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Growth and Sprawl (39) Categories:
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» Building Better Communities
![]() Consortium of building and highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development. http://www.qualitygrowth.org/ » Campaign for Sensible Growth
![]() Coalition of government, civic, and business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, and resources. http://www.growingsensibly.org/ » Campaign to Protect Rural England
![]() National charity devoted to protecting and enhancing rural England. Encourages the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country. http://www.cpre.org.uk/ » Colorado Sprawl Action Center
![]() Offers resources and services for local citizen groups fighting sprawl, including a growth management toolkit and the Smart Growth Hall of Fame. http://www.sprawlaction.org/ » Congress for the New Urbanism
![]() News, information and other resources from an organization which promotes the restoration of cities and the creation of human-oriented livable communities with a sense of place. http://www.cnu.org/ » Environmental Protection Agency: Smart Growth
![]() Includes introduction and detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, and policies. http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/ » Envision Utah
![]() Public-private partnership promoting quality growth with goals in air quality, transportation options, open space preservation, housing, infrastructure, and community-friendly taxation. http://www.envisionutah.org/ » Farmland Information Center
![]() A clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust. http://www.farmlandinfo.org/ » Friends of Midcoast Maine
![]() Group of 14 land trusts and advocacy groups discussing the increasing impacts of sprawl in the Midcoast Route One Corridor. News and information about issues and activities. http://www.friendsmidcoast.org/ » Greater Ohio
![]() A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities and towns and conservation of farmland and open space. http://www.greaterohio.org/ » Greenbelt Alliance
![]() Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, and parks around San Francisco, California. http://www.greenbelt.org/ » Grow Smart Rhode Island
![]() A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay. http://www.growsmartri.org/ » Moving Sustainable Development from Theory to Practice in the U.S.
![]() A quick-study outline of sustainable development for planners and policy-makers, with extensive web references for more in-depth information on each topic. Written by Beryl Magilavy, past director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment. http://www.sustainable-city.org/document/primer/index.html » National Town Builders Association
![]() Serves builders and developers in an effort to build traditional neighborhoods and town centers though smart growth principles. http://www.ntba.net/ » Preservation Institute
![]() Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality. http://www.preservenet.com/ » Save Our Land, Save Our Towns Inc.
![]() Charitable corporation promotes changes in attitudes and policies that promote suburban sprawl. http://www.saveourlandsaveourtowns.org/ » Scenic America
![]() Information and resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities and roadways. http://www.scenic.org/ » Sierra Club: Stopping Sprawl
![]() The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities. http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/ » Smart Growth America
![]() Nationwide coalition promoting a better way to grow; one that protects farmland and open space, revitalizes neighborhoods, keeps housing affordable, preserves scenic and historic resources, and makes communities more livable. http://smartgrowthamerica.org » Smart Growth BC
![]() A non-profit society that works to limit sprawl in British Columbia. Includes case studies, examples and local news. http://www.smartgrowth.bc.ca/ » Smart Growth Network
![]() The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth. http://www.smartgrowth.org/ » Smart Growth Vermont
![]() Addresses the issue of sprawl and its effect on rural life. http://www.smartgrowthvermont.org/ » Smart Growth for Tennessee Towns and Counties
![]() Summarizes the basic steps in a smart growth visioning and planning process, and reviews techniques that can be used at each step. http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/smart/title.htm » Sprawl Guide
![]() Planners Web presents information and links dealing with urban sprawl and its consequences, including the loss of green space and the decay of older urban centers. http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/sprawlguide.html » Sprawl Information Center
![]() Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board. http://www.progress.org/sprawl/ » Sprawl Watch
![]() Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation. http://www.sprawlwatch.org/ » Sprawl-Busters
![]() One of the most comprehensive and earliest sites to target sprawl, by Al Norman, "anti-sprawl guru" and consultant. Arguments and statistics to support campaigns against sprawl developments. Reading list, news, list of towns that have defeated mega-retail http://www.sprawl-busters.com/ » The Funders' Network
![]() A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. http://www.fundersnetwork.org/ » The Manchester, NH Urban Open Space Web Site
![]() Photoessays and information about urban open space problems such as excess development, urban sprawl, urban forests, urban wildlife, work of conservation commissions, and downtown improvement via American Elm restoration. http://www.mv.com/ipusers/env/ » Wikipedia: Urban Sprawl
![]() Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl This category needs an editor
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