Growth and Sprawl

The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth.

Information and resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities and roadways.

Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality.

Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board.

Offers resources and services for local citizen groups fighting sprawl, including a growth management toolkit and the Smart Growth Hall of Fame.

A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay.

National charity devoted to protecting and enhancing rural England. Encourages the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.

Covers comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl.

The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities.

Serves builders and developers in an effort to build traditional neighborhoods and town centers though smart growth principles.

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.

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.

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.

Coalition of government, civic, and business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, and resources.

A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment.

Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, and parks around San Francisco, California.

Includes introduction and detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, and policies.

A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities and towns and conservation of farmland and open space.

Summarizes the basic steps in a smart growth visioning and planning process, and reviews techniques that can be used at each step.

Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl.

Consortium of building and highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development.

Public-private partnership promoting quality growth with goals in air quality, transportation options, open space preservation, housing, infrastructure, and community-friendly taxation.

Farmland preservation campaign centered in Northeast Ohio. Background and links.

A clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust.

Citizen group in Pocatello, Idaho offers details about their mission, events, vision, supporters, and membership.

Charitable corporation promotes changes in attitudes and policies that promote suburban sprawl.

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.

Addresses the issue of sprawl and its effect on rural life.

Population growth is half the problem in sprawl ... concerned about the effect of sprawl on the natural environment and agricultural ...[2008/11/30]

Population Growth and Suburban Sprawl: A Complex Relationship ... Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 1999, volume 26. Ibid. ...[2008/10/26]

Environmental Update Main. Sprawl Overview. Reports & Factsheets. Activist Resources ... A Complex Relationship: Population Growth and Suburban Sprawl ...[2008/11/10]

Focusing on consumption and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl and its effect on natural habitat and farmland around U.S. cities.[2008/06/04]

Population-Environment Balance is a national, non-profit membership organization ... further damaging effects that population growth and sprawl have on the physical ...[2002/11/11]

Report: Costs Of Sprawl High: Smart Growth Choices Can Save Money, Water, ... The Costs of Sprawl: Fiscal, Environmental, and Quality of Life Impacts of Low ...[2008/11/01]

Facts, reports, and resources on urban sprawl and smart growth practices. ... Environmental Justice. U.S. Law & Policy. Nuclear Weapons, Waste & Energy. Smart Growth ...[2008/12/02]

Smart Growth and Sprawl: Working Bibliography ... Consequences of Sprawl: Threats To California's Natural Environment and Human Health. ...[2006/09/03]

Environmental article about US human population growth, urban sprawl, traffic congestion, and quality of life. ... Population Growth, Sprawl, and. Traffic ...[2008/09/28]

Urban sprawl and urban growth have been major concerns in the United States ... Thus, in the 1970s, growth and sprawl was viewed primarily as an. environmental issue. ...[2003/08/28]