Sprawl & Growth
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1. Schools & Sprawl
  • Back to School for Planners (Fall 2004)
  • School Sprawl (Summer 2000)
  • ...
    by Tim Torma
    by Edward T. McMahon
    2. Current Planning Issues: Smart Growth
    by Greg Dale
    3. Two Perspectives on Sprawl:
  • Bringing Sprawl to a Crawl
  • The Anti-Sprawl Mantra
  • ...
    by Eben Fodor
    by Wayne Lemmon
    4. Stopping Sprawl by Growing Smarter
    by Edward T. McMahon
    5. Controlling Strip Development
    by Ross Moldoff
    6. Developing a Sewer Ordinance: One Town's Experience
    by Kate Lampton
    7. The Three Myths of Growth
    by Eben Fodor
    8. Center-ing Our Suburbs
    by Richard Untermann
    9. Gateway Communities
    by Edward T. McMahon
    10. New Development, Traditional Patterns
    by Philip Langdon
    11. Access Management: Guide for Roadway Corridors
    by Elizabeth Humstone & Julie Campoli
    12. Smart Growth Trends
    by Edward T. McMahon
    13. Does Smart Growth = Equitable Growth?
    by Leah Kalinosky
    14. Public Buildings Keep Town Centers Alive
    by Philip Langdon
    15. Downtowns Grow One Step at a Time
    by Roberta Gratz
    16. Planning for Historic Preservation
    includes the following articles:
  • An Introduction to Preservation Planning
  • Historic Preservation Is Smart Growth
  • Historic Preservation Ordinances
  • Preservation Takes Center Stage
  • Preservation Boosts Local Economies
  • articles by Amy Facca, Donovan Rypkema, Julia Miller, Edward T. McMahon, and Wayne Senville

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