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» Building Better Communities - Consortium of building and highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development. » Campaign for Sensible Growth - Coalition of government, civic, and business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, and resources. » 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. » 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. » 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. » E Design - Archive of resources about design and activities that encourage livable, sustainable communities. From the Florida Design Initiative. » Environmental Protection Agency: Smart Growth - Includes introduction and detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, and policies. » Envision Utah - Public-private partnership promoting quality growth with goals in air quality, transportation options, open space preservation, housing, infrastructure, and community-friendly taxation. » Fallsburg Smart Growth - New York citizens group offering smart growth news, links, documents, articles, and calendar. » Families For Responsible Development - Citizen group in Pocatello, Idaho offers details about their mission, events, vision, supporters, and membership. » Farmland Information Center - A clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust. » 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. » Greater Ohio - A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities and towns and conservation of farmland and open space. » Greenbelt Alliance - Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, and parks around San Francisco, California. » Grow Smart Rhode Island - A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay. » 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. » Growth Management Institute - Nonprofit encouraging effective and equitable management of urban growth and change. » Growth Management Leadership Alliance - A network of American and Canadian leaders from state, provincial and regional organizations involved in smart growth initiatives. » Knox Citizens for Smart Growth - Volunteer organization supporting smart growth initiatives and opposing suburban sprawl in Knox County, Ohio. » 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. » National Town Builders Association - Serves builders and developers in an effort to build traditional neighborhoods and town centers though smart growth principles. » Preservation Institute - Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality. » Save Our Land, Save Our Towns Inc. - Charitable corporation promotes changes in attitudes and policies that promote suburban sprawl. » Save a Farm - Farmland preservation campaign centered in Northeast Ohio. Site includes background and links. » Scenic America - Information and resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities and roadways. » Sierra Club: Stopping Sprawl - The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities. » 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. » Smart Growth BC - A non-profit society that works to limit sprawl in British Columbia. Includes case studies, examples and local news. » Smart Growth Network - The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth. » 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. » SmartGrowthInfo.com - Definitions, links, and information about plans for Bloomington, Indiana. » SolutionsNotSprawl.org - Home of the Citizens Alliance for Responsible Transportation, an anti-sprawl advocacy group in the Washington, D.C. area. » Sprawl City - Covers comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl. » 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. » Sprawl Information Center - Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board. » Sprawl Kills - Joel S. Hirschhorn's site includes commentary, news, book excerpts, consulting, and a newsletter. » Sprawl Watch - Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation. » 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 Funders' Network - A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. » 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. » Vermont Forum on Sprawl - Addresses the issue of sprawl and its affect on rural life. » Wikipedia: Urban Sprawl - Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl.

Last Updated: 2007-02-12 02:47:04