Growth Management Web Links

Local Sites

• The Regional Development Choices Project (Triangle J Council of Govts)
• Regional Planning for Transit (Triangle Transit Authority)
• Adding It Up: Growth Trends and Policies in North Carolina

Smart Growth, Sustainable Communities, Sprawl, New Urbanism

• Smart Growth in the Southeast: New Approaches for Guiding Development 
• Guiding Growth in Virginia: Local Incentives for Revitalization and Preservation
• Smart Growth Network
• APA: Growing Smart Project 
• Twin Cities Metropolitan Council: Smart Growth
• Planners Web Sprawl Guide
• Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
• Sierra Club's Sprawl Site 
• Natural Resources Defense Council: Smart Growth/Sprawl
• Smart Growth in Maryland
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Partners for Livable Communities
• Center for Livable Communities 
• Smart Communities Network (formerly Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development) 
• National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
• Sustainable Communities Project 
• Florida Sustainable Communities Center 
• Sustainable Communities Network 
• Living Room 
• Florida Center for Community Design and Research 
• Tools for a Sustainable Community: One-Stop Guide for U.S. Local Governments 
• Linking Tax Law and Sustainable Urban Development 
• Plumbing the Future: Sewage Infrastructure and Sustainability in Western Pennsylvania 
• Colorado Heritage Reports
• Community-Based Environmental Protection 
• Revisiting Carrying Capacity: Area-Based Indicators of Sustainability 
  

Organizations Related to Growth Management

• American Planning Association (APA) 
• North Carolina Planners
• 1000 Friends of Oregon 
• 1000 Friends of Washington 
• Alternatives to Growth Oregon (AGO) 
• American Farmland Trust (AFT) 
• North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM) 
• North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) 
• International City/County Management Association (ICMA) 
• National League of Cities (NLC) 
• National Association of Counties (NACo) 
• Sierra Club, NC Chapter 
• Triangle Land Conservancy
• Environmental Law Institute 
• National Trust for Historic Preservation 
• National Main Street Center

Land Use/Transportation

• Victoria Transport Policy Institute
• Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) 
• National Transportation Library 
• Transportation & Livable Communities

General Growth Management Information Resources

• Planners Web  
• California Land Use Planning Information Network (LUPIN) 
• UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) 
• Cyburbia Planning Resource Directory

Miscellaneous

• Planning & Markets 
• Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI)'s Urban Futures Program 
• Urban Growth Seen from Space 
• Quality of Life in Jacksonville: Indicators for Progress
• Innovative Housing Institute 
• Land Use and Community Alliance Service (LUCAS)
• Legal Information Institute: Land Use Law
  

Examples of Growth Management and Land Use Plans and Policies

• Palm Beach County Managed Growth Tier System (Aug 1999)
• Portland (Ore.) Metro's Regional Framework Plan 
• King County (Wash.) Growth Management Planning Council
• Larimer County (Colo.) Master Plan (1997)
• Boulder Valley (Colo.) Comprehensive Plan 
• Cape Cod (Mass.) Regional Policy Plan (1996) 
• El Paso County (Colo.) County-Wide Policy Plan
• Tallahassee-Leon County (Fla.) 2010 Comprehensive Plan