Useful Sprawl & Development Resources

The following publications and websites contain information about sprawl and smart growth. By listing resources below, Riverkeeper does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in any particular publication or website.

Publications:

DANA BEACH, PEW OCEANS COMMISSION, COASTAL SPRAWL: THE EFFECTS OF URBAN DESIGN ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES (2002).

F. KAID BENFIELD ET AL., NRDC, ONCE THERE WERE GREENFIELDS: HOW URBAN SPRAWL IS UNDERMINING AMERICA'S ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, AND SOCIAL FABRIC
(1999).

F. KAID BENFIELD ET AL., NRDC, SOLVING SPRAWL:MODELS OF SMART GROWTH IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA (2001).

ANDRES DUANY ET AL., SUBURBAN NATION: THE RISE & THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM (2000).

REID EWING ET AL., ENDANGERED BY SPRAWL: HOW RUNAWAY DEVELOPMENT THREATENS AMERICA’S WILDLIFE (NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, SMART GROWTH AMERICA, AND NATURESERVE (JAN. 2005).

JULIA FREEDGOOD, COST OF COMMUNITY SERVICES STUDIES: MAKING THE CASE FOR CONSERVATION (2002).

JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER, THE GEOGRAPHY OF NOWHERE (1995).

JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER, HOME FROM NOWHERE (1996).

The Next American City (Journal).

AL NORMAN, SLAM-DUNKING WAL-MART! HOW YOU CAN STOP SUPERSTORE SPRAWL IN YOUR HOMETOWN (1999).

ROBERT D. PUTNAM, BOWLING ALONE (2000).

MICHAEL L. SIEGEL ET AL., NRDC, DEVELOPMENTS AND DOLLARS: AN INTRODUCTION TO FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS IN LAND USE PLANNING (2000).



Websites:

American Planning Association.

The Center for Watershed Protection.

Community & Environmental Defense Services.

The Congress for the New Urbanism.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Funders Network for Smart Growth & Sustainability, Biodiversity and Smart Growth.

Michigan Land Use Institute.

National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Pace Land Use Law Center.

Planner's Web Sprawl Articles.

The Preservation Institute.

Smart Growth America.

Smart Growth Network.

Sprawlwatch Clearinghouse.

Sierra Club.

Surface Transportation Policy Project.

Trust for Public Land.