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To find books and magazines on sprawl, visit the Challenge to Sprawl Bibiologrpahy. General Sprawl Articles Surprise Coalition: Big Labor For "Smart Growth" by Neal Peirce If We Don't Like Sprawl, Why Do We Go On Sprawling? by Donella H. Meadows So What Can We Do -- Really Do -- About Sprawl? by Donella H. Meadows Beyond Sprawl: New Patterns of Growth to Fit the New California CNN Special: Where We Live - Atlanta confronts urban realities of unprecedented growth. Alternatives Journal - Summer 2000 issue covers urban sprawl and the need to curb it as a first step towards healthy sustainable communities.
Land Use & Open Space The Trust for Public Land's 5/17/99 report "The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space: How Land Conservation Helps Communities Grow Smart and Protect the Bottom Line." Sprawl Losses Staggering: New USDA report calculates over 2 million acres lost per year Costs of Sprawl
Urban Growth Means Lower Taxes, and Other Myths by Donella H. Meadows "How Uncontrolled Sprawl Increases Your Property Taxes and Threatens Your Quality of Life" by Brett Hulsey Cities & Communities Designing Cities to Reduce Driving and Pollution The American Planning Association produced two reports looking at planning in each of the states. These reports, "Planning For Smart Growth: 2002 State of the States" and "Planning Communities for the 21st Century," facilitate statutes and statutory reform efforts in the United States. Sierra Magazine Article May/June 2000: How to Heal our Cities Transportation Smart Transportation Emission Reductions How does urban density, shopping, walkability and transit affect driving and global warming? Todd Litman's study shows rail transit benefits to cities (PDF) Induced Travel, or why building more roads will never solve gridlock. Smart Growth -- As Seen From the Air. John Holtzclaw examines the relationship between urban design, transportation systems, and air pollution. (pdf file, 78K - get the reader.) A Vision of Energy Efficiency - Smart Growth, Transportation and Energy Efficiency, from 2004 ACEEE conference. This research is reported in more detail in "Location Efficiency: Neighborhood and Socio-Economic Characteristics Determine Auto Ownership and Use---Studies in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco," by John Holtzclaw, Robert Clear, Hank Dittmar, David Goldstein and Peter Haas, in the March 2002 issue of Transportation Planning and Technology. Cara Seiderman's "Traveling at the Speed of Life," published in the Conservation Law Foundation's Autumn 97 "Conservation Matters." (pdf file, 189K) Julian Bond on public transit, in the June 1997 edition of the Planet Sierra Club's official transportation policy Encouraging Bicycling, an article by John Pucher, Charles Komanoff, and Paul Schimek. Read a Harper's Magazine article on how AAA lobbies against clean air, bikes, transit, auto safety, etc. The costs of driving are even higher than you think. Autos On Welfare is a quick glimpse at how we subsidize every gallon of gas. Study Links Auto Use to Neighborhood Design New Emissions Assay: Freeway Growth Pollutes; Traffic Calming Cleans Find out how motor vehicles are subsidized Is there a density above which people are willing to take transit,walk or bike? How Compact Neighborhoods Affect Modal Choice Designing Cities to Reduce Driving and Pollution: Studies in Chicago, LA and San Francisco "Community Characteristics Promoting Transit and Walking", A compilation of what residenial and commercial conditions make transit feasible and how far people will walk to transit. Exploring Public Transit's Effectiveness In Reducing Driving Chris Bradshaw presents an interesting approach in The Valuing of Trips How road and street design impacts road safety Traffic Fatalities and Injuries: Are Reductions the Result of "Improvements" in Highway Design Standards? Residential Street Typology and Injury Accident Frequency Curbing Sprawl to Curb Global Warming Generated Traffic Implications for Transport Planning. By Todd Litman Peter Swift and Patrick Siegman show that Narrow Streets Slow Traffic. Up to Top | Printer-friendly version of this page |
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