The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Land Use Toolbox
Planning/Zoning
topic files
Vermont Environmental Board
Act 250: A Guide to Vermont's Land Use Law, www.state.vt.us
Description: A simple land use guide..
American Farmland Trust
Agricultural conservation easements, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: what is a land easement.
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
Recreational Issues in PA small municipalities, www.ruralpa.org
Description: Survey, findings, and data analysis about recreational facilities in municipalities.
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.
American Farmland Trust
Farmland protection toolbox, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: Tools & techniques that state/local govt are using to protect farmland.
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..
National Park Service
Rehabilitating historic storefronts, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Historical overview, evaluating bldg, deciding on course of action.
National Park Service
Preservation of historic barns, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Historic value, understanding, and repair of barns.
National Park Service
Protecting cultural landscapes, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Preservation planning and strategy for cultural landscapes.
Reclaim PA
Green Remaining and reclamation technology, www.dep.state.pa.us
Description: Update on green remining technology.
DEP
PA Abandoned Mines , 164.156.71.80/VWRQ.asp
Description: Benefits of reclamation; how to fund; what can you do.
DEP
Environmental Good Samaritan Act, 164.156.71.80/VWRQ.asp
Description: Encouraging landowners to reclaim old mines without fear of liability.
DEP
Land Recycling Program, www.dep.state.pa.us/
Description: Explanation of Environmental Remediation Standards Act Program Enhancements .
DEP
Stream Re-Leaf, www.dep.state.pa.us/
Description: Restoring and Conserving Streamside buffers.
DEP
BioSolids , 164.156.71.80/WXLogin.aspx
Description: Fact Sheet about bioSolids and their impact on environment .
West Virginia University Extension
Real Property: Landowners Rights & Responsibilities, www.wvu.edu
Description: Rights & Responsibilities of Landowners.
West Virginia University Extension
Land judging for farms and home sites, www.wvu.edu
Description: Learn about soil to protect & conserve agricultural land, water & environment.
West Virginia University Extension
Physical properties of Mine soil in WVA, www.wvu.edu
Description: Mine soil properties and their influence on water treatment.
West Virginia University Extension
Problems/solutions for Multiple property ownership, www.wvu.edu
Description: How they arise; how to handle; tax implications.
West Virginia University Extension
Rural Landowner Liability & posting of land, www.wvu.edu
Description: Landowner's basic guide to liability of their land.
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.
West Virginia University Extension
Treatment of Acid Mine drainage in watersheds, www.wvu.edu
Description: How Acid mine drainage is treated by vertical flow wetlands or SAPS.
West Virginia University Extension
Leasing land for hunting & recreational purposes, www.wvu.edu
Description: Key factors to consider before leasing land.
West Virginia University Extension
Overview: TMDL & Antidegradation Issues, www.wvu.edu
Description: Total Maximum Daily Load program incorporating watershed management.
Penn State Extension
Sewage Sludge in PA: It's regulations, cropsoil.psu.edu
Description: A plain english tour of sewage sludge regulations.
Penn State Extension
BioSolids Quality, cropsoil.psu.edu
Description: Changes in biosolids; are they harmful to humans.
Penn State Extension
A Forest Stewardship Plan, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is stewardship, how can I develop a plan; resources.
Penn State Extension
Best Mgmt Practices for PA Forests, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Sustainable Forestry--need and objectives--comprehesive discussion.
Penn State Extension
Forest Stewardship Program, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is it, how can it help, how can I participate.
Penn State Extension
Forest watershed management, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is forested watershed? Protecting it,impact etc.
Penn State Extension
Forest Stewardship and wildlife, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Wildlife Habitat Incentive Programs.
Penn State Extension
Using employment data to better understand your economy, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: 6 Tools w/explanation to understand your economy.
Penn State Extension
Analysis of recent trends in rural PA, ecd.aers.psu.edu
Description: Population growth/decline; employment and unemployment; earnings and income.
Penn State Extension
Road to 2004: Update on PA, ecd.aers.psu.edu
Description: Report targeting economic change-primarily employment in PA.
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.
Penn State Extension
Farmland protection and GIS, lal.cas.psu.edu/
Description: How GIS helps PA prioritize farmland for preservation.
UM Extension
Woodland management: Glossary of Forestry terms, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Glossary of commonly used forestry terminology.
UM Extension
How to determine property boundaries, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Accurately marking and managing property boundaries.
UM Extension
Agricultural/demographic changes in Mid Atlantic region, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Report detailing implications for ethinic/specialty produce.
UM Extension
Sources of Info and guidance for Forest Stewards, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Resources for Forestland management.
UM Extension
Developing a Forest Stewardship Plan, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: The key to forest and woodland management.
UM Extension
Measuring your Forests, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/guidelines for measuring/calculating forest boundaries.
UM Extension
Maryland's Forest: Past,Present, Future, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact sheet for woodland owners understanding of forest as a renewable resource.
UM Extension
Riparian buffer management, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: Basics of riparian buffer mgmt.
UM Extension
Riparian forest buffer: design, establish, maintain , www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: basics of design, establish and maintain-riparian buffer.
UM Extension
Landowner costs & benefits of riparian buffer, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/advantages of riparian buffers .
UM Extension
Intro to Riparian Forest Buffer, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: Introduction to Forest Riparian Buffer.
UM Extension
Integrated pond management - MD, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/broad overview of pond management.
UM Extension
Drinking water standards, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: EPA water standards with facts; effects of contaminated water.
UM Extension
Guidelines for application of digested sewage sludge, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/guidelines for sewage sludge.
UM Extension
Introduction to wildlife managememt, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact sheet w/guidelines of basic wildlife management.
UM Extension
Farmland preservation- an estate planning tool, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Agricultural land preservation can help tax burden etc.
UM Extension
Guidelines for selecting farmland, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Considerations in making the decision, creating a business plan.
Cornell Coop Extension
Comprehensive economic development strategy, www.stcplanning.org/
Description: Regional Community Development Plan--Executive Summary.
NY State Interagency Task Force
State & Local Govts Partnering for a better NY, www.state.ny.us
Description: Multifaceted/Interdisciplinary study of issues impacting creation of communities.
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 -Ch 3, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Programs and Incentives - types of govt & agency programs and what they do.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk -Ch 3 PartB, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Potential measure to promote conservation planning and good design.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 4, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good design overview - real case studies.
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.
Cornell Coop Extension
Intro to chapters 14-15, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Agriculture & open space conservation .
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 14, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design- Powers site -350A dairy farm.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 15, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design - Slade site -800A dairy farm.
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix A - History of Rural Design Wkbk, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Brief history of how the rural design workbook came about.
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix A - continued pg 3-4, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Continuation of explanation of rural design wkbk.
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix C - Better site design, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Handbook for changing development rules in your community.
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix E- Defining a Streambank, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Example of stream bank.
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix F - Riparian Buffers, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Stabilizing future water quality w/riparian buffers.
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.
NYMIR - Pace University Law Center
Universal Glossary of Land use terminology, www.NYMIR.org
Description: Comprehensive glossary of land use terms and phrases.
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
Benefits & Burdens of Diverse Asset Building, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Development strategies in NY's canal corridor 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
Ag Visioning Pilot Project Rept summary, www.cardi.cornell.edu
Description: What agriculture provides in the non-farming community.
Cornell Coop Extension
Small business education & leadership development, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Importance of small business; and the changing trends.
Forest Service
Ecosystem Matters , www.fs.ged.gov
Description: Activity & Resource guide for Environmental Educators.
USDA Forest Service
Threatened/Endangered species and the landowner, www.usda.gov
Description: Answers numerous questions from landowners about endangered wildlife.
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.
American Farmland Trust
2004 Farm Conservation Tax Update, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: Up to date farm conservation tax information .
USDA
Farm Bill fast facts, www.usda.gov
Description: Easy to read and understand description of Farm bill facts.
National Governors Assn
Reaping Rewards of Pedesterian/bike/walk friendly places, www.nga.org
Description: Power Point: Hows & whys of desiging healthy community.
National Governors Assn
Integrating affordable housing w/state development policy, www.nga.org
Description: Implementing housing strategies to improve communities .
National Governors Assn
New Community Design to the Rescue, www.nga.org
Description: Comprehensive rept on New Community Design Principles.
Center for Community Change
Strengthening Rural Economies: Programs that target economic sectors of local economy, www.huduser.org
Description: 4 studies detailing economic strategies producing opportunities & jobs for low income folks.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
10 Reasons why Vermont's homegrown economy matters, www.ptvermont.org
Description: 50 Proven ways to restore and revive it.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Front Page .
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Authors Notes to publication.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Design principles; rules, laws, process affecting highway projects.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Laws, reports and opinions.
CERC
Rural Economic Issues for the 21st century, www.cerc.columbia.edu
Description: Rural economic development not dependent on feds, using local capabilities.
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
Revitalizing Brownfields into greenspace-Ch 3, icma.org
Description: Variety of funding opportunities for funding greenspace.
ICMA
Revitalizing Brownfields into greenspace-Ch 4 case study , icma.org
Description: Case Study - Parque Ninos.
ICMA
Preserving cultural/historic resources through brownfield redevelopment , icma.org
Description: Creating social and economic revitalization.
NADO Research Foundation
The State of Metro and Rural Brownfields, www.nado.org
Description: Feedback/discussion about impact of redevelopment of brownfields.
National Governors Assn
Brownfields Projects to improve public health, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits in health as well as improved active living.
National Governors Assn
Brownfields: Real Property in coastal communities, www.nga.org
Description: Power Point: Expansion, reuse or redevelopment.
National Governors Assn
Attacking sprawl by revitalizing older communities, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits of Brownfield redevelopment of older communitites.
National Governors Assn
Fixing It First: Improving present infrasturcture, www.nga.org
Description: Build/maintain present assets before creating new ones.
National Governors Assn
Building 21st century communities: State Govt role, www.nga.org
Description: Power Point: community building in many facets.
National Park Service
River Dynamics and Erosion, www.crjc.org
Description: Stabilization of your stream --or not .
NPS
Streambank stabilization for Conn river watershed, www.crjc.org
Description: How to stabilize streambeds in the Conn River Watershed.
NPS
Prioritizing Erosion sites for Restoration , www.crjc.org
Description: Why control erosion along the conn river.
MD Dept of Planning
Big Box Retail Development, www.mdp.state.md.us/
Description: Impact, regulation and implications of big-box store development.
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
Environmentalism and smart growth: new consensus, www.fundersnetwork.org
Description: Practical aspects of creating smart growth communities.
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.
NewHampshire Dept Resource & Economic Development
Planting Trees in designed & built community landscapes, www.state.nh.us
Description: Helping citizens create community green spaces.
USDA Forest Service
Ecologically Based Forest Mgmt on Private Land, www.fs.fed.gov
Description: Review ecological principles and suggest management alternatives.
USDA Forest Service
Forested Wetlands: Functions, Benefits and Best Management practices, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Providing an understanding of environmental Junctions and societal values of wetlands and to present an array of Best Management Practices.
USDA Forest Service
Urban & community forestry outreach service strategies for communities, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Working with diverse populations to become involved in urban forestry programs.
USDA Forest Service
Urban forest health: Identifying issues and needs in the NE, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Brief facts sheets about survey, findings and recommendations.
USDA Forest Service
Urban forest health: Needs/assessment survey results&recommendations, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Comprehensive results and recommendations .
NEFA
Forest Land & public finance, www.nefainfo.org
Description: Focus on public finance implications; govt spending, taxes that determine land use.
NEFA
Economic importance of the northeasts forests, www.nefainfo.org
Description: The importance of forest based mfg, recreation, tourism NE economy.
NEFA
Recommendations for conservation of northern forest region: VT, NY, ME, NH, www.nefainfo.org
Description: Facts, information, research presented in making recommendations.
USDA Forest Service
Sustainability assessment highlights for Northern US, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Snapshot of todays forest and a baseline for tracking future trends.
USDA Forest Service
Role of Forest Svc & state forest agencies in the NE in sustainable forest mangement, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Brief discussion of sustainability & sustainable forest management.
DCNR
State Forest Resoource Mgmt Plan, www.dcnr.state.pa.us
Description: Comprehensive overview of Forest resource mgmt plan.
Univ of Tenn Ag Extension Svc
Prioritize Forest Use, www.utextension.utk.edu
Description: Comprehensive self assessment of forest use and BMP management plan.
Univ of Tenn Ag Extension Svc
Forest Practice Guidelines - Tenn, www.utextension.utk.edu
Description: Authoritative reference about forest mgmt practices & input for wise policy decisions.
Univ of Tenn Ag Extension Svc
Managed Forests for healthy ecosystmes, www.utextension.utk.edu
Description: Multi-use & sustained yield mgmt techniques including contemporary ecosystems concerns.
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
NonPoint source pollution - a threat to our water, www.planningwithpower.org
Description: Recognize non-point pollution; its impact; and controlling it.
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
Relationship between land use decisions and impact on our natural resources & water, www.planningwithpower.org
Description: What are these decision and what can we do? BMP's etc..
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Tax treatment of conservation easements, www.ces.purdue.edu
Description: What are conservation easements--tax implications.
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.
Conservation Magazine
Aging Watershed projects: A growing national concern, www.nrcs.usda.gov
Description: Small watershed dams needing to be replaced, repaired .
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.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Benefits of Trails and Greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact Sheet: benefits and information on why to create trails and greenways.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Trails/greeways for livable communities, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet: defining greenways/trails and benefits to community.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Health benefits of trails & greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet: health benefits of walking-physical activity.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Enhancing the environment with trails/greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet: trails/greenways encourage conservation.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Economic benefits of trails/greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet:economic boons to communities.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Historic preservation through trails/greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet: adding historic preservation to community identity.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Citizens guide to preserving historic places, www.nationaltrust.org
Description: Primer describing background of historic preservation;cardinal land use principles.
Heritage Conservancy
Growing with Green Infrastructure, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: What is green infrastructure how to create and sustain.
Heritage Conservancy
Open Space is a community investment, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: The case for open space as a huge community asset.
Heritage Conservancy
Implementing a municipal open space progam, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: A guide for Pennsylvania municipalities.
Heritage Conservancy
Public Finance for Open Space:Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Why invest in open space; ways to fund the investment.
Heritage Conservancy
Regional Open Space priorities report, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Identifies, prioritizes, recommends protection strategies for natural resources, agricultural, recreational lands in southeastern PA.
Heritage Conservancy
Using conservation easements to preserve open space: Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: All about easements; how to acquire an benefits.
Heritage Conservancy
Landowners options for protecting family lands, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Four common strategies for preserving land.
Heritage Conservancy
Conservation easements: Q & A, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Commonly asked questions about easementsf.
USDA
Rural transportation at a glance, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Significant changes in rural transportation.
USDA
Agri-environmental Policy at the Crossroads, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Looking at past ag-environ policies and future policy options.
USDA
Ag Resources & Environmental Indicators-Land Use, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Major land uses; changes and conflicts.
USDA
Water quality impacts of Agriculture, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Nations water quality; agricultural impact;reducing damage.
USDA
Wetlands - Status and Trends, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Trends of declining wetlands; and challenge to save them.
USDA
Wildlife resource conservation, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Tradeoffs of agriculture and conservation.
USDA
Partial interests in Land:Policy tools for resource use and conservation, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Property ownership interests and conservation.
USDA
Partial interests in Land: Contents, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Table of Contents and acknowledgements.
USDA
Partial interests in Land: Contents, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: General information of partial land ownership.
USDA
Partial interests in three policy settings, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Farmlands, conservation and wetlands.
USDA
Markets for partial interests in Land, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Outlines different markets for partial land use.
USDA
Valuation of partial interests in Land, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Analysis of markets for partial interest in land.
USDA
Lessons for resource use and conservation policy, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Ways partial land use balance resource use and conservation.
USDA
References for Partial interests in land report, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Reference list.
NERCRD
Conservations easements as encumbered ownership, www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu
Description: What is encumberance; and what are the present issues.
NERCRD
What the public values about farm/ranch land, www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu
Description: Numerous wkshp presentations on preservation of farm land and programs that help or hinder .
NERCRD
Links between agriculture and conservation policies, www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu
Description: Variety of wkshp presentations about the links between agriculture and conservation.
NERCRD
NERCRD workshop on Extension Land use programming, www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu
Description: Overviews on wkshp presentations on land use issues and programming.
Brookings Institute
The opportunity to rebuild America, www.brookings.edu
Description: A series of projected trends to determine estimated demand for new housing and commercial-industrial space.
AFT & CBF
Conserving Washington-Baltimore Green network, www.farmland.org
Description: Mapping a coordinated green network in the region.
Land Trust Alliance
Land Trust Ethics: Non-profit accountability, www.lta.org
Description: Accountability lessons for non profits.
Land Trust Alliance
Easement Stewardship: Long term relationships, www.lta.org
Description: Overview of VT's stewardship plan for the long run.
Land Trust Alliance
Minimizing Liability for public access on private lands, www.lta.org
Description: Overview of liability issues.
Land Trust Alliance
Mortgage Subordination: when is it necessary, www.lta.org
Description: When a mortgage subordination should be used w/easements.
Enterprise Foundation
A blueprint for transforming housing: Q&A, www.enterprisefoundation.org
Description: Frequently asked questions about green communities.
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.
Smart Growth Network
Comparing methodologies to assess transportation/air quality impacts of browfield & infill development, www.epa.gov
Description: 4 methodologies to quantify air quality benefits associated w/infill developoment.
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.
EPA
Community Choices:Thinking through land conservation, development; taxes, www.tpl.org
Description: Study of relationship between property tax bills and land conservation.
Trust for Public Land
The excellent city park system: What makes it great, www.tpl.org
Description: Seven measures for excellent park systems.
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
Americans invest in parks and open space, www.tpl.org
Description: Ballot review of americans support for parks and open space use.
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
Vol 4: Acquiring and managing park land, www.tpl.org
Description: How to acquire and manage park and conservation land.
Trust for Public Land
Community Gardens: a resource at risk, www.tpl.org
Description: A report of how a community saved their community garden spaces.
Trust for Public Land
Corridor Capacity preservation program, www.epa.gov
Description: Strategies to delay system expansion, focus development and preserve quality of life..
Trust for Public Land
Local tools for Smart Growth, www.naco.org
Description: Practical strategies & techniques to improve our communities.
Northeast Midwest Institute
Smart Growth and the clean air act, www.nemw.org
Description: Study attempting to reconcile contrasting views of clean air act.
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.
NALGEP
Profiles of business leadership on Smart Growth, www.resourcesaver.com
Description: New partnerships demonstrate the economic benefits of reducing sprawl.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
A methodology for valuing town conservation land, www.lincolnist.edu
Description: A methodology for rating existing and potential conservation land.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Abandoned Housing, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Challenges that face cities w/high rates of abandoned housing.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Compact mixed use development in Boston, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Identifying areas of mixed use and potential mixed use and sprawl.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Alternatives to Sprawl, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Dealing with sprawl and less destructive patterns of development.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
An empirical evaluation of alternative land valuation models, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Evaluates modern computer assisted evaluation methods to develop more stable, reliable land values.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Are mixed land uses marketable?, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Capitalizing mixed land uses into housing values.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Assessing land encumbered by conservation restrictions, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: How communities are assesing conservation restricted land.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Bringing neighbors in vs. Buying them out, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Transferring land readjustment to university neighborhood redevelopment projects.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Building Bridges:Public/private partnerships in Urban land development, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: A review of partnership initiatives in urban land development.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Building Jerusalem: Can land use planning affect economic growth, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: The way land use planning can impact economic growth and welfare .
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Can tax increment financing reverse urban decline, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Why municipal incentives like TIF would or would not raise property values.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Conservation Easements:Interaction of Land Policy and Taxation, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Discussion of valuation and legal aspects of easements.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
County Govt instituitions & Local Land Use, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Choices and dimensions of local growth management efforts.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Curb parking: Ideal source of local revenue, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Curb parking and it's inherent problems .fixing it!.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Current-use property assessment and land development , www.lincolninst.edu
Description: A theoretical & empirical review of development penalties.
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
Full Disclosure: Unexpected Improvements in Property tax administration and uniformity, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Limiting property tax and it's influence.
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
Introduction to environmental insurance, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Insurance coverage available for brownfields redevelopment.
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 for development: Something borrowed, something new, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Land pooling and making use of previously developed land.
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
Working across boundaries, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: A framework for regional collaboration.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Landscape-scale conservation: Grappling with the green matrix, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Initiatives for landscape scale conservation.
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
Land value taxation views, concepts, and methods: A primer, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Underlying concepts and principles of value, modern adaptation of land value taxation.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Local property tax reform: Prospects and politics, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Basic prospects for property tax reform.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Local property taxation: An assessment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Traditional tax theory,and public choice perspectives.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Managing Land as ecosystem and economy, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: The report examines the fundamental questions of fairness and property rights, the value or relative benefits of natural systems and economic development, and balancing public participation with science to set policy priorities..
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
Measuring use-value assessment tax expenditures, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: The purpose of this paper is to examine the practice of use-value assessment and determine the foregone property tax revenue, or the so-called tax expenditure, of this policy..
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
Model solutions to revitalize urban industrial areas, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Various approaches to revitalization of urban indurstrial areas.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Scholars explore insights of Henry George, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Chapter summaries from "Land Use and Taxation".
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Natural Cities: Urban ecology and the restoration of urban ecosystems, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Framework for urban ecosystem research: policies and tools.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Guide book on negotiating land disputes, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Using Assisted negotiation in land disputes.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Overcoming obstacles to Brownfield and vacant land redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: How brownfield redevelopment can occur.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Permit coordination study, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This paper studies coordination of land use regulatory programs. It consists of an introduction and general observations, a review of current and recent literature, and two case analyses..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Planners & economists debate land market policy, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: New policy-relevant analysis on land markets and their regulation.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Planning for sustainable development: measuring progress in plans, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This study sets forth a set of six principles that define and operationalize the concept of sustainable development..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Preferential property tax treatment of land, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Comparative analysis of key legal and administrative features of preferential property taxt treatment of agricultural, forest, open space and recreational land in the US..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Principles for community and college interaction, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Discussion of interaction with college and community interaction.
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 relations