Policies and Reports

General

Do Highways Matter? Evidence and Policy Implications of Highways’ Influence on Metropolitan Development

Alternative State Approaches to Transportation and Land Use Interactions

New Community Design to the Rescue

In the Fast Lane: Delivering More Transportation Choices to Break Gridlock

Growing Pains: Quality of Life in the New Economy

Development and Dollars: An Introduction to Fiscal Impact Analysis in Land Use Planning

Smart Growth: Myths and Facts

Smart Choices or Sprawling Growth: A Fifty State Survey of Development

Environmental Characteristics of Smart Growth Neighborhoods: An Exploratory Case Study

Race, Equity, and Smart Growth: Why People of Color Must Speak for Themselves

Growth At the Ballot Box: Electing the Shape of Communities in November 2000

Full report: Growth At the Ballot Box: Electing the Shape of Communities in November 2000

Maps: State-by-State Maps of Initiatives

State initiatives listing: State-by-State Initiative Appendix

Livability at the Ballot Box: State and Local Referenda on Parks, Conservation, and Smarter Growth

Urban Community Design

City Growth and the 2000 Census: Which Places Grew, and Why

Downtown Rebound

Suburban Community Design

Office Sprawl: The Evolving Geography of Office Sprawl

Full report: Office Sprawl: The Evolving Geography of Office Sprawl

Summary Only: Office Sprawl: An Executive Summary

Organizations and People

National Governors Association

New Community Design to the Rescue

In the Fast Lane: Delivering More Transportation Choices to Break Gridlock

Growing Pains: Quality of Life in the New Economy

National Conference of State Legislatures

National Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

National Association of Regional Councils

National Association of Development Organizations

National Association of Counties

National League of Cities

US Conference of Mayors

International City and County Management Association

National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals

Texas Association of Regional Councils

Texas Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

American Planning Association

Growing Smart: Model Planning and Zoning Ordinances to Protect Communities

Smart Growth Network

Congress for the New Urbanism

The American Farmland Trust: Competition for Land Project: Urban Sprawl and the Decline of Cities

Natural Resources Defense Council

The Growth Management Institute

Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse

Challenge Sprawl Campaign (Sierra Club initiative)

Urban Land Institute