The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Land Use Toolbox
Pennsylvania - Transportation
topic files
Smart Growth Network
Smart growth& cultural resource planning, www.wisconsinhistory.org
Description: Planning ahead for historic preservation.
Smart Growth Network
Economic benefits of walkable communities, www.lgc.org
Description: balance of pedestrian/vehicle traffic to benefit communities.
National Park Service
Protecting cultural landscapes, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Preservation planning and strategy for cultural landscapes.
Penn State Extension
Analysis of recent trends in rural PA, ecd.aers.psu.edu
Description: Population growth/decline; employment and unemployment; earnings and income.
Penn State Extension
Road to 2004: Update on PA, ecd.aers.psu.edu
Description: Report targeting economic change-primarily employment in PA.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
In search of new life for smaller cities, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Small cities struggling for relevance.
DVRPC
Regional Indicators: Measuring our progress to 2025, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Presenting 26 indicators which track the regioins progress toward the adopted goals.
DVRPC
Horizons: 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan for Delaware Valley, www.dvrpc.org
Description: A comprehensive vision for the DE valley region.
DVRPC
MAP: Mobility Alternatives Program, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Brochure describing MAP program .
DVRPC
Watershed guide to Gloucester County, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Comprehensive teachers guide to watershed and water in Gloucester County.
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #1: TOD, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Transit oriented development: recognize the importance of rail and bus to community,and plan to better shape development to serve these needs.
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #2: Main Street America, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Basic information about Main street programs and Business Improvement Districts.
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #3: Multi-municipal planning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Neighboring communites developing shared vision and coordinating planning in many areas .
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #7: Historic preservation, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Protection and maintenance of important & integral places from our past .
DVRPC
Performance Zoning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Planned residential development requirements.
DVRPC
Recreational Open Space needs analysis, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Three different methods of needs assessment of recreational open space.
Brookings Institute
Toward a new metropolis: The opportunity to rebuild America, www.brookings.org
Description: This paper examines projected trends to determine the estimated demand for new housing, commercial and industrial space over the next 25 years..
Brookings Institute
Renewing older PA: Why it matters! Section 1, www.brookings.org
Description: It matters because of PA's history and contribution to the USA.
Brookings Institute
Development trends in the Commomwealth -Section 2, www.brookings.org
Description: PA is barely growing .and aging fast!.
Brookings Institute
The consequences of how PA is growing! Section 3, www.brookings.org
Description: Sprawl is degrading the state's natural landscape, and costing the taxpayers and local govt millions ..
Brookings Institute
Behind the trends: Historical & political influences Section 4, www.brookings.org
Description: Fragmented governance; weak planning; haphazard investments; shifting economy ..
Brookings Institute
Pulling it all together: Section 5, www.brookings.org
Description: Numerous conclusions to rebuild a new PA .
Brookings Institute
Back to Prosperity: A policy agenda - Section 6, www.brookings.org
Description: Plan for a competitive future; focus the state's investments; promote large scale reinvestment in older communities; renew state and regional governance..
Brookings Institute
Conclusion - section 7, www.brookings.org
Description: PA needs to look back in order to move forward!.
Brookings Institute
Pennsylvania's Brownfields program, www.brookings.org
Description: An overview of the brownfields challenge in PA.
Brookings Institute
Redefining urban and suburban America, www.brookings.org
Description: Power Point: General demographic trends in the US and how they affect metropolitan areas.
Penn State Extension -CAS
Local Taxes and our Community #2, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Overview of community's population and use of services in relation to the tax base.
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al.
Chesapeake Bay Program
DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Exec Council sets up watershed financing authority, www.bayjournal.com
Description: Bay cleanup leaders took first step toward a watershed wide authority ...
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The Toolbox is a joint effort of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD)
and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County.
This page was last updated on July 13, 2005.
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