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Consortium of building and highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development.
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Coalition of government, civic, and business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, and resources.
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National charity dedicated to the protection of rural England - protecting local countryside where there is threat, enhancing it where there is opportunity.
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Offers resources and services for local citizen groups fighting sprawl, including a growth management toolkit and the Smart Growth Hall of Fame.
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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.
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Includes introduction and detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, and policies.
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Public-private partnership promoting quality growth with goals in air quality, transportation options, open space preservation, housing, infrastructure, and community-friendly taxation.
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New York citizens group offering smart growth news, links, documents, articles, and calendar.
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Citizen group in Pocatello, Idaho offers details about their mission, events, vision, supporters, and membership.
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A clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust.
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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.
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A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities and towns and conservation of farmland and open space.
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Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, and parks around San Francisco, California.
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A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay.
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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.
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Nonprofit encouraging effective and equitable management of urban growth and change.
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A network of American and Canadian leaders from state, provincial and regional organizations involved in smart growth initiatives.
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Volunteer organization supporting smart growth initiatives and opposing suburban sprawl in Knox County, Ohio.
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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.
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Serves builders and developers in an effort to build traditional neighborhoods and town centers though smart growth principles.
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Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality.
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Charitable corporation promotes changes in attitudes and policies that promote suburban sprawl.
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Farmland preservation campaign centered in Northeast Ohio. Background and links.
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Information and resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities and roadways.
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The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities.
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Nationwide coalition promoting a better way to grow; one that protects farmland and open space, revitalizes neighborhoods, keeps housing affordable, and makes communities more livable.
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A non-profit society that works to limit sprawl in British Columbia. Includes case studies, examples and local news.
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The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth.
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Summarizes the basic steps in a smart growth visioning and planning process, and reviews techniques that can be used at each step.
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Home of the Citizens Alliance for Responsible Transportation, an anti-sprawl advocacy group in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Covers comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl.
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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.
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Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board.
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Joel S. Hirschhorn's site includes commentary, news, book excerpts, consulting, and a newsletter.
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Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation.
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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.
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A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment.
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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.
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Addresses the issue of sprawl and its affect on rural life.
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Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl.
