Open Directory - Society: Issues: Environment: Growth and Sprawl
See also: - Consortium of building and highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development. - Coalition of government, civic, and business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, and resources. - National charity devoted to protecting and enhancing rural England. Encourages the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country. - 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. - Includes introduction and detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, and policies. - Public-private partnership promoting quality growth with goals in air quality, transportation options, open space preservation, housing, infrastructure, and community-friendly taxation. - A clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust. - 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. - A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities and towns and conservation of farmland and open space. - Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, and parks around San Francisco, California. - A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay. - 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. - Serves builders and developers in an effort to build traditional neighborhoods and town centers though smart growth principles. - Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality. - Charitable corporation promotes changes in attitudes and policies that promote suburban sprawl. - Information and resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities and roadways. - The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities. - 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. - A non-profit society that works to limit sprawl in British Columbia. Includes case studies, examples and local news. - The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth. - Addresses the issue of sprawl and its effect on rural life. - Summarizes the basic steps in a smart growth visioning and planning process, and reviews techniques that can be used at each step. - 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. - Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board. - Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation. - 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 proposals. - A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. - 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. - Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl.
