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	City of Austin - Smart Growth Home Page
		"Smart Growth" is a term that describes the efforts of communities across the United States to manage and direct growth in a way that minimizes damage to the environment and builds livable towns and cities.
		Smart Growth argues that these problems are two sides of the same coin, with the neglect of our central cities fueling the growth and related problems of the suburbs.
		Smart Growth advocates patterns for newly developing areas that promote a both a balanced mix of land uses and a transportation system that accomodates pedestrians, bicycles, transit and automobiles.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /smartgrowth (736 words)

	John Locke Foundation \| Smart Growth
		Smart Growth typically focuses on four activities: 1) restricting the size of urban areas through growth boundaries; 2) requiring denser development through zoning changes; 3) discouraging driving through higher taxes and less road construction; and 4) increasing funding for mass transit.
		Smart Growth advocates seek to legislate their aesthetic and economic preferences at the expense of what most citizens desire.
		Smart Growth advocates are pushing very hard to move all North Carolina’s cities in the direction of Asheville and Wilmington.
	www.johnlocke.org /agenda2006/smartgrowth.html (873 words)

	What is Smarter Growth?
		Smart growth maintains the investments we have already made and makes sure new investments in infrastructure don't come at the expense of what we already have, including our existing schools, transportation system and natural places.
		In addition to focusing growth in the right places, it is important to have a balance of jobs and housing in each jurisdiction throughout the region and to focus on transit-oriented development.
		With smart growth development, it is important to develop a state/local partnership for growth management, identify a plan to focus development at transit stations and revitalize our cities, and to identify measurable steps to reduce the amount that people have to drive.
	www.smartergrowth.net /issues/smartgrowth/index.html (428 words)

	Online TDM Encyclopedia - Smart Growth
		Smart Growth (also called New Community Design) is a general term for policies that integrate transportation and land use decisions, for example by encouraging more Compact, mixed-use development within existing urban areas, and discouraging dispersed, automobile dependent development at the urban fringe.
		Smart Growth results in modest reductions in per capita motor vehicle travel, typically reducing private automobile trips from the current 90-95% to 60-80% of trips by shifting a portion of local trips to nonmotorized modes, and regional trips to Ridesharing and
		Smart Growth can reduce the degree of Automobile Dependency in an area, and per capita vehicle travel that occurs for a given level of economic development and personal wealth, as indicated in Figure 1.
	www.vtpi.org /tdm/tdm38.htm (2899 words)

	Growth Management, Smart Growth, And Affordable Housing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The smart growth elements least likely to be adopted are those needing large public subsidies -- such as revitalizing old areas -- or regional action -- such as building major public transit systems.
		If smart growth advocates are to avoid this unjust and undesirable outcome, they must make strong efforts to promote actual building of affordable housing in localities and regions where they are pushing smart growth.
		Smart growth cannot be really socially just and responsible unless it includes a significant element of affordable housing.
	www.brookings.edu /views/speeches/downs/20030529_downs.htm (2684 words)

	EPA Smart Growth: About Smart Growth
		Smart growth is development that serves the economy, the community, and the environment.
		Smart growth balances development and environmental protection -- accommodating growth while preserving open space and critical habitat, reusing land, and protecting water supplies and air quality.
		Smart growth in new developments is more town centered, is auto-accessible but also accommodates transit and pedestrian activity, and has a greater mix of housing, commercial and retail uses.
	www.epa.gov /smartgrowth/about_sg.htm (2436 words)

	Smart Growth Fraud
		Smart growth advocates seek to preserve land in a natural or agricultural state by encouraging individuals to live in denser communities that take up smaller tracts of land per housing unit.
		The aggressive promotion of smart growth policies by some in the media, politicians and a gross misrepresentation of the facts by many environ-mentalists threatens the freedom of ordinary Americans to choose living arrangements that best suit their needs.
		Although smart growth proponents advocate land-use control as a means of providing affordable housing, it punishes low-income families, keeping them from ever being able to afford a home of their own and denying them the American Dream.
	www.discerningtoday.org /smart_growth_fraud.htm (1795 words)

	Policy Guide
		Smart Growth reduces the share of growth that occurs on newly urbanizing land, existing farmlands, and in environmentally sensitive areas.
		Sprawl, in all of its characterizations, is the antithesis of Smart Growth.
		Smart Growth requires a higher degree of coordination, especially in the areas of spending, eminent domain, taxation and regulation, than is possible under the fragmented patterns of local government prevalent in many states.
	www.planning.org /policyguides/smartgrowth.htm (7529 words)

	FSCC World News Services: Smart Growth and Sustainability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Managed growth, sustainable development, smart growth, growth management, and other euphemisms all assume that there will be some growing going on somewhere to manage and/or sustain.
		Smart Growth has to alter the range of choices in the marketplace so no dumb choices are offered anymore.
		Smart Growth community planning and construction by developers and lenders will put new communities designed for more efficient lifestyle support into the marketplace, and hopefully reduce the need for and use of private automobiles as a daily necessity.
	www.state.fl.us /fdi/fscc/news/world/9804/sg-sus.htm (2278 words)

	Smart Growth: A Solution to Sprawl?
		Because smart growth policies can be altered to fit a small town or rural area more readily than new urbanism (see Box 1), this article will attempt to define smart growth and discuss how several smart growth policies can be adopted for use in small town or rural settings.
		Smart Growth is a new term for an old idea – growth management, which is a strategy that communities have used for approximately forty years.
		Growth management evolved over time, and one could argue that smart growth is its latest evolution.
	www.uwsp.edu /cnr/landcenter/tracker/spring2003/SmartGrowth.html (1684 words)

	The Human Face of Smart Growth Opposition, Leonard Gilroy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Smart growth still dominates public discussions of urban growth and development, but a few recent articles indicate that the concerns of smart growth opponents are being given more weight.
		Another article in Insight magazine examines African-American farmers in Richland County, South Carolina who are concerned that the county's smart growth plan, which prevents the development of much of the county's farm and forest land in the interest of curbing urban sprawl, poses a major threat to their property rights and economic prosperity.
		From listening to smart growth advocates, one could easily gather the impression that people opposed to smart growth are "pro sprawl," right-wing ideologues, anti-environmentalists, or have vested interests in the home building, real estate, auto, or road building industries.
	www.rppi.org /smartgrowthopposition.html (914 words)

	Smart growth links
		Growth Management Institute This nonprofit organization encourages effective and equitable management of growth and change to achieve sustainable urban development and redevelopment in harmony with environmental conservation.
		Smart Growth: Colorado's Future Colorado's smart growth initiatives are designed to bring economic prosperity to the entire state.
		Smart Growth in Maryland State initiatives work to better manage land use and growth in Maryland.
	www.lpa.state.mn.us /links/smartgrowth.html (399 words)

	ELPC - Smart Growth
		Smart Growth is an innovative approach to curbing sprawl that utilizes existing infrastructure, such as vacant parcels and accessible rail, to build communities full of character, transportation options, and open land.
		The photographs in the Smart Growth Image Bank depict smart growth versus sprawl land use patterns in the Midwest.
		The Smart Growth Image Bank CD is available free of charge for non-commercial use.
	www.elpc.org /transportation/smartgrowth/index.php (462 words)

	Is "Smart Growth" the Ultimate Oxymoron?
		Population growth is the underlying cause of these problems and others, including urban sprawl, growing energy consumption, social alienation, urban decay, lack of affordable housing, an increase in the number of people without healthcare insurance, and many more.
		Smart Growth is counterproductive; it tries to make overcrowding seem not only more pleasant, but also the ethically more responsible choice, while ignoring the reality that more people use and over- use natural resources, whether they are physically located inside or outside the higher density area.
		In addressing the myth that growth is necessary to provide jobs for residents of the community, Fodor cites national research that found no statistical relationship between a city's growth rate and its unemployment rate across 25 of the nation's fastest and slowest growing cities.
	www.carryingcapacity.org /smartgrowth.html (2441 words)

	The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
		Smart Growth Center reseacher Reid Ewing's 2003 paper "Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Physical Activity, Obesity, and Morbidity" has been shown by ISI Essential Science Indicators, a global monitor and compiler of scientific research trends, to be one of the most cited papers in the past two years.
		The National Center for Smart Growth project team was led by Arnab Chakraborty, a doctoral candidate in the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and a research assistant at the Center.
		Smart Growth Center’s Associate Director John Frece synthesized and presented the general principles and Executive Director Dr. Gerrit Knaap presented the final summary of results.
	www.smartgrowth.umd.edu (3312 words)

	Smart Growth
		Smart Growth is an approach to land use planning that promotes more compact, transit-oriented urban communities that are attractive and livable.
		Smart Growth can be used to revitalize urban areas so that many benefits, including lifestyle benefits, can help our growth laws succeed and reduce the economic, environmental, and aesthetic costs of sprawl as our population grows.
		Smart Growth Online is a web-based catalogue of Smart Growth related news, events, information and resources developed and funded through a cooperative agreement between the US EPA and the Sustainable Communities Network.
	www.psat.wa.gov /Programs/Smartgrowth.htm (581 words)

	New Jersey Smart Growth Gateway
		Smart growth strategies allow our communities to grow in a way that preserves our open spaces, minimizes pollution and habitat loss, maximizes economic prosperity, and is equitable to all citizens.
		This online resource provides information for New Jersey citizens on how to implement some of the most successful smart growth strategies in their towns, as well as information on where these techniques have worked, why these techniques are necessary, and how to get assistance to implement these techniques.
		The NJ Smart Growth Gateway is a project of New Jersey Future.
	www.smartgrowthgateway.org (124 words)

	Smart Growth: Environmental Protection Agency
		Thirty-two national organizations, representing the diverse interests of the SGN, have approved "This Is Smart Growth." The publication describes how, when done well, development can help create more economic opportunities, build great places where people want to live and visit, preserve the qualities people love about their communities, and protect environmental resources.
		The city of Chicago is a smart growth and brownfields grantee.
		Both primers are part of the ongoing series by ICMA and the Smart Growth Network, and describe concrete techniques of putting the ten smart growth principles into practice.
	www.epa.gov /smartgrowth (1083 words)

	Smart growth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smart growth proponents see strong relationships between the policies described in the next section and the outcomes smart growth seeks to achieve.
		In areas not designated for growth, utilities and their ratepayers are forbidden to cover the costs of extending utility lines to new developments--and developers will be required to pay the full cost of public utility infrastructure.
		In designated growth areas that have local smart plans endorsed by the State Planning Commission, devleopers will be refunded the cost of extending utility lines to new developments at two times the rate of the revenue received by developers in smart growth areas that do not have approved plans[10].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smart_growth (2307 words)

	What is Smart Growth - Sierra Club
		Part of the reason that "smart growth" has become such as high profile issue is because all levels of government have jumped on the band wagon.
		And at the federal level, Vice President Al Gore is clearly pushing "smart growth" as a key issue in his run for the presidency next year.
		Growth boundaries or ìurban limit linesî draw a line around cities and allow for 20 or 30 years of growth, and they often can be changed only with a community vote.
	www.sierraclub.org /sprawl/community/smartgrowth.asp (759 words)

	Lee County Smart Growth Home
		The mission of the Lee County Smart Growth Task Force is to lead and encourage diverse community involvement and consensus to further the vision of Smart Growth in Lee County.
		The task force defines Smart Growth as a continuation of growth, balanced economic development, environmental preservation, sound government fiscal policy and sustained improvement in quality of life.
		With this model in mind, its vision is to shape the future growth of Lee County through a proactive, inclusive community effort that continuously improves the quality of life by reaching a harmonious balance between economic development, environmental sustainability and community livability, to provide a legacy for future generations.
	www.smartgrowthlee.com /olddefault.htm (500 words)

	City of Austin: Smart Growth Incentives Page
		The Smart Growth Incentives are designed to promote the three major goals of the Smart Growth Initiative which are:
		The Smart Growth Matrix is a tool to assist the City Council in analyzing development proposals within the Desired Development Zone.
		It is designed to measure how well a development project meets the City's Smart Growth goals such as: 1) the location of development; 2) proximity to mass transit; 3) pedestrian-friendly urban design characteristics; 4) compliance with nearby neighborhood plans; 5) increases in tax base, and other policy priorities.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /smartgrowth/sgincentives.htm (580 words)

	EcoCity Cleveland \| Smart Growth
		A frank assessment of the smart growth debate in Northeast Ohio.
		Smart growth and economic development by Amy Hanauer of Policy Matters Ohio
		The current round of suburban growth is generating a crisis of many dimensions: mounting traffic congestion, increasingly unaffordable housing, receding open space, and stressful social patterns.
	www.ecocitycleveland.org /smartgrowth/smartgrowthpage.html (520 words)

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		Smart Growth directs the State to target programs and funding to support established communities and locally designated growth areas, and to protect rural areas.
		Although the 1997 Smart Growth initiative was significant in the State's refusal to fund wasteful sprawl development, it is also only one component in the continuum of Maryland's growth policy development.
		Many programs were established prior to 1997 and either were already consistent with the Smart Growth philosophy or redirected to be more supportive of the Smart Growth philosophy.
	www.mdp.state.md.us /smartintro.htm (592 words)

	Smart Growth
		Two reports, Smart Growth and the Clean Air Act and Smart Growth and the Clean Water Act, provide valuable insights and recommendations for leveraging efforts to improve air and water quality with smart growth.
		Smart Growth at the Frontier: Strategies and Resources for Rural Communities, illustrates promising rural growth strategies that revitalize small towns; link natural resource protection with resort and residential development; maintain farm and forest land; and coordinate regional development.
		The Institute works closely with the Senate Smart Growth Task Force, created by the Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition in January 1999 as a bipartisan, multi-regional working group to identify ways for the federal government to assist states and localities in addressing growth management issues.
	www.nemw.org /smartgrowth.htm (2516 words)

	SMARTGrowth
		Ensure growth is served with adequate public infrastructure, services and facilities.
		Ensure growth contributes to the attainment of the community character and quality of life objectives established in the Town's Master Plan.
		Ensure growth does not occur at the expense of environmental quality, community character or quality of life.
	www.flower-mound.com /smart/smartgrowth.php (489 words)

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