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• 1998 Partners for Smart Growth Conference Summary. The 1,100 people who attended the 1998 Partners for Smart Growth conference in Austin, Texas, shared the enthusi-asm for smart growth that is being reflected in so many local, state, and national policies. Throughout the conference, panelists and participants explored the broad importance of smart growth, shared smart growth success stories, discussed barriers to smart development, and examined ways to overcome those barriers.
  
  
• Redeveloping Brownfields with Federal Transportation Funds. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, 2001, 27 pages. This report is intended to assist developers, transportation planners, economic development professionals, policy analysts, and others interested in achieving better transportation, environmental, and community outcomes. It explains how to access funds from flexible sources, and suggests ways that federal transportation funding can be used to restore brownfields to productive uses. Case studies review initiatives in Oregon, Massachusetts, Utah, and New York that coupled transportation improvements with brownfield clean-up and redevelopment. Appendices of the report detail other sources of funding for brownfield projects, tools for overcoming liability problems, as well as additional sources for relevant information on transportation and brownfields. For a more complete summary of this document, click here. You may view or download the PDF version by clicking on the title, above, or request the print version, free, from U.S. EPA by calling 202-260-7154, or from AMPO at 202-367-0331.
  
  
• A Guide to Developing Green Builder Programs, NAHB Research Center, 400 Prince George's Boulevard, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774. Green building is the design, construction, and operation of homes according to resource-efficiency standards for energy, water, building design and materials, and indoor air quality. In 1991, there was one local program in the United States giving market recognition to green builders and their homes--the city of Austin's Green Builder program. In 1998, there were at least seven new programs up and running with many more under development. There is strong growing interest among builders, environmental organizations, and local governments in tapping existing and developing new market demand for more resource-efficient homes.
  
  
• Applying Decision Support Tools For Eco-Industrial Park Planning: A Case Study in Burlington, Vermont,. A Project Under Development: The City of Burlington, Vermont, proposed to develop an eco-industrial park (EIP) on a 10 acre site, adjacent to which are already located a wood-burning co-generation power plant, a waste-wood depot, a community garden, and a compost facility. This brochure describes application of a suite of tools (Designing Industrial Ecosystems Tool, Facility Synergy Tool, and Reality Check) in a case study of Burlington. The case study illustrates how the screening models allow stakeholders to explore decisions, issues and tradeoffs in an interactive and flexible analytical framework. In addition to the information the tools provide (i.e., potential linkages, rough estimates of benefits, regulatory constraints), much of their value comes from the collaborative decision-making process they help to facilitate. As part of this incremental and collaborative process, in later stages of EIP planning, more detailed issues lying outside the three screening tools must be addressed, e.g., covenants, working relationships, engineering design specifications. Throughout this project, Industrial Economics, Inc., under contract to EPA, is working with EIP planners, facility personnel, and community representatives on the design and development of the decision support tools.
  
  
• Atlantic Steel Redevelopment, (Atlanta, Georgia), US EPA. US EPA, Signed September 7, 1999. Summary: On September 7, 1999, EPA and Jacoby Development signed a Final Project XL Agreement which removes barriers to construction of a smart growth project in Midtown, Atlanta. The redevelopment is a mixed-use (residential, retail, office, and entertainment) transit-oriented development on a 138-acre brownfield site in midtown Atlanta, formerly the home of Atlantic Steel. To provide adequate auto and transit access, the site plan requires construction of a bridge to connect the site to the local fixed rail transit system and highway ramps to improve highway access. Because Atlanta is in a conformity lapse under the Clean Air Act, the bridge and ramps would be prohibited under standard interpretation of EPA regulations.
  
  
• A Report From the Clinton-Gore Administration -- Building Livable Communities: Sustaining Prosperity, Improving Quality of Life, Building a Sense of Community. Revised June 2000. This report identifies concrete steps the Administration is taking to help communities grow in ways that ensure a high quality of life and strong, sustainable economic prosperity. It includes a brief description of challenges faced by urban, suburban, rural, and tribal communities, the innovative ways in which some are meeting them, and our Livable Communities Initiative ­ a comprehensive package of 30 policy actions and voluntary partnerships that support local efforts to build livable communities.
  
  
• By-product Synergy: A Strategy for Sustainable Development A Primer, by the Business Council for Sustainable Development--Gulf of Mexico (BCSD-GM). The work described in this primer supports efforts to enhance the relationship between commercial development and sustainable development through by-product synergy. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/byprod.pdf
  
  
• "Clunker Mortgages and Transportation Redlining." by Patrick Hare. Washington, D.C.: May 1995. Urban decline and suburban sprawl have dominated American communities since WWII. Endless efforts to stop both have been largely unsuccessful. Many people feel the two issues are somehow related. The chain of cause and effect between urban decline and suburban sprawl, however, has never been clear. The link could be the mortgage approval process. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/Clunker.pdf
  
  
• Community Development: Extent of Federal Influence on "Urban Sprawl" Is Unclear, United States General Accounting Office. RCED-99-87. 39 pp. plus 6 appendices (42 pp.) April 30, 1999. This report, the first of a series examining the implications of federal policies on negative patterns of growth, is based on a review of research and discussions with experts in the public, private, and educational communities on growth-related issues. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/gao_sprawl.pdf
  
  
• "Deconstruction - Building Disassembly and Material Salvage: The Riverdale Case Study." Demolition firms, contractors specializing in building salvage, and private/public property owners each have questions about how and under what conditions building disassembly and salvage can be cost competitive with standard demolition. This paper presents the key results from a case study done on a 2000 square foot, 4 unit, residential building in an urban area in Baltimore County, Maryland. The study address some of the issues involved in a comparison between deconstruction and straight demolition and proposes some recommendations for the deconstruction industry. © June 1997 NAHB Research Center. This work is used with the permission of the copyright owner for publication on the Smart Growth Network web site.Any copies of this work shall include this copyright notice. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/deconstruction.pdf
  
  
• "Deconstruction: Giving Old Buildings New Lives," by Rhonda L. Sherman, Water Quality and Waste Management February, 1998. This article discusses deconstruction as a viable alternative and details the advantages, challenges, and the market for salvaged materials. Copyright: February 1998 Rhonda Sherman. This work is used with the permission of the copyright owner for publication on the SGN web site. Any copies of this work shall include this copyright notice. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/waterquality(s).pdf
  
  
• Chesapeake Bay Program. Cost of Providing Government Services to Alternative Residential Patterns, prepared for the Chesapeake Bay Program's Subcommittee on Population Growth and Development, produced under Contract No. 68-WO-0043 to the EPA, May 1993. A literature review to determine how the capital cost of providing services and infrastructure varies according to the characteristics of residential development. Study and literature review (100 pages). http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/CoPGStARP.pdf
  
  
• Deconstruction - Building Disassembly and Material Salvage: The Riverdale Case Study, by Peter Yost and Eric Lund, Upper Marlboro, MD: NAHB Research Center 1997. This paper presents the key results from a case study done on a 2000 square foot, 4 unit, residential building in an urban area in Baltimore County, Maryland. The study address some of the issues involved in a comparison between deconstruction and straight demolition and proposes some recommendations for the deconstruction industry. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/deconstruction.pdf
  
  
• FACILITY SYNERGY TOOL (FaST). The Facility Synergy Tool (FAST) is a decision support tool created to aid planners, communities, and facility personnel in identifying potential materials exchange, energy trading, and purchasing coordination opportunities among industrial and non-industrial facilities. FAST is an interactive computer software program that includes: (1) a database containing facility profile information for a variety of industries, utilities, and other businesses; (2) a search mechanism that identifies potential input/output matches among facilities; and (3) a data input screen that allows users to enter information on specific facilities of interest. FAST can be used as a stand-alone product or in conjunction with the Designing Industrial Ecosystems Tool (DIET), a decision support tool for planning and design of eco-industrial parks. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/fastflyr.pdf
  
  
• Financing Brownfields Redevelopment Projects:A Guide for Developers. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/brownfield.PDF
  
  
• Applying Decision Support Tools For Eco-Industrial Park Planning: A Case Study in Burlington, Vermont. Industrial Economics Corporation 1998. This brochure describes application of a suite of tools (Designing Industrial Ecosystems Tool, Facility Synergy Tool, and Reality Check) in a case study of Burlington. The case study illustrates how the screening models allow stakeholders to explore decisions, issues and tradeoffs in an interactive and flexible analytical framework. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/Burlington.pdf
  
  
• NAHB's Smart Growth Report, National Association of Home Builders, 1999. National Association of Home Builders' Statement of Policy on Smart Growth, which defines Smart Growth as meeting the underlying demand for housing created by an ever-increasing population by building a political consensus and employing market-sensitive and innovative land-use planning techniques. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/smart.pdf
  
  
• Our Built and Natural Environments: A Technical Review of the Interactions between Land Use, Transportation and Environmental Quality. United States Environmental Protection Agency Development, Community, and Environment (2127), Washington, DC 20460, Publication: EPA 231-R-00-005, November 2000. This publication is designed as a technical reference for analysts in state and local governments, academics, and people studying the implications of development on the natural environment.
  
  
• Parking Alternatives: Making Way for Urban Infill and Brownfield Redevelopment This guide is intended to: 1- Alert readers to the significance of the urban parking issue, addressing the perspectives of both city planners and developers; 2- Illustrate the environmental, financial, and social implications of providing an over-supply of parking; and 3- Describe cost-effective, environmentally sensitive alternatives to generic parking requirements, providing case study examples of successful commercial real estate development in areas that have implemented parking alternatives. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/PRKGDE04.pdf
  
  
• Redeveloping Livable Communities 1997, Conference Report by the Energy Outreach Center and Puget Sound Regional Council Livable Tacoma, Washington. Using the "D" word (density) often provokes a storm of opposition among neighborhood residents and skepticism about "market demand" among developers. But showing them examples of good redevelopment can generate enthusiasm for creating more walkable compact neighborhoods, and maybe for eliminating a few parking lots. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/LIVABLE.pdf
  
  
• The Technological Reshaping of Metropolitan America: Uneven Development: Outer Suburbs and Exurbs, by Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC: USGPO 1995. Discussion of the problem of urban sprawl: Causes, benefits, and costs. Investigation of the nature and extent of the costs and subsidies associated with urban sprawl. http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/TTROMA.pdf
  
  
• "Smart Development Program: Financing and Capital Sources." Edward Starkie, Portland: Leland Consulting Group, 1997. Financing Smart Growth has run into barriers. Institutional separation in the finance industry has made it difficult for them to accurately evaluate mixed used development. The appraisal process often undervalues Smart growth buildings. The split with past design trends means comparables are difficult to find and use. Don't lose hope! Edward Starkie examined Smart growth financing for Oregon's Smart Development Committee and in this article examines the real estate finance industry in Oregon, identifies problems and offers possible solutions. What they learned in Oregon is applicable in most parts of the United States. The solutions aren't easy but they can be done.("Copyright 1997 Leland Consulting Group. This work is used with the permission of the copyright owner for publication on the Smart Growth Network web site. Any copies of this work shall include this copyright notice") http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/smartcap.pdf
  
  
• Smart Investments for City and County Managers: Energy, Environment, and Community Development. http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/smartinvest.html
  
  
• Smart Talk for Growing Communities. http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/smarttalk.html
  
  
• "Sprawl Costs Us All: A Guide to the costs of Sprawl and how to Create Livable Communities in Maryland," by Janet Pelley and Noel Albizo. Annapolis, MD: Sierra Club Foundation, January 1997. Residential sprawl development costs more to service with public infrastructure than it pays in revenues. This unfettered growth tears at the fabric of our environment and threatens the quality of our community life. This documents details how much sprawl costsó and tells how Maryland residents have the opportunity to create a smart growth future of safe, clean neighborhoods surrounded by clean air, water and parks.(This document is contained in two pdf files: Cover and brochure. Click on each to obtain the entire document.) (Copyright 1997: Janet Pelley and Noel Albizo. This work is used with the permission of the copyright owner for publication on the Smart Growth Network web site. Any copies of this work shall include this copyright notice.)

• The Costs of Sprawl, Detailed Cost Analysis, Real Estate Research Corporation , Washington, DC; U.S. GPO, 1974.
  Summary: The study analyzes prototype development patterns in terms of economic, environmental, natural resource, and social costs. Three community types analyzed are: low density sprawl; combination mix; and high density planned. Study (three volumes). http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/costs_of_sprawl.pdf
  
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