The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Land Use Toolbox
Agriculture & Rural Change
topic files
American Farmland Trust
Agricultural conservation easements, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: what is a land easement.
PA NRCS
CREP - Start to Finish, www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov
Description: Start to Finish -- What You Need to Know: a flyer explaining the eligibility requirements, landowner/tenant responsibilities, establishment of conservation practices, maintenance of conservation cover, and more. .
Center for Rural PA
Socio-demographics of rural pennsylvanians, www.ruralpa.org
Description: Socio demographic trends of rural pennsylvanians.
Center for Rural PA
A rural economy reality check, www.ruralpa.org
Description: How rural economy is faring using labor force, jobs and economy data of last decade.
American Farmland Trust
Farmland protection toolbox, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: Tools & techniques that state/local govt are using to protect farmland.
PA Game commission
PA game commission strategic plan 2003-08, www.pgc.state.pa.us
Description: Defines what are the agencys priorities; how that work will be carried out; and how we intend to monitor its progress..
National Park Service
Preservation of historic barns, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Historic value, understanding, and repair of barns.
National Park Service
Protecting cultural landscapes, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Preservation planning and strategy for cultural landscapes.
Reclaim PA
Green Remaining and reclamation technology, www.dep.state.pa.us
Description: Update on green remining technology.
DEP
Environmental Good Samaritan Act, 164.156.71.80/VWRQ.asp
Description: Encouraging landowners to reclaim old mines without fear of liability.
DEP
Watershed Restoration & Partnership Act, www.dep.state.pa.us/
Description: To establish a mechanism for DEP to provide funding to volunteer groups for acid mine drainage remediation .
DEP
Land Recycling Program, www.dep.state.pa.us/
Description: Explanation of Environmental Remediation Standards Act Program Enhancements .
DEP
Stream Re-Leaf, www.dep.state.pa.us/
Description: Restoring and Conserving Streamside buffers.
DEP
BioSolids , 164.156.71.80/WXLogin.aspx
Description: Fact Sheet about bioSolids and their impact on environment .
West Virginia University Extension
Real Property: Landowners Rights & Responsibilities, www.wvu.edu
Description: Rights & Responsibilities of Landowners.
West Virginia University Extension
Land judging for farms and home sites, www.wvu.edu
Description: Learn about soil to protect & conserve agricultural land, water & environment.
West Virginia University Extension
Physical properties of Mine soil in WVA, www.wvu.edu
Description: Mine soil properties and their influence on water treatment.
West Virginia University Extension
Problems/solutions for Multiple property ownership, www.wvu.edu
Description: How they arise; how to handle; tax implications.
West Virginia University Extension
Rural Landowner Liability & posting of land, www.wvu.edu
Description: Landowner's basic guide to liability of their land.
West Virginia University Extension
Best Mgmt practices-soil/water conservation, www.wvu.edu
Description: Measures to preserve soil and water quality.
West Virginia University Extension
Questions about forestry & forestland, www.wvu.edu
Description: How to manage your forest; what is its worth; where to go for information.
West Virginia University Extension
Treatment of Acid Mine drainage in watersheds, www.wvu.edu
Description: How Acid mine drainage is treated by vertical flow wetlands or SAPS.
West Virginia University Extension
Leasing land for hunting & recreational purposes, www.wvu.edu
Description: Key factors to consider before leasing land.
West Virginia University Extension
Overview: TMDL & Antidegradation Issues, www.wvu.edu
Description: Total Maximum Daily Load program incorporating watershed management.
Penn State Extension
Sewage Sludge in PA: It's regulations, cropsoil.psu.edu
Description: A plain english tour of sewage sludge regulations.
Penn State Extension
BioSolids Quality, cropsoil.psu.edu
Description: Changes in biosolids; are they harmful to humans.
Penn State Extension
A Forest Stewardship Plan, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is stewardship, how can I develop a plan; resources.
Penn State Extension
Best Mgmt Practices for PA Forests, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Sustainable Forestry--need and objectives--comprehesive discussion.
Penn State Extension
Forest Stewardship Program, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is it, how can it help, how can I participate.
Penn State Extension
Forest watershed management, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is forested watershed? Protecting it,impact etc.
Penn State Extension
Forest Stewardship and wildlife, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Wildlife Habitat Incentive Programs.
Penn State Extension
Using employment data to better understand your economy, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: 6 Tools w/explanation to understand your economy.
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
Economic Impact Model -CIM:PSU, cimpsu.aers.psu.edu
Description: Understanding economic structure and how changes in every facet e.g govt,educ affect each other.
Penn State Extension
Farmland protection and GIS, lal.cas.psu.edu/
Description: How GIS helps PA prioritize farmland for preservation.
UM Extension
Woodland management: Glossary of Forestry terms, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Glossary of commonly used forestry terminology.
UM Extension
How to determine property boundaries, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Accurately marking and managing property boundaries.
UM Extension
Measuring your Forests, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/guidelines for measuring/calculating forest boundaries.
UM Extension
Maryland's Forest: Past,Present, Future, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact sheet for woodland owners understanding of forest as a renewable resource.
UM Extension
Riparian buffer management, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: Basics of riparian buffer mgmt.
UM Extension
Riparian forest buffer: design, establish, maintain , www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: basics of design, establish and maintain-riparian buffer.
UM Extension
Landowner costs & benefits of riparian buffer, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/advantages of riparian buffers .
UM Extension
Intro to Riparian Forest Buffer, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: Introduction to Forest Riparian Buffer.
UM Extension
Integrated pond management - MD, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/broad overview of pond management.
UM Extension
Drinking water standards, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: EPA water standards with facts; effects of contaminated water.
UM Extension
Guidelines for application of digested sewage sludge, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/guidelines for sewage sludge.
UM Extension
Introduction to wildlife managememt, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact sheet w/guidelines of basic wildlife management.
UM Extension
Farmland preservation- an estate planning tool, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Agricultural land preservation can help tax burden etc.
UM Extension
Guidelines for selecting farmland, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Considerations in making the decision, creating a business plan.
Cornell Coop Extension
Comprehensive economic development strategy, www.stcplanning.org/
Description: Regional Community Development Plan--Executive Summary.
NY State Interagency Task Force
State & Local Govts Partnering for a better NY, www.state.ny.us
Description: Multifaceted/Interdisciplinary study of issues impacting creation of communities.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design workbook - introduction, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Explains audience and goals of rural design workbook; explains each chapter & appendices.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design workbook - Ch 1-, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Why do we need better design?.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Workbook - Ch 2, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Conservation Design Method - how to design site with conservation in mind.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk -Ch 3, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Programs and Incentives - types of govt & agency programs and what they do.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk -Ch 3 PartB, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Potential measure to promote conservation planning and good design.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 4, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good design overview - real case studies.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch5, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design - Stuart Site 120acre hilltop site.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 10, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design - Clarke site - 600 acre bicentennial farm.
Cornell Coop Extension
Intro to chapters 12-13, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Properties in Watershed areas.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 12, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design - Janiak site - 273 acres in watershed area .
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 13, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design - Rautine site -240 acres watershed.
Cornell Coop Extension
Intro to chapters 14-15, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Agriculture & open space conservation .
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 14, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design- Powers site -350A dairy farm.
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 15, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design - Slade site -800A dairy farm.
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix A - History of Rural Design Wkbk, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Brief history of how the rural design workbook came about.
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix A - continued pg 3-4, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Continuation of explanation of rural design wkbk.
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix C - Better site design, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Handbook for changing development rules in your community.
NYMIR
Comprehensive Planning Tutorial, www.NYMIR.org
Description: The basics of comprehensive planning and legal effectsf.
NYMIR
Comprehensive Zoning Tutorial, www.NYMIR.org
Description: The basics of zoning.
NYMIR - Pace University Law Center
Universal Glossary of Land use terminology, www.NYMIR.org
Description: Comprehensive glossary of land use terms and phrases.
Cornell Coop Extension
Revitalizing coommunity: a comparative case study, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Rept on 4 communities attempting to address needs, set goals, solve problems within their communities.
Cornell Coop Extension
Sustaining rural landscape by building community social capital, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: How social capital works in communites in an urban environment.
Cornell Coop Extension
Ag Visioning Pilot Project Rept summary, www.cardi.cornell.edu
Description: What agriculture provides in the non-farming community.
Cornell Coop Extension
Small business education & leadership development, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Importance of small business; and the changing trends.
Cornell Coop Extension
Cultural Diversity in Rural communities, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Intercultural programs; oral history; racial equality.
Forest Service
Ecosystem Matters , www.fs.ged.gov
Description: Activity & Resource guide for Environmental Educators.
USDA Forest Service
Threatened/Endangered species and the landowner, www.usda.gov
Description: Answers numerous questions from landowners about endangered wildlife.
CT Dept of Environmental Protection
Environmental Land Use Restrictions, www.dep.state.ct.us
Description: Guidelines for Environmental Land use.
CaRDI
Smart Growth -more choices-better places, www.cardi.cornell.edu
Description: Power Point presentation- Smart growth principles and trends.
American Farmland Trust
Conservation options for CT farmland, www.farmland.org
Description: A guide for landowners, land trusts and municipalities.
American Farmland Trust
2004 Farm Conservation Tax Update, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: Up to date farm conservation tax information .
USDA
Farm Bill fast facts, www.usda.gov
Description: Easy to read and understand description of Farm bill facts.
National Governors Assn
Integrating affordable housing w/state development policy, www.nga.org
Description: Implementing housing strategies to improve communities .
National Governors Assn
New Community Design to the Rescue, www.nga.org
Description: Comprehensive rept on New Community Design Principles.
Center for Community Change
Strengthening Rural Economies: Programs that target economic sectors of local economy, www.huduser.org
Description: 4 studies detailing economic strategies producing opportunities & jobs for low income folks.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
10 Reasons why Vermont's homegrown economy matters, www.ptvermont.org
Description: 50 Proven ways to restore and revive it.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Front Page .
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Authors Notes to publication.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Design principles; rules, laws, process affecting highway projects.
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Laws, reports and opinions.
CERC
Rural Economic Issues for the 21st century, www.cerc.columbia.edu
Description: Rural economic development not dependent on feds, using local capabilities.
ICMA
Revitalizing Brownfields into GreenSpace/TOC, icma.org
Description: Table of Contents.
ICMA
Revitalizing Brownfields into greenspace-Ch 3, icma.org
Description: Variety of funding opportunities for funding greenspace.
ICMA
Preserving cultural/historic resources through brownfield redevelopment , icma.org
Description: Creating social and economic revitalization.
NADO Research Foundation
The State of Metro and Rural Brownfields, www.nado.org
Description: Feedback/discussion about impact of redevelopment of brownfields.
National Governors Assn
Brownfields Projects to improve public health, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits in health as well as improved active living.
National Governors Assn
Attacking sprawl by revitalizing older communities, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits of Brownfield redevelopment of older communitites.
National Governors Assn
Fixing It First: Improving present infrasturcture, www.nga.org
Description: Build/maintain present assets before creating new ones.
National Governors Assn
Building 21st century communities: State Govt role, www.nga.org
Description: Power Point: community building in many facets.
MD Dept of Planning
Big Box Retail Development, www.mdp.state.md.us/
Description: Impact, regulation and implications of big-box store development.
Funders Network
Environmentalism and smart growth: new consensus, www.fundersnetwork.org
Description: Practical aspects of creating smart growth communities.
Funders Network
Vacant properties & Smart Growth , www.fundersnetwork.org
Description: Reclaiming vacant properties and abandoned buildings.
NewHampshire Dept Resource & Economic Development
Planting Trees in designed & built community landscapes, www.state.nh.us
Description: Helping citizens create community green spaces.
USDA Forest Service
Ecologically Based Forest Mgmt on Private Land, www.fs.fed.gov
Description: Review ecological principles and suggest management alternatives.
USDA Forest Service
Forested Wetlands: Functions, Benefits and Best Management practices, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Providing an understanding of environmental Junctions and societal values of wetlands and to present an array of Best Management Practices.
USDA Forest Service
Urban & community forestry outreach service strategies for communities, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Working with diverse populations to become involved in urban forestry programs.
USDA Forest Service
Urban forest health: Identifying issues and needs in the NE, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Brief facts sheets about survey, findings and recommendations.
USDA Forest Service
Urban forest health: Needs/assessment survey results&recommendations, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Comprehensive results and recommendations .
NEFA
Recommendations for conservation of northern forest region: VT, NY, ME, NH, www.nefainfo.org
Description: Facts, information, research presented in making recommendations.
USDA Forest Service
Sustainability assessment highlights for Northern US, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Snapshot of todays forest and a baseline for tracking future trends.
USDA Forest Service
Role of Forest Svc & state forest agencies in the NE in sustainable forest mangement, www.na.fs.fed.us
Description: Brief discussion of sustainability & sustainable forest management.
DCNR
State Forest Resoource Mgmt Plan, www.dcnr.state.pa.us
Description: Comprehensive overview of Forest resource mgmt plan.
Univ of Tenn Ag Extension Svc
Prioritize Forest Use, www.utextension.utk.edu
Description: Comprehensive self assessment of forest use and BMP management plan.
Univ of Tenn Ag Extension Svc
Forest Practice Guidelines - Tenn, www.utextension.utk.edu
Description: Authoritative reference about forest mgmt practices & input for wise policy decisions.
Univ of Tenn Ag Extension Svc
Managed Forests for healthy ecosystmes, www.utextension.utk.edu
Description: Multi-use & sustained yield mgmt techniques including contemporary ecosystems concerns.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Rural/Urban Conflict, www.ces.purdue.edu
Description: Why people are moving to the country; and how to co-exist .
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
How good is your comprehensive plan, www.ces.purdue.edu
Description: Short summary: how to create an effective comprehensive community plan.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Citizen participation in land use planning, www.ces.purdue.edu
Description: How you can be actively involved in land use decisions.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Private Property: Rights, responsibilities & limitations, www.ces.purdue.edu
Description: Frequently asked questions about rights of land ownership.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
What is Planning commission-how does it work, www.ces.purdue.edu
Description: What is planning commission - what happens at a hearing.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Protecting our water and environmental resources, www.planningwithpower.org
Description: A model for incorporating resource protection into land use decisions.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
NonPoint source pollution - a threat to our water, www.planningwithpower.org
Description: Recognize non-point pollution; its impact; and controlling it.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Impacts of development on waterways, www.planningwithpower.org
Description: Development disrupts waterways; what can we do?.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
How to protect your community from polluted runoff, www.planningwithpower.org
Description: Identifying the problem; considerations for dealing with it.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Relationship between land use decisions and impact on our natural resources & water, www.planningwithpower.org
Description: What are these decision and what can we do? BMP's etc..
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Tax treatment of conservation easements, www.ces.purdue.edu
Description: What are conservation easements--tax implications.
Purdue Coop Extension Svc
Minimizing effects of development on water quality, www.ces.purdue.edu
Description: Fact sheet with suggestions to minimize damage to water.
CRS report -Library of Congress
Wetland Issues, cnie.org
Description: What is a wetland ..policies; programs.
Conservation Magazine
Aging Watershed projects: A growing national concern, www.nrcs.usda.gov
Description: Small watershed dams needing to be replaced, repaired .
NRCS - USDA
Rehabilitation of aging watershed dams-overview, www.nrcs.usda.gov
Description: Fact sheet about watershed dams and what needs to be done.
NRCS - USDA
Implementation of watershed rehabilitation, www.nrcs.usda.gov
Description: Question and Answer sheet.
NRCS - USDA
Reinvesting in America's watersheds, www.nrcs.usda.gov
Description: Fact sheet about what needs to be done about watersheds.
National Watershed Coalition
A guide to watershed protection and flood prevention program, www.watershedcoalition.org
Description: How your community can organize a watershed project.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Benefits of Trails and Greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact Sheet: benefits and information on why to create trails and greenways.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Trails/greeways for livable communities, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet: defining greenways/trails and benefits to community.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Health benefits of trails & greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet: health benefits of walking-physical activity.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Enhancing the environment with trails/greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet: trails/greenways encourage conservation.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Economic benefits of trails/greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet:economic boons to communities.
Trails & Greenways Clearinghouse
Historic preservation through trails/greenways, www.trailsandgreenways.org
Description: Fact sheet: adding historic preservation to community identity.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Citizens guide to preserving historic places, www.nationaltrust.org
Description: Primer describing background of historic preservation;cardinal land use principles.
Heritage Conservancy
Growing with Green Infrastructure, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: What is green infrastructure how to create and sustain.
Heritage Conservancy
Open Space is a community investment, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: The case for open space as a huge community asset.
Heritage Conservancy
Implementing a municipal open space progam, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: A guide for Pennsylvania municipalities.
Heritage Conservancy
Public Finance for Open Space:Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Why invest in open space; ways to fund the investment.
Heritage Conservancy
Regional Open Space priorities report, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Identifies, prioritizes, recommends protection strategies for natural resources, agricultural, recreational lands in southeastern PA.
Heritage Conservancy
Using conservation easements to preserve open space: Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: All about easements; how to acquire an benefits.
Heritage Conservancy
Landowners options for protecting family lands, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Four common strategies for preserving land.
Heritage Conservancy
Conservation easements: Q & A, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Commonly asked questions about easementsf.
USDA
Rural transportation at a glance, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Significant changes in rural transportation.
USDA
Agri-environmental Policy at the Crossroads, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Looking at past ag-environ policies and future policy options.
USDA
Ag Resources & Environmental Indicators-Land Use, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Major land uses; changes and conflicts.
USDA
Water quality impacts of Agriculture, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Nations water quality; agricultural impact;reducing damage.
USDA
Wetlands - Status and Trends, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Trends of declining wetlands; and challenge to save them.
USDA
Wildlife resource conservation, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Tradeoffs of agriculture and conservation.
USDA
Partial interests in Land:Policy tools for resource use and conservation, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Property ownership interests and conservation.
USDA
Partial interests in Land: Contents, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Table of Contents and acknowledgements.
USDA
Partial interests in Land: Contents, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: General information of partial land ownership.
USDA
Partial interests in three policy settings, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Farmlands, conservation and wetlands.
USDA
Markets for partial interests in Land, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Outlines different markets for partial land use.
USDA
Valuation of partial interests in Land, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Analysis of markets for partial interest in land.
USDA
Lessons for resource use and conservation policy, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Ways partial land use balance resource use and conservation.
USDA
References for Partial interests in land report, www.ers.usda.gov
Description: Reference list.
NERCRD
Conservations easements as encumbered ownership, www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu
Description: What is encumberance; and what are the present issues.
NERCRD
What the public values about farm/ranch land, www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu
Description: Numerous wkshp presentations on preservation of farm land and programs that help or hinder .
NERCRD
Links between agriculture and conservation policies, www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu
Description: Variety of wkshp presentations about the links between agriculture and conservation.
NERCRD
NERCRD workshop on Extension Land use programming, www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu
Description: Overviews on wkshp presentations on land use issues and programming.
Brookings Institute
The opportunity to rebuild America, www.brookings.edu
Description: A series of projected trends to determine estimated demand for new housing and commercial-industrial space.
AFT & CBF
Conserving Washington-Baltimore Green network, www.farmland.org
Description: Mapping a coordinated green network in the region.
Land Trust Alliance
Minimizing Liability for public access on private lands, www.lta.org
Description: Overview of liability issues.
Enterprise Foundation
A blueprint for transforming housing: Q&A, www.enterprisefoundation.org
Description: Frequently asked questions about green communities.
Enterprise Foundation
Healthy housing, healthy families, www.enterprisefoundation.org
Description: Trends that point to progress in improving health prospects of low income families through providing affordable housing.
Smart Growth Network
What is Smart Growth?, www.epa.gov
Description: Smart growth priciples and practices.
Smart Growth Network
Protecting water resources w/Smart Growth, www.epa.gov
Description: A development approach characterized by ten SG principles.
Smart Growth Network
Comparing methodologies to assess transportation/air quality impacts of browfield & infill development, www.epa.gov
Description: 4 methodologies to quantify air quality benefits associated w/infill developoment.
Smart Growth Network
Our built and natural environments, www.epa.gov
Description: A technical review of the interaction of land use, transportation and environmental quality.
EPA
Alternatives to subsidizing edge development, www.epa.gov
Description: Strategies for preserving rural landscapes.
Smart Growth Network/ICMA
Getting to Smart Growth- Vol 1, www.smartgrowth.org
Description: 100 policies for implementation.
EPA
Building Green infrastructure: Land conservation as a watershed protection strategy, www.tpl.org
Description: Report: 4 cases where land conservation is preserving water quality.
Trust for Public Land
The excellent city park system: What makes it great, www.tpl.org
Description: Seven measures for excellent park systems.
Trust for Public Land
Economic benefits of parks and open space, www.tpl.org
Description: How land conservation helps communities grow smart and protect the bottom line w/intro, 7chapters and endnotes.
Trust for Public Land
Why America needs more city parks & open space, www.tpl.org
Description: All the reasons why parks and open space are critical .
Trust for Public Land
Land conservation & the future of Americas drinking water, www.tpl.org
Description: Making the case for water protection; how and case studies.
Trust for Public Land
Protecting land to safeguard CONN water , www.tpl.org
Description: All about water and protecting it, a tool box for Conn.
Trust for Public Land
Smart Growth for clean water, www.tpl.org
Description: Helping communitites address water quality impacts of sprawl.
Trust for Public Land
Preserving land in the chesapeake watershed, www.tpl.org
Description: Progress of bay state and how can rededicate to the commitment.
Trust for Public Land
Connecticut: A legacy of land, www.tpl.org
Description: Annual report on protection of open space.
Trust for Public Land
Local greenprinting for growth: Vol 1, www.tpl.org
Description: Defining a conservation vision,and funding it.
Trust for Public Land
Vol 2: How to define a conservation vision, www.tpl.org
Description: Tools and resources to create the vision,and assess open space.
Trust for Public Land
Vol 3: How to secure conservation funding, www.tpl.org
Description: Identify, define, evaluate ways to secure quality funding.
Trust for Public Land
Vol 4: Acquiring and managing park land, www.tpl.org
Description: How to acquire and manage park and conservation land.
Trust for Public Land
Community Gardens: a resource at risk, www.tpl.org
Description: A report of how a community saved their community garden spaces.
Trust for Public Land
Corridor Capacity preservation program, www.epa.gov
Description: Strategies to delay system expansion, focus development and preserve quality of life..
Trust for Public Land
Local tools for Smart Growth, www.naco.org
Description: Practical strategies & techniques to improve our communities.
Smart Growth Network
Pedestrian and transit friendly design, www.epa.gov
Description: A primer for smart growth in urban design.
Smart Growth Network
Why Smart Growth? A primer, www.epa.gov
Description: Smart growth recognizes the connection between development & quality of life.
Smart Growth Network
Best develoment practices: A primer for smart growth, www.epa.gov
Description: Good community development defined in operational terms.
NALGEP
Profiles of business leadership on Smart Growth, www.resourcesaver.com
Description: New partnerships demonstrate the economic benefits of reducing sprawl.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
A methodology for valuing town conservation land, www.lincolnist.edu
Description: A methodology for rating existing and potential conservation land.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Abandoned Housing, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Challenges that face cities w/high rates of abandoned housing.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Compact mixed use development in Boston, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Identifying areas of mixed use and potential mixed use and sprawl.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Are mixed land uses marketable?, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Capitalizing mixed land uses into housing values.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Assessing land encumbered by conservation restrictions, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: How communities are assesing conservation restricted land.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Can tax increment financing reverse urban decline, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Why municipal incentives like TIF would or would not raise property values.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Conservation Easements:Interaction of Land Policy and Taxation, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Discussion of valuation and legal aspects of easements.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
County Govt instituitions & Local Land Use, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Choices and dimensions of local growth management efforts.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Development subsidies and Labor Unions belong in the sprawl debate, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Incentives are a intergral part of the sprawl process.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Effects of land and housing policies on market performance, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Growing recognition of economic/social importance of land, housing and real property.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Fortress communities: The walling and gating of American suburbs, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Gated communities and the social implications.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Habitat Conservation Plans: A new tool to resolve land conflicts, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Definition of HCP's; how they work; can they work.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Have American planners lost their values, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Types of planning tools used in the United States to minimize the adverse effects and costs of development or to maximize public benefits. .
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Housing Modes, Impediments and Opportunities , www.lincolninst.edu
Description: The need for affordable housing on US rural land for low income people .
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Housing segregation in the US: Does race matter?, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This study explores neighborhood amenities and characteristics that families seek out upon racial lines.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Identifying the real costs/benefits of sports facilities, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Economic development of sports facilities and full costs and benefits.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Implementing a land value tax in urban residential communities, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Potential for modern mass appraisal methods to separate values for residential properties between land and buildings.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Implications of a split rate real property tax, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Study data on property to explore redistribution of real property tax liability.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
In search of new life for smaller cities, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Small cities struggling for relevance.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Inequality, segregation and housing markets, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: A theoretical framework of social theory with comparative qualitative inquiry.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Land & Biodiversity conservation: a leadership dialogue, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Discussion about land conservation challenges in the 21st century.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Land assembly, Land readjustment, and Public-private redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: What is applicability of land re-adjustment, and case study.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Landscape-scale conservation: Grappling with the green matrix, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Initiatives for landscape scale conservation.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Managing Land as ecosystem and economy, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: The report examines the fundamental questions of fairness and property rights, the value or relative benefits of natural systems and economic development, and balancing public participation with science to set policy priorities..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Managaing Urban Sprawl: Effects of land use externalities, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: How neighborhood interaction, as land use externalities influence land development decisions..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Measuring use-value assessment tax expenditures, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: The purpose of this paper is to examine the practice of use-value assessment and determine the foregone property tax revenue, or the so-called tax expenditure, of this policy..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Model house for the millions: The making of the american suburban landscape 1820-2000, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: An historical typology of american suburban development.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Natural Cities: Urban ecology and the restoration of urban ecosystems, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Framework for urban ecosystem research: policies and tools.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Guide book on negotiating land disputes, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Using Assisted negotiation in land disputes.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Planning for sustainable development: measuring progress in plans, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This study sets forth a set of six principles that define and operationalize the concept of sustainable development..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Preferential property tax treatment of land, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Comparative analysis of key legal and administrative features of preferential property taxt treatment of agricultural, forest, open space and recreational land in the US..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Principles for community and college interaction, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Discussion of interaction with college and community interaction.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Effects of urban containment on housing prices and landowner behavior, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: To explore the implications of these two faces of urban containment as smart growth policy,.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Promoting more equitable brownfield development, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Identifying promising approaches for improving redevelopment prospects of least marketable brownfield sites found in depressed urban neighborhoods.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Property tax reform and smart growth: connecting some of the dots, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Tax policy tools for smart growth.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Property taxation and current use assessment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This paper discusses the relationships between property taxation and patterns of land use..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Prospects for land rent taxes in state and local tax reforms, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This paper develops a general equilibrium model of an economy that produces output using capital, labor and land as inputs. It further develops an approach that allows specific parameters in the model to be matched to data in such a way as to ensure that .
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Public values and conservation land: A case study in MA, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This paper explores public values and attitudes toward conservation land by tracing the history of a proposed conversion of town conservation land to water supply purposes in Weston, Massachusetts.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Regulating subdivisions in Massachusetts, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Practices and outlooks; survey of public officials.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Urban land as common property, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Public/private land rights discussion.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Resisting the reality of race: land use, social justice and metropolitan economy, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This paper examines how problems of racial discrimination complicate three mutually reinforcing difficulties of the American metropolis: social inequality, economic inefficiency, and damage to land-use and the environment.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Resolving Land use conflicts through mediation: 8 case studies, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: 8 case studies from oregon to PA.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Revisiting the sitcom suburbs, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Short history of suburbs and their creation.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Roles of community based organizations in brownfield redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Learning how to partner with other sectors and when to bring these partners into a brownfields project is an important aspect of successful brownfields redevelopment for CBOs ...
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
School finance, spatial segregation and the nature of communities, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: How school finance policies affect the nature of communities.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Smart governance, smart growth, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Regional governance and regional growth: urban sprawl.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Sprawl?, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: A study of urban land use across the continental US tracking urban changes..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
State planning in the Northeast, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Do'/dont's of building state planning programs and establishment of economic development program for the NE corridor.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Subdivision regulations: practices & attitudes, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Survey of public officials and developers in single family housing markets.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Taxes on buildings and land in a dynamic model of real estate markets, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Generalized perfect foresighted model of real estate markets and effects of ad valorem property tax are explored .
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Adoption and repeal of 2 rate property tax in NY, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Successes and failures of two rate property tax rate.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The changing politics of urban mega projects, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Rise of political power in land development projects.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The debate over future density of development, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Subjective debate of major positions over future density..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Economic value of open space, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Discussion of value of open space .
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The economics of the causes and benefits/costs of urban spatial segregation, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This paper shows that even with elimination of instituitional practices that hinder spaital integration, market factors would still drive some form of spatial integration..
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Ghetto and the ethnic enclave, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: There is a difference between the ghetto and the ethnic enclave.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Ideologies of urban land use politics, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: The adaptation of local government in changing times.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The landscape of ideas on property rights, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Observations of land rights issues`.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Legal requirements regarding valuation of land and improvements for property tax purposes, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Does state law determine whether land must be valued separately from improvements ...
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The location of non-profit facilities in urban areas, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Theoretical considerations that distinguish location behavior of non profits from service providers.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Roles of community based organizations in brownfield redevelopment and other vacant property redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Case studies of CBO's: barriers, successes and key factors.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Ties that bind, bridge and constrain:social capital and segregation in the american metropolis, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Race, space, social connection and inequality.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Traditional methods and new approaches to land valuation, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Article: New approaches to valuating land.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Transfer of development rights for balanced development, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: TDR: obstacles and opportunities.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Urban Sprawl, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Causes and consequences of sprawl ..and beyond.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Urban vacan lot redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Challenges and progress ...
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Valuing land and improvements: State laws and local govt practices, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Research results are positive indicators of need for land value tax reform.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Visualizing Density - phase 2 - the images, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Photographs of density scenarios w/facts.
US Global Change Research Info
America's water supply: prospects for the future, www.usgcrp.gov
Description: Comprehensive discussion of water, and its future.
US Global Change Research Info
Past & present land use and land cover in the US, www.usgcrp.gov
Description: Article on various types of land use, and our future.
Dept of the Interior - USGS
Water: Potential consequences of environmental changes for water resources in the US, www.gcrio.org
Description: Report of water assessment team of USGS of changes in water resources.
Conservation in Practice
Urbanization's Aura, www.conbio.org
Description: Tracking urban sprawl with light maps.
Conservation in Practice
Creating habitat on Farms: The Land stewardship program, www.conbio.org
Description: Monitoring agricultural land practices.
Conservation in Practice
Curbing roadside erosion, www.conbio.org
Description: Soil bioengineering as alternative to concrete and steel.
Conservation in Practice
Fallacy of passive management:Managing for firesafe forest reserves, www.conbio.org
Description: Passive approach to forest management not necessarily sustainably healthy.
Conservation in Practice
Making collaboration work: case studies , www.conbio.org
Description: Lessons learned, assessment and problem solving for environmental management.
USDA
Assessing conditions of Riparian-wetland corridors , ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov
Description: Using proper functioning condition methodology -an assessment tool.
USDA
Collaboration in Partnerships: Watershed initiative, ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov
Description: Norwalk River walk watershed initiative.
Smart Growth Network
EPA-NOAA partnership on coastal community growth, www.epa.gov
Description: Scope of activities of partnership.
AMPO
Metro Planning Org Conference presentations, www.ampo.org
Description: Power Point presentations: walkable communities; transportation & land use; best practices; air quality and more.
HUD
Barriers to Rehabilitation of affordable housing, www.huduser.org
Description: In partnership w/ historic preservation trust, an examination of existing major barriers to urban rehabilitation .
HUD
Building better homes at lower costs, www.huduser.org
Description: The industry implementation plan for residential national construction goals.
HUD
Building innovation for homeownership, www.huduser.org
Description: A collection of award winning, innovative housing projects.
HUD
Getting building technology accepted, www.huduser.org
Description: This report explains how regulatory activities affect new building technology research, development, and deployment and how to effectively apply regulatory information to successfully develop and deploy building technologies..
HUD
Assessment of state brownfield initiatives, www.huduser.org
Description: Study: gain a better understanding of current regulatory and economic development initiatives that can help promote economic revitalization..
HUD
The struggle for housing equality, www.huduser.org
Description: This article considers how the Fair Housing Act and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) structure local housing advocacy..
HUD
Homeowing: social outcomes, tenure choice and US housing policy, www.huduser.org
Description: The pupose of this paper is to look at the links between policies and outcomes.
HUD
Specialization versus diversity in local economies, www.huduser.org
Description: Urbanization is at least as relevant as localization in explaining spatial patterns of innovation and economic growth..
HUD
Comprehensive neighborhood based initiatives, www.huduser.org
Description: A new generation of comprehensive community initiatives has been launched over the past decade to address the growing concentration, isolation, and persistence of poverty in urban America.
HUD
Creating a local advisory commission on regulartory barriers to affordable housing, www.huduser.org
Description: A guide to assist local officials to improve housing affordability in their community.
HUD
Smart codes in your community: A guide to building rehabilitation codes, www.huduser.org
Description: Broad overview of general regulatory environment governing the use of existing buildings..
Prevention Institute
The Built environment and health - 11 profiles of neighborhood transformation, www.preventioninstitute.org
Description: 11 case studies where communities mobilized resources to transform physical enviornment..
DVRPC
Horizons 2025 Implementation: Municipal tools and techniques, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Overview of tools and techinques available for local govts for implemetation of long range plans.
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 #3: Multi-municipal planning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Neighboring communites developing shared vision and coordinating planning in many areas .
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #4: Residential Infill Development, www.dvrpc.org
Description: IV is the recycling of vacant or underutilized lands within cities and suburbs.
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #8: Transfer of Development Rights, www.dvrpc.org
Description: A tool that can be adopted to conserve land: agricultural, environmentally sensitive and necessary open space ..
DVRPC
Stream Corridor Protection Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Riparian corridor conservation overlay- definition and use.
DVRPC
Wetlands management ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Permitted uses where water hazard soils occur.
DVRPC
Residential Clusters, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Allowance of cluster development-where and how.
DVRPC
Performance Zoning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Planned residential development requirements.
DVRPC
Open Space Design, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Open space requirements and regulations.
DVRPC
Flexible Development Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Flexible development options.
DVRPC
Planning services to protect open space and natural resources, www.dvrpc.org
Description: DVRPC assists communities in identifying their vision, setting goals, and charting a path.
Fannie Mae Foundation
Abandoned Property: Effective strategies to reclaim community assets, www.content.knowledgeplex.org
Description: Creative new ways to recycle abandoned properties etc..
Fannie Mae Foundation
Revitalizing commerce for American cities, www.content.knowledgeplex.org
Description: This publication aims to help community development practitioners successfully implement a main street revitalization program..
Harvard University
The state of the nation's housing, www.jchs.harvard.edu
Description: A comprehesive look at the nations housing trends.
Brookings Institute
Diagnosing Cities: Lessons from America, www.brookings.org
Description: Power Point: Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit.
Brookings Institute