41. CNN - Urban Sprawl Not A Threat, Report Claims - March 31, 1999 CNN http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9903/31/sprawl.enn/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD ASIANOW U.S. ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pagenet DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: Urban sprawl not a threat, report claims According to the report, "The Truth About Urban Sprawl," suburbanization does not threaten the quality of life for most people March 31, 1999 Web posted at: 3:30 PM EST Over the past few months, the Clinton administration has proposed a series of initiatives and bond measures to curb urban sprawl and preserve open space and farmland. These measures, which include the $9.5 billion Better America Bonds program to curb urban sprawl and the $1 billion Lands Legacy Initiative to preserve places of natural beauty, have been applauded by those campaigning against sprawl across America. Nevertheless, the National Center for Policy Analysis, a conservative think tank based in Dallas, Texas, has released a report that refutes the argument that urban development is causing the disappearance of open spaces and damage to the environment. According to the report, "The Truth About Urban Sprawl," suburbanization does not threaten the quality of life for most people and land development can be managed more effectively through real-estate markets than comprehensive land-use planning.

42. Suburban Sprawl | Csmonitor.com Suburban sprawl BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE PHOTO BY ALEX MACLEAN. 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 . http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/01/10/slideshow/slide1.html

Suburban Sprawl BALTIMORE PHOTO BY ALEX MACLEAN

43. CNN - IT's Role In Curbing Urban Sprawl - May 7, 1999 CNN http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/07/sprawl.idg/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD ASIANOW U.S. ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pagenet DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: IT's role in curbing urban sprawl In this story: Portland: Pillar of planning prowess Austin: The freedom to sprawl Washington: America's sprawling capital RELATED STORIES, SITES May 7, 1999 Web posted at: 3:51 p.m. EDT (1951 GMT) by Brian Robinson From... (IDG) Many of the nation's cities are enjoying the fruits of the best economy in decades, with the indicators of civic health-tax receipts, economic investment levels and employment rates-all pointing up. Yet the good times have brought some negatives: an insatiable appetite on the part of consumers and developers for more space, choking transportation systems and service infrastructures. In short, urban sprawl. These problems, which come with fairly toxic environmental side effects, have become so severe that the nation's mayors consider the containment of urban sprawl a top priority. The National League of Cities reported recently that nearly half of the 393 mayors surveyed believed development in their communities was poorly planned or "sprawling." To sort through such problems, communities are rallying around "smart growth" policies that attempt to balance community life and economic development. Increasingly, those plans involve information technologies including geographic information systems (GIS), graphic modeling software and land-use systems that use population and demographic databases to project growth scenarios.

44. Environment And Climate issues from sustainable development, global warming, public lands management, chemical risk assessment, ecosystem health, urban sprawl, pollution, and http://www.cato.org/research/natur-st.html

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45. CNN - Study: Fight Urban Sprawl, Boost Bottom Line - June 16, 1999 CNN http://www.cnn.com/US/9906/16/urban.sprawl/index.html

[an error occurred while processing this directive] MAIN PAGE WORLD ASIANOW U.S. ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pagenet DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: Study: Fight urban sprawl, boost bottom line Some employers fear that heavy traffic and smog may drive potential employees away ALSO: Read the "smart growth" report RELATED VIDEO CNN's Aram Roston explains how one company is taking action to ease the pains of urban sprawl. (June 16) Windows Media June 16, 1999 Web posted at: 3:38 p.m. EDT (1938 GMT) In this story: 'Smart growth' Examples Job sites put next to mass transit Red tape ... ATLANTA (CNN) Businesses hope that pumping new life into a city's "downtown," making it more appealing to employees, is a quality-of-life decision that can boost their bottom line. Call it anti-urban sprawl. Across the country, more and more executives are joining the fight, according to a report released Monday. Increasingly, they are worried about traffic jams, air pollution and a lack of open space conditions often created by business in the first place will rob their companies of the best workers, the report says.

46. Urban Sprawl: New Smart Growth America Study Moves To Measure Elusive Location F urban sprawl New Smart Growth America Study Moves to Measure Elusive Location Factor. Week of October 28, 2002 Snapshot from the Field, http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/snapshot/sf021028.htm

Week of October 28, 2002 Snapshot from the Field LOOKING FOR A PREVIOUS STORY? CHECK THE ARCHIVE Study: Riverside, Calif., Sprawl Highest, NYC Lowest Urban Sprawl: New Smart Growth America Study Moves to Measure Elusive Location Factor by JACK LYNE Site Selection Executive Editor of Interactive Publishing WASHINGTON, D.C. www.smartgrowthamerica.com ), a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has just released the results of a three-year study that ranked urban sprawl in the 83 largest U.S. metropolitan regions. (Collectively, those 83 metro regions contain about half of the U.S. population.) High-sprawl areas suffer the same traffic delays as do clustered metros, the SGA study found. "This finding," researchers wrote, "challenges claims that regions can sprawl their way out of congestion." "For the first time we are able to define sprawl objectively, so we can see how it measures up," said Don Chen, SGA executive director. So where does sprawl measure up in its most pronounced form? The three metro areas with the greatest sprawl, at least according to the SGA study, are Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.; Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, N.C.; and Raleigh-Durham, N.C., respectively. (See accompanying chart.) And where is sprawl least pronounced? The three metros with the least sprawl, according to the SGA study, are, respectively, New York; Jersey City, N.J.; and Providence-Pawtucket-Woonsocket, R.I. (See accompanying chart.)

47. Arizona Urban Sprawl Webworks web domains @alienheadband.com ~ mp3s @azsalt.org ~ area land trust @azuswebworks.com ~ arizona hyperlinks @goldcanyon.com ~ urban sprawl @lifelonglearn.org http://www.azuswebworks.com/

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48. Green Ontario: Sprawl Curb urban sprawl! Formal Strategies or Plans for Controlling urban sprawl. Federal Government. None. Provincial Government. Niagara Escarpment Plan. http://www.greenontario.org/strategy/sprawl.html

Introduction Formal Strategies Factsheets The Eco-Tool Box Curb Urban Sprawl! For the latest developments in Ontario's Smart Growth initiative, see our Smart Growth section How can we halt Dumb Growth! Urban sprawl the uncontrolled growth of urban centres poses a serious threat to the natural environment, our foodland and energy resources, and to human health and quality of life. Ontario's major urban centres are growing rapidly. Without careful planning and compact development we will lose more land than is necessary and exacerbate existing air and water quality problems. Population of Ontario Urban Centres (thousands) (Source: Statistics Canada) % Change Toronto Ottawa-Hull Hamilton London Kitchener St Catharines Windsor Oshawa Ontario How this growth is managed will affects our ability to achieve several important environmental goals, such as... protecting significant natural areas (wetlands, forests, waterways); conserving valuable resources (in particular Canada's prime agricultural farmland and fossil fuels);

49. CNN.com - Nature - Urban Sprawl Curbs Food Production, Study Shows - February 28 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/02/28/sprawl.enn/index.html

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50. Urban Sprawl In The Great Lakes Region urban sprawl in the Great Lakes Region Perhaps urban sprawl is difficult to define but people usually know it when they see it. The http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/sprawl/sprawl_1.html

GO TO.... Areas of Concern Non-native invasive species Urban sprawl TEACH Pollution Home Urban Sprawl in the Great Lakes Region Perhaps you've noticed your community is getting a little bigger. Road construction seems to be everywhere and traffic is more heavy than it used to be; new strip malls and "big box" stores are popping up; and land on the outskirts of your town is being cleared for new housing subdivisions. Your community could be experiencing urban sprawl, an issue that has affected cities and towns across the country as well as the Great Lakes region. Urban sprawl can be generally defined as wide-spread, low-density development that consists primarily of strip commercial developments, such as malls and large office buildings, and housing subdivisions connected by new, wide roads and boulevards. The subdivisions are set apart from other development and built within a specific price range, and people are dependant on their cars to get them from one place to another. With sprawl, fewer people occupy more land and as the people spread out, so do the buildings, roads and houses. Urban sprawl is difficult to define but people usually know it when they see it. The following maps describe what an urban sprawl suburb might look like (left) compared to the land use plan of a town that avoids sprawl (right). Maps by Gail Dennis

51. Evergreen Campus Conflict Growth Vs. Green urban sprawl has reached the borders of The Evergreen State College campus. (Seattle Times) http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/altever_110298.html

52. Conservation - Provincial Issues - Urban Sprawl/Smart Growth urban sprawl / Smart Growth. Image from the smart growth broadsheet. Check out these resources for more information about urban sprawl and Smart Growth http://www.ontarionature.org/enviroandcons/issues/sprawl.html

Provincial Issues: Southern Ontario Greenway Strategy Urban Sprawl/Smart Growth -Provincial Policy Statement ... Donate Today Urban Sprawl / Smart Growth Image from the smart growth broadsheet. Illustration by Clive Dobson. Get smart! Download the Smart Growth Broadsheet (PDF 850KB) and find out how you can help your municipal council and the Ontario government curb urban sprawl and create smarter, healthier communities where nature comes first. For a printed copy of this publication please send an email to info@ontarionature.org with your mailing address. A Smart Future for Ontario If you want to understand why urban sprawl happens and how we can curb sprawl by creating smarter communities that protect woodlands, wetlands, wildlife and farmlands, please read our book A Smart Future for Ontario: How to Protect Nature and Curb Urban Sprawl in Your Community . Download individual chapters below, or go to the Ontario Nature Shop to order a hard copy of the book for only $8.00. Smart Communities - Introduction (PDF 86KB) Chapter 1 Urban Sprawl Costs Us All (PDF 131KB) Chapter 2 Curbing Sprawl with Smart Growth (PDF 149KB) Chapter 3 A Vision for a Smarter, Nature-First Ontario

53. 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. http://www.mv.com/ipusers/env/

The Manchester, NH Urban Open Space Web Site HACKETT HILL DEVELOPMENT PLAN "GREEN VS. GREED" The Hackett Hill preserve-development issue has been a major theme of this Web site for a number of years. Currently, a master plan for the development of the property is under consideration by Manchester's Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The map shown here is taken from the master plan. It is a striking and disturbing image. The area outlined in red constitutes the Manchester Cedar Swamp - an ecological preserve owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy. The conceptual scheme for a business park planned by the City is shown in considerable detail. It is clear that roads and buildings are located in direct proximity to the highly sensitive protected area. In addition, they are located in an area which is currently at least 95% forested and contains vernal pools, territories of numerous mammalian species, and a threatened plant species. The City continues to ignore warnings that the sensitive swampland will be degraded by its planned construction activities. Moreover, the master plan included no scientific studies of the life forms that would be displaced or otherwise adversely affected by the development. Most importantly, suggestions that the area be set aside under a conservation easement and used for environmental education and passive recreation continue to be ignored.

54. Urban Sprawl Search. Geography, urban sprawl Guide picks. Information about the issue on everyone s minds urban sprawl. How To Mess Up a Town http://geography.about.com/cs/urbansprawl/

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Homework Help Geography Home ... Free Geography Email Newsletter zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Careers in Geography Country Information Cultural Geography Find Maps ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Geography newsletter. Search Geography Urban Sprawl Guide picks Information about the issue on everyone's minds - urban sprawl. How To Mess Up a Town An essay by James Howard Kunstler about the problems of Saratoga Springs, New York. The President's New Sprawl Initiative: A Program in Search of a Problem An article by Wendell Cox, who considers himself not as an opponent of the anti-sprawl movement, but as "pro-choice." This article disagrees with the New Urbanism. Radical Urban Theory Matt Jalbert's online journal about urban decay, change, and other problems. Includes several reprints of articles by Mike Davis. Sprawl Factsheet Basic but very important points of information from the Sierra Club. Sprawl Index The Sierra Club's main sprawl resource page.

55. Gruen, Victor (1903-1980) Founder of one of the nation's leading architectural, planning and engineering firms, Gruen designed the first regional shopping center, the Northland Shopping Center in Detroit in 1954 and later wrote extensively on urban planning and urban sprawl. http://ahc.uwyo.edu/digital/gruen/intro.htm

56. National Policy Analysis #239: The Campaign Against Urban Sprawl: Declaring War National Policy Analysis 239 The Campaign Against urban sprawl Declaring War on the American Dream April 1999 published by The National Center for Public http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA239.html

April 1999 The Campaign Against Urban Sprawl: Declaring War on the American Dream by John Carlisle From the White House to Main Street, urban sprawl is the latest environmental crisis vexing America. The Clinton Administration and environmentalists warn that urban sprawl, or unregulated suburban development, undermines our quality of life. They argue that urban sprawl exacerbates traffic congestion, scars the landscape with ungainly strip malls and consumes the scenic open space that attracts people to the suburbs in the first place. Even more alarming, Vice President Albert Gore says, if steps aren't taken now to curb sprawl, urbanization will consume so much farmland that the United States may run out of enough agricultural land to feed itself in the 21st century and, for the first time in the nation's history, become a net importer of food. So serious is the threat allegedly posed by sprawl that the Administration has proposed a $10 billion program aimed at combating its pernicious effects by funding more mass transit programs, increasing the purchase of land for parks and open space and funding other projects ostensibly aimed at improving the quality of suburban living. But the threat posed by sprawl to rustic open spaces and farmland is grossly overstated by the Clinton Administration. While the Administration plays upon people's understandable but misguided fears about the destruction of open space, the record from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service show that less than 5% of the United States is developed. Moreover, for several decades now, the amount of land that is dedicated to parks and other conservation uses has greatly exceeded the amount of land that has been urbanized.

57. National Policy Analysis #231: Clinton's Urban Sprawl Program Threatens Freedom National Policy Analysis 231 Clinton s urban sprawl Program Threatens Freedom and the Environment February 1999 published by The National Center for Public http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA231.html

February 1999 Clinton's Urban Sprawl Program Threatens Freedom and the Environment by David Ridenour What percentage of U.S. land do you think has been developed? 50%? 25%? 10%? Answer: Less than 5%. Yet the Clinton Administration believes that taxpayers must pay for a multi-billion dollar land acquisition program aimed at curbing "urban sprawl" - the suburbanization of rural areas that it believes is luring people away from the cities and threatening farm lands, open spaces and the environment. Ironically, urban sprawl is far more likely to become a problem with the President's anti-sprawl campaign than without it. A recent study by Dr. Samuel R. Staley of the Reason Public Policy Institute helps put the issue in perspective. According to Staley, less than 5% of the United States has been developed, with 75% of the nation's population living on just 3.5% of the land area. In more than three-quarters of the states, over 90% of the land is used for such rural purposes as forestry, pasture, wildlife preservation and parks. Farmland loss to development - once a serious problem - has declined from 6.2% per decade during the 1960's to 2.7% now. And Americans need less farmland today. Demand for agricultural land has been declining due to technological advances, such as fertilizers, biotechnology and pesticides, that have increased crop yields. Agricultural output increased by more than 28% in the 1990's alone. The Administration's anti-sprawl campaign could create new problems. By buying rural lands for open space and parks, the Administration could increase land prices in already developing suburban areas, placing home ownership out of the reach of Americans of modest means. That is precisely what a similar program in Portland, Oregon produced. Portland went from being one of the nation's most affordable cities to one of the five or six least affordable.

58. Sprawl Guide Home Page 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. http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/sprawlguide.html

How do you define Sprawl? Be sure to check out reports on This is the Third Edition of the Sprawl Resource Guide (the Guide was first posted in April 1997). You can help make it better by alerting us to additional Web resources worth including. Our e-mail address is: editor @plannersweb.com A number of the reports linked to in this Guide are in "pdf" format. Use this button if you need the free pdf file reader. Problems with Sprawl Roots of Sprawl Solutions Places Resources and Links Related PCJ Articles Reports on Sprawl Books on Sprawl Topics PlannersWeb Home Page Select from the dropdown menu Our online Sprawl Guide is designed to familiarize you with key issues associated with sprawl, and direct you to some of the wealth of information available on the Web. Visit the sections of the Sprawl Guide listed on your left you'll find there's much to see. Home Roots Problems Solutions ... Webmaster PlannersWeb, Burlington, Vermont, visits since June 9, 2000 FastCounter by bCentral

59. C.A.U.S.E. Citizens against urban sprawl expressways. A call to stop I73. http://www.stopi73.com/index.html

60. The Funders' Network - Homepage A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. http://www.fundersnetwork.org/

User Name: Password: forgot your password? Welcome to the website of the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. We are pleased to provide this resource to assist funders and organizations interested in advancing smart growth. Members of the Network, please log in to our dynamic Extranet, SmartFunders@Work. SAVE-THE-DATE for the following events! * TFN's 6th Annual Conference March 7-9, 2005 in Albuquerque, New Mexico * 2nd National Summit on Regional Equity and Smart Growth May 23-25, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NEW! - Order TFN Publications On-line Join TFN's Mailing List Don't You Be My Neighbor The latest death of Brooklyn at the hands of developers Cement and Pork Don't Mix Can Pedestrian-friendly Planning Encourage Us to Walk? Creating Great Neighborhoods: Density in Your Community Highlights 9 community led efforts to create vibrant neighborhoods Race, Poverty and Regional Equity Session at COF's 2004 Conference Metropolitan Regional Grantmaking This monograph, sponsored by the Funders' Network and distributed by the Alliance for Regional Stewardship (ARS), was released at an ARS meeting in November 2003. The Network commissioned John Parr of ARS and Nick Bollman of the California Center for Regional Leadership to conduct research to identify the characteristics associated with "metropolitan regional grantmaking." The monograph includes details regarding these characteristics and 17 case studies of foundations that reflect these characteristics in varying ways.

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