to marketable, affordable, durable entry level homes, www.huduser.org Description: Resource manual of technologies and practices to build entry level affordable homes. HUD A report on the feasibility of deconstruction, www.huduser.org Description: Report: Selective dismantling or removal of materials before or instead of demolition. HUD Building better homes at lower costs, www.huduser.org Description: The industry implementation plan for residential national construction goals. HUD Building innovation for homeownership, www.huduser.org Description: A collection of award winning, innovative housing projects. HUD Creating Defensible Space, www.huduser.org Description: Safeguarding our communities with Defensible Space; the theory encompasses a wide range of planning and design strategies that focus attention on reassigning the perceived ownership of residential space. . HUD Getting building technology accepted, www.huduser.org Description: This report explains how regulatory activities affect new building technology research, development, and deployment and how to effectively apply regulatory information to successfully develop and deploy building technologies.. HUD Industralizing the residential construction site, www.huduser.org Description: Examines the means and methods available for integrating and industrializing the housing construction site and the housing industry. HUD The practice of low impact development, www.huduser.org Description: This publication is intended to assist these groups by 1) providing basic conventional and innovative land development technology information, and 2) encouraging the amendment of existing development codes to facilitate the use of those technologies.. HUD Overview of retrofit strategies:Guide for multifamily units , www.huduser.org Description: This publication describes techniques property managers may use to conserve water, with approaches requiring modest investment and minimal construction.. HUD Life cycle assessent tools to measure environmental impacts, www.huduser.org Description: The report presents a critique of LCAs, and offers suggestions on how they could be made more useful in the home building industry. . HUD Environmental assessment guide for public housing, www.huduser.org Description: The focus of this Guide is on environmental conditions on the grounds of public housing, near the property and in the surrounding neighborhood.. HUD Study of HUD's site contamination policies: final report, www.huduser.org Description: Review/assess/analyze with conclusions and recommendations from 7 tasks developed for the report. HUD An overview of deconstruction with a focus on community development opportunities, www.huduser.org Description: What is innovative and exciting is how communities can use this process-deconstruction-to support and complement other community objectives.. HUD Innovative rehabilitation provisions, www.huduser.org Description: This report shows in detail how to apply the NARRP provisions. It provides a side-by-side comparison of traditional rehabilitation provisions with the NARRP and the code from which the provisions were developed,. HUD Assessment of state brownfield initiatives, www.huduser.org Description: Study: gain a better understanding of current regulatory and economic development initiatives that can help promote economic revitalization.. HUD Valuation of metropolitan quality of life in wages and rents, www.huduser.org Description: Analysis: value that residents place on metropolitan amenities in land and labor market. HUD Positive homeownership attitudes and behavior in poor urban neighborhoods, www.huduser.org Description: this study examines the degree to which neighborhood poverty constraints, household economics, and demographic variables influence positive homeownership attitudes, homeownership behavior, and neighborhood ties.. HUD Aging in place in multifamily housing, www.huduser.org Description: Study: of one segment of multifamily housing (1) the extent of aging in place in multifamily housing, as measured by the number and proportion of householders age 60 or older, and (2) the level of environmental support for aging in place in these develop. HUD The struggle for housing equality, www.huduser.org Description: This article considers how the Fair Housing Act and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) structure local housing advocacy.. HUD The effects of federal & local housing programs on transition from welfare to work, www.huduser.org Description: This article examines two hypotheses that explain how federal and local housing programs influence the transition from welfare to work. HUD Homeowing: social outcomes, tenure choice and US housing policy, www.huduser.org Description: The pupose of this paper is to look at the links between policies and outcomes. HUD Opening the doors to home ownership, www.huduser.org Description: Article: examines factors contributing to recent gains in home ownership and economic status.. HUD Issues in evaluating neighborhood change, www.huduser.org Description: Economic development and community building indicators. HUD Social experiments in housing, www.huduser.org Description: This paper summarizes 8 evaluations undertaken by HUD of social programs. HUD Ideas matter: Reflections on new regionalism, www.huduser.org Description: This article reviews recent arguments for regional cooperation, especially those that assert an interdependence between cities and suburbs. HUD Specialization versus diversity in local economies, www.huduser.org Description: Urbanization is at least as relevant as localization in explaining spatial patterns of innovation and economic growth.. HUD Comprehensive neighborhood based initiatives, www.huduser.org Description: A new generation of comprehensive community initiatives has been launched over the past decade to address the growing concentration, isolation, and persistence of poverty in urban America. HUD Effects of environmental hazards and regulation on urban redevelopment, www.huduser.org Description: Report: provides insight on basic issues confronting brownfields. HUD Redeveloping brownfields:How states and localities use CDBG funds, www.huduser.org Description: Report: how states are using CDBG to tackle brownfield redevelopment. HUD Assessment of availability and cost of financing for small multifamily properties, www.huduser.org Description: Study: analyze cost and availability of funding for small multifamily properties, and barriers to financing . HUD Affordable Housing Design Advisor: a project workbook, www.huduser.org Description: Valuable tool for use in designing affordable housing. HUD Creating a local advisory commission on regulartory barriers to affordable housing, www.huduser.org Description: A guide to assist local officials to improve housing affordability in their community. HUD Smart codes in your community: A guide to building rehabilitation codes, www.huduser.org Description: Broad overview of general regulatory environment governing the use of existing buildings.. Prevention Institute The Built environment and health, www.preventioninstitute.org Description: Explanation of project compililng program profiles of 7-10 case studies. Prevention Institute The Built environment and health - 11 profiles of neighborhood transformation, www.preventioninstitute.org Description: 11 case studies where communities mobilized resources to transform physical enviornment.. Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Preliminary transportation plan for the Delaware valley, www.dvrpc.org Description: Comprehensive, long range blueprint for moving people and goods through the Delaware Valley. DVRPC Preliminary Land Use Plan: 21st century vision, www.dvrpc.org Description: A vision of revitalization, renewal and recentralization. DVRPC Issues and choices: Planning the regions future, www.dvrpc.org Description: Global and regional issues for the future.. DVRPC The Shape of Things to Come, www.dvrpc.org Description: Key questions to provide a context for planning. DVRPC Transportation Conformity of the DVRPC FY2005 Transportation Improvement program, www.dvrpc.org Description: Report documenting conformity of DVRPC transportation improvement program and long range transportation plan. DVRPC Horizons: 2025 year plan for Delaware valley, www.dvrpc.org Description: Summary of 4 workshops presented to elicit public assessment regarding needs in DE valley.. DVRPC Regional Indicators: Measuring our progress to 2025, www.dvrpc.org Description: Presenting 26 indicators which track the regioins progress toward the adopted goals. DVRPC Horizons: 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan for Delaware Valley, www.dvrpc.org Description: A comprehensive vision for the DE valley region. DVRPC MAP: Mobility Alternatives Program, www.dvrpc.org Description: Brochure describing MAP program . DVRPC Watershed guide to Gloucester County, www.dvrpc.org Description: Comprehensive teachers guide to watershed and water in Gloucester County. DVRPC Horizons 2025 Implementation: Municipal tools and techniques, www.dvrpc.org Description: Overview of tools and techinques available for local govts for implemetation of long range plans. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #1: TOD, www.dvrpc.org Description: Transit oriented development: recognize the importance of rail and bus to community,and plan to better shape development to serve these needs. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #2: Main Street America, www.dvrpc.org Description: Basic information about Main street programs and Business Improvement Districts. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #5: Impact Fees, www.dvrpc.org Description: Finding creative and equitable funding fees. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #6: Parking Management strategies, www.dvrpc.org Description: Balancing the supply and demand for parking. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #7: Historic preservation, www.dvrpc.org Description: Protection and maintenance of important & integral places from our past. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #8: Transfer of Development Rights, www.dvrpc.org Description: A tool that can be adopted to conserve land: agricultural, environmentally sensitive and necessary open space.. DVRPC Stream Corridor Protection Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Riparian corridor conservation overlay- definition and use. DVRPC Wetlands management ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Permitted uses where water hazard soils occur. DVRPC Transfer of development rights , www.dvrpc.org Description: Procedural requirements for voluntary TDR. DVRPC Cluster Development Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Design standards for conditional uses. DVRPC Residential Clusters, www.dvrpc.org Description: Allowance of cluster development-where and how. DVRPC Greenway Lands Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Design standards for site planning and greenway lands. DVRPC Performance Zoning, www.dvrpc.org Description: Planned residential development requirements. DVRPC Open Space Design, www.dvrpc.org Description: Open space requirements and regulations. DVRPC Flexible Development Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Flexible development options. DVRPC Agricultural Zoning, www.dvrpc.org Description: Definitions, design and development of agricultrual zones. DVRPC Planning services to protect open space and natural resources, www.dvrpc.org Description: DVRPC assists communities in identifying their vision, setting goals, and charting a path. DVRPC Transportation Improvement Plan FY 2005 Executive Summary, www.dvrpc.org Description: General overview of TIP,what it is and what projects will be developed in the near future. DVRPC Recreational Open Space needs analysis, www.dvrpc.org Description: Three different methods of needs assessment of recreational open space. National Assn Realtors Public Opinion Strategies Survey - Affordable housing, www.realtor.org Description: Survey of key findings from nationwide survey . knowledgeplex Rural Rental Housing Preservation: FmHA Experience, www.knowledgeplex.org Description: This paper summarizes the history of prepayment for Farmers Home Administration rural renting housing program. Enterprise Foundation Undertaking Comprehensive Community Initiatives, www.knowledgeplex.org Description: Key elements for success in CCI's. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp Community, capital and markets: A new paradigm for community reinvestment, www.knowledgeplex.org Description: Article: a new approach to identify and develop the undervalued assest in low income and minority communities. Fannie Mae Foundation Abandoned Property: Effective strategies to reclaim community assets, www.content.knowledgeplex.org Description: Creative new ways to recycle abandoned properties etc.. Fannie Mae Foundation Revitalizing commerce for American cities, www.content.knowledgeplex.org Description: This publication aims to help community development practitioners successfully implement a main street revitalization program.. Harvard University The state of the nation's housing, www.jchs.harvard.edu Description: A comprehesive look at the nations housing trends. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp Manufactured Housing as a community and asset building strategy, www.jchs.harvard.edu Description: Exploration of advantages/disadvantages of Mfg housing for those whose mission is community development and asset building.. Housing Alliance of PA Addressing community opposition to affordable housing development, content.knowledgeplex.org Description: 66 questions are posed, and answered about affordable housing. Harvard University A brief history of the open housing movement, jchs.harvard.edu Description: A brief history of the triumphs and defeats of open housing. JAPA New Urbanism in the Inner City: Pittsburgh, www.knowledgeplex.org Description: Good Urban design [historic preservation-heritage tourism] linked Urban regeneration. Brookings Institute Diagnosing Cities: Lessons from America, www.brookings.org Description: Power Point: Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit. Brookings Institute America's First Suburbs in Transition, www.brookings.org Description: Power Point: Suburban evolution..finding solutions. Brookings Institute Space available: The realities of convention centers as economic development strategy, www.brookings.org Description: An analysis to give local leaders reason to rethink public investments. Brookings Institute The City-Region of the Future, www.brookings.org Description: Power Point: Discussion of American-British economic trends, similiarities. Brookings Institute Reviving Cities, www.brookings.org Description: New coalitions are emerging to promote metropolitan solutions with a renewed federal metropolitan agenda.. Brookings Institute Is Washington ripe for smart growth?, www.brookings.org Description: Power Point: Consequences of growth & development trends, and why decentralization is occuring... Brookings Institute The Sprawl of the Wild:Now is the right time to revive our cities, www.brookings.org Description: Now is the time for PA to reevaluate its wasteful-destructive growth trends.. Brookings Institute Back to Prosperity: A competitve agenda for renewing PA-Exec Summary, www.brookings.org Description: Outlining the challenges for PA's revitalization . Brookings Institute Renewing older PA: Why it matters! Section 1, www.brookings.org Description: It matters because of PA's history and contribution to the USA. Brookings Institute Development trends in the Commomwealth -Section 2, www.brookings.org Description: PA is barely growing.and aging fast!. Brookings Institute The consequences of how PA is growing! Section 3, www.brookings.org Description: Sprawl is degrading the state's natural landscape, and costing the taxpayers and local govt millions.. Brookings Institute Behind the trends: Historical & political influences Section 4, www.brookings.org Description: Fragmented governance; weak planning; haphazard investments; shifting economy.. Brookings Institute Pulling it all together: Section 5, www.brookings.org Description: Numerous conclusions to rebuild a new PA. Brookings Institute Back to Prosperity: A policy agenda - Section 6, www.brookings.org Description: Plan for a competitive future; focus the state's investments; promote large scale reinvestment in older communities; renew state and regional governance.. Brookings Institute Conclusion - section 7, www.brookings.org Description: PA needs to look back in order to move forward!. Brookings Institute Pennsylvania's Brownfields program, www.brookings.org Description: An overview of the brownfields challenge in PA. Brookings Institute Spatial allocation of PA's major economic development programs, www.brookings.org Description: A study: fact gathering project involving collection and organizing data describing allocation of DCED funds among different types of municipalities. Brookings Institute Economic development subsidies: Do they fuel sprawl?, www.brookings.org Description: The extent to which business subsidies [in PA] contribute to sprawling land use patterns and job redistribution.. Brookings Institute Smart Growth:The future of the American metropolis?, sticerd.lse.ac.uk Description: Essay: discussion of current state of smart growth and metropolitan thinking in the US--demographics, market and development trends, excessive decentralization.. Brookings Institute Reframing the opportunities and challenges for affordable housing, www.brookings.org Description: Power Point: Meeting affordable housing challenges in high land cost communities. Brookings Institute American Metropolis: Divided we sprawl!, www.brookings.org Description: Power Point: Major trends; why are they happening; what are the consequences; Change how?. Brookings Institute The need for regional anti-congestion policies, www.brookings.org Description: Only the coordination of transportation improvements with land use planning on regional or metropolitan level can result in rational congestion policy change.. Brookings Institute Rethinking local affordable housing strategies: 70 years of policy & practice, www.brookings.org Description: Effectiveness of 7 decades of affordable housing strategies-home ownership, rental assistance and land use regulatory appraches in promoting healthy communities. Brookings Institute Effectiveness of housing programs by policy goals: a matrix, www.brookings.org Description: Visual synopsis of how each of the housing approaches meets the 7 basic goals of an affordable housing policy.. Brookings Institute Preserve and expand the supply of good quality housing units, www.brookings.org Description: Regulatory reforms can eliminate barriers to low cost affordable housing--potential impacts?. Brookings Institute Highways & Transit:Leveling the Playing field in Federal Transportation Policy, www.brookings.org Description: A comparison of new highway, and transit programs; federal funds stacked against transit and for highways.. Urban Land Institute Washington, DC gets a "Reality Check", www.uli.org Description: Article:Collective visioning about community growth--with LEGO's. Urban Land Institute Transportation woes fuel re-emergence of downtowns and transit villages, www.uli.org Description: Article: demand for transit systems, along with housing close to transportation is increasing around the country.. Urban Land Institute Regional planning is key to improved development patterns, www.uli.org Description: Article: Regional planning can work but... Urban Land Institute Downtown and infill development requires public support, flexibility and creativity, www.uli.org Description: Article: It may take years of public commitment to make this a reality... Urban Land Institute "Let us agree that cities are worth saving", www.uli.org Description: Article: Remarks by Richard Baron, Laureate of ULI. Urban Land Institute Taking Smart Growth to the fringe: 10 principles for building better in the suburbs, www.uli.org Description: Article: The economic, social, environmental well being of our suburbs depends on change in developmental patterns... Urban Land Institute Because today's fringe is tomorrows infill:More efficient land use at the urban edge, www.uli.org Description: Article: The outer ring of urban areas are headed down a land consumptive, sprawling course that must be changed. Urban Land Institute Moving environmentally conscious development into the mainstream: ULI explores the possibilities, www.uli.org Description: Article: Use of green and sustainable real estate development hinges on convincing the land use industry... Urban Land Institute Green and sustainable development is the next phase of smart growth., www.uli.org Description: Article: The growing interest in green and sustainable development signals it may not longer be the exception but an accepted community building practice.. Urban Land Institute Greenfield development without sprawl:the role of planned communities in efficient growth, www.uli.org Description: Article: Planned communities can play a key role in fostering more efficient growth in outlying areas.. Urban Land Institute When the whole is greater: ULI examines obstacles, challenges of land assembly for infill development, www.uli.org Description: Article: The difficulty of land assembly and acquisition in urban neighborhoods is chief impediment to urban redevelopment. Urban Land Institute Emerging architectural and land use planning trends, www.uli.org Description: Article: National trends impacting planning and housing include a shift in the makeup of todays buyers. Urban Land Institute Water, Water, not everywhere.connection between land use and water use, www.uli.org Description: Article: The shrinking supply of water in the US points to a more efficient land use... Urban Land Institute Marketing mechanisms for protecting open space, www.uli.org Description: Report: How can process of open space protection be reinvented through effective land development planning, creative financaing and tax incentives.. Urban Land Institute Sustainable development and green building, www.uli.org Description: Report: Improved communications of of green practices and concepts within organizations and the public. Urban Land Institute Community Development Corporations working with For-Profit developers, www.uli.org Description: Report: Collaboration of CDC's and For-profit developers, and what each brings to the partnership. Urban Land Institute Barriers and solutions to Land assembly for Infill development, www.uli.org Description: Report: Identify and discuss significant public, regulartory and market based barriers to land assembly and infill development; and strategies to overcome them.. Urban Land Institute The Future of Cities, www.uli.org Description: Report: Emerging economic, demographic, social and market trends that will affect major cities.. Urban Land Institute Challenges to developing workforce housing, www.uli.org Description: Report: Growing shortage of affordable [workforce] housing especially in urban areas; what can be done?. Urban Land Institute Mixed- Income Housing, www.uli.org Description: Report: Dispelling myths and providing factual data supporting mixed income housing.. Urban Land Institute Sustaining urban mixed income communities: The role of community facilities, www.uli.org Description: Report: Community facilities in mixed income communities, and how they have sustained and fostered improvement. Urban Land Institute The case for multi-family housing, www.uli.org Description: Report: Concerns of multi-family housing and advantages of its usew/factual data. Urban Land Institute Workforce housing: Barriers, solutions, and model programs, www.uli.org Description: Report: Presentation of case studies, group discussion that outline existing barriers to construction of workforce housing. Urban Land Institute Corporate location and smart growth, www.uli.org Description: Report: Dialogue of how the real estate needs of companies can be met in settings consistent w/smart growth prinicples.. Urban Land Institute Water & the future of land development, www.uli.org Description: Report: Availability of sustainable levels of water; how to interpret the land use and real estate implications of water availability. . Urban Land Institute Green Buildings and Sustainable Development: Making the business case, www.uli.org Description: Report: Identify obstacles that interfere with wider acceptance of green buildings; dialogue-how business case for these buildings can be made more effectively--particularly commercial real estate. . Urban Land Institute Joint Forum on Housing Density, www.uli.org Description: Report: Examines causes of community opposition to increased residential density and ways to overcome the resistance. . Urban Land Institute Entertaining Development, www.uli.org Description: Article: Entertainment development has exceeded expectations of the '90's, and retail developers are everywhere... Urban Land Institute Is Urban Infill development harmful or helpful?, www.uli.org Description: Article: Multiple markets exist for urban infill... Urban Land Institute The relationship between growth constraints and housing affordability, www.uli.org Description: Article: Different factors are producing different results in growth and how it is accomplished. Urban Land Institute Expanding transportation choices in new developments, www.uli.org Description: Commentary: Reviewing perspectives of consumers choices. Urban Land Institute The crisis in workforce housing:Best practices for local solutions, www.uli.org Description: Commentary: How communities can meet this need.. Urban Land Institute Becoming Urban: The hidden opportunity in housing, www.uli.org Description: Commentary: Missing the opportunity to provide housing for ??? Millions... Urban Land Institute Seeking Smart Growth in the DC area, www.uli.org Description: Commentary: Growth and development is a regional issue... Urban Land Institute Infrastructure Policy affects Land Use , www.uli.org Description: Commentary: Developing a regional vision is critical to effective transportation planning. Urban Land Institute Is Smaller Better???, www.uli.org Description: Commentary: Small things are important too.like little points of light.. Urban Land Institute What is Smart Growth not?, www.uli.org Description: Commentary: A list, and explanation of what is Not Smart growth.. Urban Land Institute Do you think a fifth wave is gathering force?, www.uli.org Description: Commentary: A return to central city has begun... Urban Land Institute Successful neighborhood retail takes a project champion: 10 principles for development, www.uli.org Description: Commentary: Building consensus among stakeholders in neighborhood retail projects. American Institute of Architects Building a green practice, www.aia.org Description: Article: Sustainable building-an uphill battle; designing as if we are part of the ecology. AIA Physical Spaces, Physical Health, www.aia.org Description: Article: How our physical environments are impacting negatively on our health. Smart Growth America Endangered by Sprawl: How runaway development threatens american wildlife, www.smartgrowthamerica.org Description: Report: Clarifies the degree to which we are punishing our wildlife, and how fast we are losing species.. Smart Growth America National Survey on Communities, www.smartgrowthamerica.org Description: Report: Types of communities preferred and how to create them. Metro Institute at VA Tech The Boomburbs at Buildout: Future development in fast growing suburbs, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Report: survey of 140 "boomburbs"--decisions about growth and politics of buildout. Metro Institute at VA Tech Urban Containment policies and housing prices, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Paper: Examines current knowledge about housing price effects of urban containment boundaries. Brookings Institute The Link between Growth Management and housing affordability, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Report: Comprehensive review of academic literature on the role of growth management on affordable housing. Land Use Policy Comparing states with and without growth management, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Analysis based on on indicators with policy implications. Metro Institute at VA Tech Community acceptance of affordable housing, www.realtor.org Description: Comprehensive report to National Assn of Realtors. Metro Institute at VA Tech Security vs. Status, www.mi.vt.edu Description: A first look at the census data on gated communities. Metro Institute at VA Tech A new urbanist perspective of regionalism, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: concept of regionalism too complex for most citizens to get their arms around.. Metro Institute at VA Tech Open Spaces, Bounded Places, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Report: Comparison of metro density in eastern & western US. Fannie Mae Foundation Edge Counties: Metropolitan Growth Engines, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Analysis: Tracking metro growth in booming regions that lack boomburbs?. Metro Institute at VA Tech Reluctant Cities? Exploring Big Unincorporated Census Designated Places, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Report: CDP's the rodney dangerfield of urban geography. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing in the Nations Capital 2004: Executive Summary, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Report: General overview. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Introduction, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Rept cont.Intro: Analyze most recent data on housing in DC and surrounding suburbs. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 1, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 1: Economic strength and Growth. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 2, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 2: Housing Production Shortfalls. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 3, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 3: Booming Home Sales. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 4, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 4: Rental Market Challenges. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 5, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 5: Housing Hardship & Housing Assistance. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 6, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 6: Unbalanced patterns of employment and housing opportunity. Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 7, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 7: Strategic Opportunities. Fannie Mae Foundation Back Matter/Endnotes/References, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Wrap up with references. Metro Institute at VA Tech Is the US undersupplying housing?, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Housing slowdown needs to be on the national agenda.workforce housing needed. Metro Institute at VA Tech Monster houses? YES? And NO?, www.mi.vt.edu Description: They make good infill and good economic sense. Metro Institute at VA Tech Distinguishing City and Suburban Movers, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Analysis: Exploring difference/similarities among movers to central cities and suburban locations. Metro Institute at VA Tech Smart Growth: More than a Ghost of Urban Policy Past, Less than a Bold New Horizon, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: Describes Smart Growth; historical perspective; analyzes its contributions. Fannie Mae Foundation What does Smart Growth mean for Housing??, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Article: How to manage growth without derailing economic development or sacrificing affordable housing. Fannie Mae Foundation Life at the Center: The Rise of Downtown Housing, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Article: Survey of downtowns..downtown living will be increasing.. Metro Institute at VA Tech Wrestling Sprawl to the Ground: Defining and Measuring and elusive concept, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Report: Presenting a conceptual definition of sprawl based on 8 distinctions. Metro Institute at VA Tech Current Preferences and Future demands for denser residential environments, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: Demand for denser more walkable residentail environments in the US.. Metro Institute at VA Tech Current Preferences and Future demands for denser residential environments: Another view, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: Beyond Supply and demand.. Metro Institute at VA Tech The Barriers to Using Urban Infill Development to achieve Smart Growth, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: Real, practical barriers to infill use in urban development. Metro Institute at VA Tech Comments on article: The Barriers to Using Urban Infill development., www.mi.vt.edu Description: Comments: Urban Infill should not be neglected because its difficult.. Metro Institute at VA Tech New Urbanism and the City: Potential applications and implications, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: New Urbanism is not a panacea. Metro Institute at VA Tech Comments on article: New Urbanism & the City: The Politics of Design, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: New Urbanists vs. Grass Roots... Metro Institute at VA Tech Financing New Urbanism Projects: Obstacles and Solutions, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Survey: 23 respondents from development & finance respond. Metro Institute at VA Tech The Store Next Door, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: As Smart Growth makeover of suburbia begins, need to build more retail near housing.. Metro Institute at VA Tech Using Master Planning Expert Panels to achieve Planning objectives, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: How to engage other planners..plan a workshop. Metro Institute at VA Tech The Case for Higher Density Housing: A key to Smart Growth , www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article: Building houses at higher densities may be most important tactic for more compact development. Metro Institute at VA Tech Are the Boomburbs Still Booming?, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Report: Using census data to analyze housing and demographic trends. Metro Institute at VA Tech New Metropolis Counties: Suburbs of Suburbs, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Report: Using census data to track the growth of 47 new metropolis counties. Metro Institute at VA Tech Boomburbs: The Emergence of Large, Fast Growing Cities in the US, www.mi.vt.edu Description: What are they, where are they, and growth.. Metro Institute at VA Tech Downtown Rebound, www.mi.vt.edu Description: The story of downtowns relative growth. Fannie Mae Foundation Understanding Urban Performance: The role of the Statesf, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: State governments play a vital role in ensuring well being of cities. Fannie Mae Foundation State investments in housing are critical to economic healthf, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Affordable housing can not be ignored by states.. Fannie Mae Foundation More than the sum of its parts: Innovative partnerships in Action, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Examples of 3 partnerships in action. Fannie Mae Foundation Fixing It First in Massachusetts, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Reforms that will help MA invest its funds wisely. Fannie Mae Foundation Expandig the Constituency for Affordable Housing: Building Blocks for Coalitions, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Affordable housing advocates must learn to do more with less. Fannie Mae Foundation New York Housing Coalitions at Work, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Building Bridges to put housing first in NY City. Fannie Mae Foundation Top 10 state & local strategies to increase affordable housing., www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Who needs it and how to get it with limited subsidies. Fannie Mae Foundation The Increasing Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing in America, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Action Items for preservation of rental housing. Fannie Mae Foundation Affordable Rental Preservation is Housing Industrys Business, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: The continuation and maintenance of existing use and occupancy restrictions on subsidized/unsubsidized rental housing. Fannie Mae Foundation Why is Affordable Rental Housing being lost?, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: There are two separate preconditions that threaten preservation of rental housing. Fannie Mae Foundation Historic Preservation and Affordable Housing: Leveraging Old Resources for New Opportunities, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Maintenance and redevelopment of existing places is not an American value. Fannie Mae Foundation Streamlining Building Rehabilitation Codes to encourage revitalization, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Simplification of rehabilitation building codesf. Fannie Mae Foundation Vacant land presents problems and opportunities, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Defining the Issue.in short!. Fannie Mae Foundation Fair Growth 2020: A tale of 4 Futures, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Article: Using scenario planning to illustrate balance between smart growth and equity.. Fannie Mae Foundation Milleniumburg-Style strategies in Action, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: 3 different strategies of milleniumburg.. Fannie Mae Foundation Reinventing the Company Town: Employer Assisted Housing, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: The growing housing need and how employers are moving on this. Fannie Mae Foundation Cities and the Reinvestment Wave: Underserved Markets and the Gentrification of Housing Policy, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Article: Gentrification-has it returned, why it persists and why it matters?. Fannie Mae Foundation More than Bricks and Sticks: 5 components of Community Development Corporation Capacity, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Capacity Counts, but what is it?. ATTRA Conservation Easements, attra.ncat.org Description: What is conservation easement; benefits; land value.. Univ of Vermont Extensioin Citizen Participation Strategies for Municipal Planning in Vermont -Factsheets, www.uvm.org Description: Factsheet #1: Intro to citizens benefits of participation in municipal planning. Univ of Vermont Extensioin Citizen Advisory Groups - Factsheet #5, www.uvm.edu Description: #5: Granting decision making power to community members. Univ of Vermont Extensioin Community Planning Surveys - Factsheet #3, www.uvm.edu Description: #3: Design and conduct community survey . Univ of Vermont Extensioin Community Plannig Survey Technical Appendix, www.uvm.edu Description: Appendix:Technical step by step explanation of survey process. Univ of Vermont Extensioin Community Visioning Events- Factsheet #4, www.uvm.edu Description: #4: Large community meetings to facilitate collaboration in the municipal plan. Univ of Vermont Extensioin Public Meetings and Hearings - Factsheet #2, www.uvm.edu Description: #2: Backbone of community involvement in municipal planning. Univ of Vermont Extensioin Using Local Media Resources - Factsheet #6, www.uvm.edu Description: #6: Tips/suggestions for dealing w/reporters, writing news releaseshow to get word out. American Farmland Trust Regional Economic Development Strategy For Resource Based Industries on MD' s Eastern Shore, www.farmlandinfo.org Description: Comprehensive report: sustainable resource based industries threatened by increasing land costs, fragmentation of agricultural land. US EPA Review of Statewide Watershed Mgmt Approaches, www.epa.gov Description: Identify and describe different models of watershed mgmt; looking at different states; make recommendations. US EPA Protecting & Restoring America's Watersheds, www.epa.gov Description: Status, trends and initiatives in watershed management. Univ of Wisconsin-Madison Urban Growth, Rural Land Conversion and the Fiscal well being of local municipalities, agecon.lib.umn.edu Description: Economic/fiscal impact of 5 economic development events are compared... Univ of Rhode Island Stated preferences & Length of Residency in Rural Commuities:, agecon.lib.umn.edu Description: Systematic examination for residential development or conservation tradeoffs based on length of residency in rural community.. NGA Coordinating Resources to Grow more efficiently: The Massachusetts Approach, www.nga.org Description: From increased demands on MA economic structure the MA approach developed. Penn State Extension Economic & Community Development Resources for Citizens & Local Officials, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Highlights variety of PSCE economic & community development educational programs and resources... Penn State Extension Community conflicts over Agriculture, Land Use and Natural Resources, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Collaborative approaches to resolving conflict.. Penn State Extension Fiscal Impacts of Different Land Uses- The PA experience, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Identifying the impact of land use affects taxes and quality of life. Penn State Extension Food System Planning: A guide for county and municipal planners, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Research assessment of involvement of planners in food system planning. Penn State Extension From the Woods: Watersheds, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: PA's Water cycle and how forests protect the quality of the water... Penn State Extension -CAS How Real Property Tax is distributed among Land Uses, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: How fairly is real property tax distributed in your community. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Planning in PA - Inventory - #1, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Comprehensive study of municipal/county planning and land use regulations. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Planning - Municipal Commissions #2, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: The role of municipal commissions in land use regulation. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - County Planning Agencies #3, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Role of county planners in land use decisions. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - Comprehensive Plan #4, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Comprehensive plan - most important tool for land use planning and local governance. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - Zoning #5, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: How zoning regulations control different uses of land in community. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - Subdivision and Land Development Regulations #6, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Subdivision & land develoment ordinances--most common form of land use regulation. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - Collaboration & Communiction #9, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: How much collaboration and communication occurs in land use planning. Penn State Extension -CAS Local Taxes and our Community #2, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Overview of community's population and use of services in relation to the tax base. Penn State Extension -CAS Sustainable Community Development: Quality of life in PA, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Views and hopes for the future of PA community members. Penn State Extension -CAS Costs and Revenues of Residential Development: A workbook for citizens, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Conduct an economic analysis of proposed residential development in your community. Penn State Extension -CAS Understanding School Tax change Under Act 50, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Understanding the context of Act 50.what is it, what will it do.. Penn State Extension -CAS Valuing PA's Water Resources, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: All issues about water in PA.its value, use and management . EPA Functions & Values of Wetlands, www.epa.gov Description: Brief summary of wetland value and purpose . EPA Wetlands Overview, www.epa.gov Description: What do they do, and how can we save them... MD Center for Agro-Ecology The Downzoning Effect, agroecology.widgetworks.com Description: Lower density of residential development.merits of land preservation collide w/market forces. MD Center for Agro-Ecology County working lands conservation workshop, agroecology.widgetworks.com Description: Preserving working landscapes; downzoning and conservation easements... MD Center for Agro-Ecology Impediments to donation of conservation easements, agroecology.widgetworks.com Description: What barriers exist to easements; strengthen the use of donation as land use tool. MD Center for Agro-Ecology Critical Mass of Agricultural Land Report, agroecology.widgetworks.com Description: Report: Agricultural trends, urban pressure... 1000 Friends of MD Barriers to Environmental Design in MD, www.farmlandinfo.org Description: Removing roadblocks to environmental design, fostering environmentally responsible decisions. 1000 Friends of MD Smart Growth: How is your county doing? Baltimore Region, www.farmlandinfo.org Description: How county policies help and hinder Smart Growth . 1000 Friends of MD Smart Growth: How is your county doing? Upper Eastern Shore, www.farmlandinfo.org Description: How county policies help and hinder Smart Growth . Chesapeake Bay Program Population estimates within Chesapeake Bay Watershed, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: Population estimates & projections of states & counties in CB watershed. Penn State Extension The Joy of Farm Watching: A Roadside Guide to Pennsylvania Agriculture, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Guide: Helps people identify crops, farm machinery, buildings that they don't recognize.
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