Growth and Sprawl

Building Better Communities - Consortium of building and highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development.
www.qualitygrowth.org/

Campaign for Sensible Growth - Coalition of government, civic, and business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, and resources.
www.growingsensibly.org/

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.
www.cpre.org.uk/

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.
www.sprawlaction.org/

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.
www.cnu.org/

Environmental Protection Agency: Smart Growth - Includes introduction and detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, and policies.
www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/

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

Families For Responsible Development - Citizen group in Pocatello, Idaho offers details about their mission, events, vision, supporters, and membership.
www.ffrdpocatello.org/

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.
www.farmlandinfo.org/

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.
www.friendsmidcoast.org/

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

Greater Ohio - A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities and towns and conservation of farmland and open space.
www.greaterohio.org/

Greenbelt Alliance - Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, and parks around San Francisco, California.
www.greenbelt.org/

Grow Smart Rhode Island - A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay.
www.growsmartri.com/

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.
www.growthmanagement-icsc.org/

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.
www.mv.com/ipusers/env/

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.
www.sustainable-city.org/document/primer/index.html

National Town Builders Association - Serves builders and developers in an effort to build traditional neighborhoods and town centers though smart growth principles.
www.ntba.net/

Preservation Institute - Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality.
www.preservenet.com/

Save a Farm - Farmland preservation campaign centered in Northeast Ohio. Background and links.
www.saveafarm.org/

Save Our Land, Save Our Towns Inc. - Charitable corporation promotes changes in attitudes and policies that promote suburban sprawl.
www.saveourlandsaveourtowns.org/

Scenic America - Information and resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities and roadways.
www.scenic.org/

Sierra Club: Stopping Sprawl - The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities.
www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/

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.
smartgrowthamerica.org

Smart Growth BC - A non-profit society that works to limit sprawl in British Columbia. Includes case studies, examples and local news.
www.smartgrowth.bc.ca/

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.
eerc.ra.utk.edu/smart/title.htm

Smart Growth Network - The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional and local coalitions to support intelligent and sustainable growth.
www.smartgrowth.org/

Smart Growth Vermont - Addresses the issue of sprawl and its effect on rural life.
www.smartgrowthvermont.org/

Sprawl City - Covers comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl.
www.sprawlcity.org/

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.
www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/sprawlguide.html

Sprawl Information Center - Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board.
www.progress.org/sprawl/

Sprawl Watch - Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation.
www.sprawlwatch.org/

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 mega-retail proposals.
www.sprawl-busters.com

Wikipedia: Urban Sprawl - Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl