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Greater Ohio
A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities and towns and conservation of farmland and open space.
Sierra Club: Stopping Sprawl
The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities.
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.
Envision Utah
Public-private partnership promoting quality growth with goals in air quality, transportation options, open space preservation, housing, infrastructure, and community-friendly taxation.
Sustainable Minnesota's Sprawl Resources
Links to information and resources related to sprawl issues, both in Minnesota and nationally.
Campaign for Sensible Growth
Coalition of government, civic, and business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, and resources.
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.
Grow Smart Rhode Island
A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay.
Preservation Institute
Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality
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.
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.
Smart Growth Network
The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth.
Knox Citizens for Smart Growth
Volunteer organization supporting smart growth initiatives and opposing suburban sprawl in Knox County, Ohio.
National Resources Defense Council
Resources on smart growth practices from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Sprawl Watch
Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation.
Vermont Forum on Sprawl
Addresses the issue of sprawl and its affect on rural life.
National Town Builders Association
Serves builders and developers in an effort to build traditional neighborhoods and town centers though smart growth principles.
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 m
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.
Planning Livable Communities
Weblog providing smart growth news and views, with an emphasis on events in the Framingham, Massachusetts area.
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.
EcoCity Cleveland
A nonprofit organization that promotes ecological design, smart growth, and transportation choices in northeastern Ohio.
Growth Management
The International Council of Shopping Centers presents local solutions that balance community needs of controlling growth with the need for creating and maintaining economically vibrant communities.
The Funders' Network
A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment.
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.
Scenic America
Information and resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities and roadways.
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.
Smart Growth BC
A non-profit society that works to limit sprawl in British Columbia. Includes case studies, examples and local news.
Greenbelt Alliance
Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, and parks around San Francisco, California.
E Design
Archive of resources about design and activities that encourage livable, sustainable communities. From the Florida Design Initiative.
Sprawl Brawl
Skeptical commentaries and analysis about sprawl and growth planning from Reason, a libertarian journal.
Growth Management Leadership Alliance
A network of American and Canadian leaders from state, provincial and regional organizations involved in smart growth initiatives.
International Bulldozer Blockade
A small assortment of suggested web sites and readings for people who are concerned about the negative effects of development in their communities.
Growth Management Institute
Nonprofit encouraging effective and equitable management of urban growth and change.
Building Better Communities
Consortium of building and highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development.
Sprawl Kills
Joel S. Hirschhorn's site includes commentary, news, book excerpts, consulting, and a newsletter.
SmartGrowthInfo.com
Definitions, links, and information about plans for Bloomington, Indiana.
Environmental Protection Agency: Smart Growth
Includes introduction and detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, and policies.
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.
Sprawl City
Covers comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl.
Wikipedia: Urban Sprawl
Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl.
Sprawl Information Center
Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board.
SolutionsNotSprawl.org
Home of the Citizens Alliance for Responsible Transportation, an anti-sprawl advocacy group in the Washington, D.C. area.
A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities and towns and conservation of farmland and open space.
The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities.
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.
Public-private partnership promoting quality growth with goals in air quality, transportation options, open space preservation, housing, infrastructure, and community-friendly taxation.
Links to information and resources related to sprawl issues, both in Minnesota and nationally.
Coalition of government, civic, and business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, and resources.
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 statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay.
Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality
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.
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.
The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth.
Volunteer organization supporting smart growth initiatives and opposing suburban sprawl in Knox County, Ohio.
Resources on smart growth practices from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation.
Addresses the issue of sprawl and its affect on rural life.
Serves builders and developers in an effort to build traditional neighborhoods and town centers though smart growth principles.
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 m
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.
Weblog providing smart growth news and views, with an emphasis on events in the Framingham, Massachusetts area.
Summarizes the basic steps in a smart growth visioning and planning process, and reviews techniques that can be used at each step.
A nonprofit organization that promotes ecological design, smart growth, and transportation choices in northeastern Ohio.
The International Council of Shopping Centers presents local solutions that balance community needs of controlling growth with the need for creating and maintaining economically vibrant communities.
A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment.
National charity devoted to protecting and enhancing rural England. Encourages the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.
Information and resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities and roadways.
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.
A non-profit society that works to limit sprawl in British Columbia. Includes case studies, examples and local news.
Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, and parks around San Francisco, California.
Archive of resources about design and activities that encourage livable, sustainable communities. From the Florida Design Initiative.
Skeptical commentaries and analysis about sprawl and growth planning from Reason, a libertarian journal.
A network of American and Canadian leaders from state, provincial and regional organizations involved in smart growth initiatives.
A small assortment of suggested web sites and readings for people who are concerned about the negative effects of development in their communities.
Nonprofit encouraging effective and equitable management of urban growth and change.
Consortium of building and highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development.
Joel S. Hirschhorn's site includes commentary, news, book excerpts, consulting, and a newsletter.
Definitions, links, and information about plans for Bloomington, Indiana.
Includes introduction and detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, and policies.
Offers resources and services for local citizen groups fighting sprawl, including a growth management toolkit and the Smart Growth Hall of Fame.
Covers comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl.
Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl.
Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board.
Home of the Citizens Alliance for Responsible Transportation, an anti-sprawl advocacy group in the Washington, D.C. area.
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