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9781893340336

Solving Sprawl

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    9781893340336

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    1893340333

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-01
  • Publisher: Island Pr
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Summary

Shines a spotlight on American communities that are applying smart growth principles in successfully addressing the problem of sprawl. Offers examples that illustrate key concepts and tells the story of how this new approach to development has caught hold across America. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword viii
Parris N. Glendening
Solving Sprawl with Smart Growth
1(6)
Snapshot Facts about Sprawl
3(1)
Snapshot Basic Principles of Smart Growth
4(1)
Snapshot Americans Support Smart Growth
5(2)
Smart Cities
7(72)
Adidas Village Portland, Oregon From a Suburban Campus to an Urban Village
12(4)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Hospital Closings
14(2)
Atlantic Station Atlanta, Georgia Brownfield Redevelopment Helps Clean The Air
16(5)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Air Quality
20(1)
The Can Company Baltimore, Maryland From Tin Cans to High Tech
21(5)
Snapshot Maryland's Smart-Growth Program
24(2)
Dallas Uptown Dallas, Texas City District Offers Freedom from the Car
26(3)
Denver Dry Goods Denver, Colorado Rebirth of 100-Year-Old Downtown Building
29(5)
Snapshot Downtown Housing in Denver
32(2)
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Boston, Massachusetts A Struggling Boston Neighborhood Takes Charge of its Future
34(7)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Social Equity
38(3)
MCI Center Washington, D.C Transit-Oriented Arena Revitalizes Downtown
41(5)
Snapshot Downtown DC Business Improvement District
44(2)
Pulaski Station Chicago, Illinois Community Calls for Transit-Oriented Redevelopment
46(5)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Global Warming
49(2)
Quality Hill Kansas City, Kansas Mixed-Income Housing Restores Neighborhood's Former Glory
51(4)
Rutland Wal-Mart Rutland, Vermont Even a Big-Box Chain Can Go Downtown
55(6)
Snapshot Could it be a Trend?
57(2)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Superstore Sprawl
59(2)
Second Street Studios Santa Fe, New Mexico A Community of Artists and Small Businesses
61(4)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Live/Work Spaces
63(2)
Southside Park Cohousing Sacramento, California A Cooperative Community in the City
65(6)
Snapshot Sacramento's Metro Square
68(3)
Suisun City Redevelopment Suisun City, California Small City Makes a Comeback by Redeveloping its Core
71(5)
Westminster Place St. Louis, Missouri Family-Oriented Housing and Shopping in the Inner City
76(3)
Smart Suburbs
79(57)
Addison Circle Addison, Texas An Edge City Redefined with a Walkable, Compact Center
83(4)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Community
85(2)
Bethesda Row Bethesda, Maryland A Suburban Main Street
87(4)
Burnham Building Irvington, New York An Industrial Building Becomes a Library and Affordable Housing
91(5)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Building Codes
94(2)
The Crossings Mountain View, California A Transit-Oriented Neighborhood on Reclaimed Land
96(4)
Snapshot Smart Growth and ``Dead Malls''
99(1)
Eastgate Town Center Chattanooga, Tennessee Aging Mall Gets New Start as Town Center
100(6)
Snapshot Chattanooga's Sustainable Community
104(2)
First Suburbs Consortium Metropolitan Cleveland, Ohio Inner-Ring Suburbs Pursuing Common Goals
106(5)
Mashpee Commons Mashpee, Massachusetts From Strip Mall to New England Village Center
111(7)
Snapshot Conservation and Wastewater Treatment
113(3)
Snapshot Remaking the Suburban Shopping Experience
116(2)
Orenco Station Hillsboro, Oregon A Compact Community With Diverse Housing Options
118(5)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Infrastructure
121(2)
Reston Town Center Reston, Virginia An Island of Smart Growth in a Sea of Suburbia
123(4)
Third Street Cottages Langley, Washington A Pocket-Sized Enclave of Smart Growth
127(4)
Village Green Los Angeles, California Smart, Sustainable, and Affordable Residential Development
131(5)
Smart Conservation
136(49)
Antietam Battlefield Near Sharpsburg, Maryland A Civil War Battlefield Saved from Encroaching Sprawl
139(3)
Barton Creek Wilderness Park Austin, Texas Farsighted Leaders Preserve Their City's Green Spaces
142(6)
Snapshot Threatened Wildlife near Austin
144(2)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Water Quality
146(2)
Boulder's Growth-Control Initiatives Boulder, Colorado Continuing One of the Country's Original Smart-Growth Efforts
148(4)
Snapshot is ``Slow Growth'' Also ``Smart''?
150(2)
Chattachoochee River National Recreation Area Gwinnett and Forsyth Counties, Georgia River Shore Protected in the Midst of Rapid Growth
152(4)
Chester Country Comprehensive Plan Chester Country, Pennsylvania A Bold and Innovative Agenda for Saving a Landscape from Sprawl
156(6)
Snapshot Lessons from Lancaster County
158(2)
Snapshot Oregon's Urban Growth Boundaries
160(2)
Coast Dairies Santa Cruz County, California Pristine California Coastal Area Saved from Sprawl
162(4)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Wildlife
164(2)
Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve Montgomery County, Maryland The Country's Largest Farmland Protection Program
166(7)
Snapshot Smart Growth and Farmland
169(2)
Snapshot Affordable Housing
171(2)
Mountain Island Lake Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lincoln Counties, North Carolina Three Counties Protect a Pristine Source of Drinking Water
173(5)
Mountains to Sound Greenway Seattle to Thorp, Washington A Greenway Connects Scenic, Historic, and Recreational Resources
178(3)
Pearl Lake Almira Township, Michigan Grassroots, Government, and Environmental Groups Save a Local Treasure
181(4)
The Not-So-Impossible Dream
185(3)
Glossary 188(6)
Endnotes 194(1)
About the Authors 195(2)
Acknowledgments 197

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