SMART
GROWTH LINKS
There are a number of links
to “Smart Growth” websites. Not all of them use the term “Smart Growth”
which is a term of art for the field of planning and land development.
But the corollary terms reflect many of the same principles. For further
reading or discussion on “Smart Growth,” these websites are commended to you.
The points of view are diverse, and the commendation is not for any particular
point of view but for a better understanding of the public and private debate.
From the International City
County Managers Association, the leading professional organization for public
management:
http://www.icma.org/main/topic.asp?tpid=8&hsid=1
From SprawlWatch, an
Advocacy Group
http://www.sprawlwatch.org/frames.html
From the Congress of New
Urbanism, an Advocacy Group:
From the US Environmental
Protection Agency, with a natural resources primary focus:
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/
From the Urban Land
Institute, the leading professional organization of the development industry
concerned with community design and content. The ULI leads in
discussions for practical mixed use development and redevelopment. I
recommend use of the on-site search engine for particular topics:
http://www.uli.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
From the Smart Growth
Network, an entity that serves as an information and referral service:
http://www.smartgrowth.org/Default.asp?res=800
From the Transportation
Research Board of the National Academies, a focus from a transportation
viewpoint. I recommend using the search engine for topics:
From Smart Growth America, a
leading Advocacy Group:
http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/
And, from the American
Planning Association, various primers and technical works on Smart Growth and
related items. I recommend using the search engine, but here is the link
to the primer:
http://www.planning.org/sgreader/
Smart Growth has a very
strong “form component.” For plans to be implemented, various codes have
evolved through time. The firm Duany Plater Zyberk has made one
available on line through “Town Paper.” Others are also on line, each
with its own perspective. The DPZ is provided as one good example
that is helping define the public and private discussion on the product of
Smart Growth.