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Welcome to the Sprawl Net. Only folks have visited this page since January 1, 1996. (We know, it's quite a drive.) ©1996 The Sprawl Net. All rights reserved. collections of links to other information about urban sprawl, architecture, and related issues elsewhere on the Internet.
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Metropolis St. Louis: Urban Sprawl News
The St. Louis urban sprawl News. Each month I collect articles from local publicationsthat are focused on some aspect of urban sprawl in the St. Louis area.
http://www.mstl.org/focus/sprawl/news/

Extractions: Each month I collect articles from local publications that are focused on some aspect of urban sprawl in the St. Louis area. The topics are varied; they include reports on building rehabilitation, mass transit, environmental protection, city schools, employment, recreation, etc. I summarize the articles and then post them on the Metropolis web site each month in reverse chronological order. It is my hope that these summaries will encourage volunteerism and provide a resource for concerned voters at election time. January 1998
ABOUT CATO INSTITUTE NATURAL RESOURCE STUDIES
The leading Washington think tank and policy institute's special division for environmental protection Category Society Issues Economic Environmental 1991. urban sprawl. Critiquing Sprawl's Critics, by Peter Gordonand Harry Richardson, Policy Analysis no. 365, January 24, 2000.
http://www.cato.org/research/natur-st.html

Extractions: C The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming , by Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling, Jr. (May 2000). Clearing the Air: The Real Story of America's War on Air Pollution , by Indur Goklany (1999). Chemicals, Cancer, and Choices: Risk Reduction through Markets , by Peter VanDoren (1999). Hoodwinking the Nation , by Julian Simon (1999). Silencing Science , by Steven Milloy and Michael Gough (1999). Natural Monopoly and Its Regulation , by Richard Posner (1999). Climate of Fear: Why We Shouldn't Worry About Global Warming , by Thomas Gale Moore (1998). Energy: Ending the Never-Ending Crisis , by Paul Ballonoff (1997). Water Markets: Priming the Invisible Pump , by Terry Anderson and Pamela Snyder (1997). Haunted Housing: How Toxic Scare Stories are Spooking the Public Out of House and Home , by Cassandra Moore (1997).
Urban Sprawl
= Solstice = = Legislation, Policy Economics = = NRDC = urban sprawl.The urban sprawl that has characterized American growth patterns
http://solstice.crest.org/efficiency/nrdc/mobility/sprawl.html
Change The World
For kids and adults concerned with helping the environment. Problemsolving for issues such as urban sprawl or animal mistreatment.
http://www.members.tripod.com/nature210
NumbersUSA
Organization concerned about U.S. immigration policy and its role in inflating the level of traffic congestion, of overcrowding in our schools, of urban sprawl and of the destruction of natural habitat.
http://www.numbersusa.com/home.html

Extractions: Make a Donation - Contributions from supporters are the sole financial source for NumbersUSA.com. Hook Up To The Action Network NumbersUSA Action is a non-profit, non-partisan, public policy organization that favors an environmentally sustainable and economically just America. It opposes efforts to use federal immigration policies to force mass U.S. population growth and to depress wages of vulnerable workers. NumbersUSA Action is pro-environment, pro-worker, pro-liberty and pro-immigrant. Activists in the NumbersUSA Action network are Americans of all races and include many immigrants and the spouses, children and parents of immigrants. Those who need to refer to NumbersUSA Action with a short, descriptive modifier should call it an "immigration-reduction organization." Contact Us
NCPA - BA #287 - The Truth About Urban Sprawl
CONTACT The Truth about urban sprawl. Monday, March 24, 1999. Urbansprawl has sparked a national debate over landuse policy. At
http://www.ncpa.org/ba/ba287.html

Extractions: The Truth about Urban Sprawl Monday, March 24, 1999 Urban sprawl has sparked a national debate over land-use policy. At least 19 states have established either state growth-management laws or task forces to protect farmland and open space. Dozens of cities and counties have adopted urban growth boundaries to contain development in existing areas and prevent the spread of urbanization to outlying and rural areas. The Clinton administration has proposed to make urban sprawl a federal issue. Although a clear definition of sprawl remains elusive, public debate over sprawl is driven primarily by general concerns that low-density residential development threatens farmland and open space, increases public service costs, encourages people and wealth to leave central cities and degrades the environment. However, evidence suggests that suburbanization - which might be defined as urban-like development outside central urban areas - does not significantly threaten the quality of life for most people and that land development can be managed more effectively through real-estate markets than comprehensive land-use planning. Are Open Spaces Threatened?
Grow Smart Rhode Island
Statewide nonprofit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay. Information on issues and activities, downloadable reports, and links to related sites.
http://www.growsmartri.com/

Extractions: This development, penetrating deeper into the rural areas of the state, has occurred at the expense of our cities. These historic centers of commerce and culture have suffered from decades of disinvestment. We all pay the price for this in higher taxes and racial and economic polarization. BACK TO TOP
GreenLink: Grassroots Advocates For The Ohio Environment - Environmental Advocac
Environmental advocacy for Ohio focused on clean water, toxic chemical reductions and urban sprawl. Site provides archives, resources, and links.
http://www.greenlink.org/
Arizona Urban Sprawl Webworks
Complete web hosting services and assistance by educational technologists
http://azuswebworks.com/
CILTI
A nonprofit corporation acting to protect natural spaces in the face of increasing urban sprawl.
http://www.cilti.org/

Extractions: The Central Indiana Land Trust (CILTI) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation formed in 1990 by a diverse group of concerned citizens acting to protect natural spaces in the face of increasing urban sprawl. Recognizing that a strong economy and a continued high quality of life in central Indiana is ultimately dependent upon and related to the state of the environment, CILTI maintains that development must be balanced with adequate greenspace . It operates in a regional capacity throughout central Indiana , and actively seeks to protect a broad array of natural areas from small urban greenspaces to pristine nature preserves of high biological integrity. CILTI is a member of The Land Trust Alliance , the national organization of land trusts. Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated
OPENSEWER.COM
A website devoted to promoting art, stopping urban sprawl, keeping technology in its place, and providing a starting point for discussion of all these topics. The Open Sewer Discussion Group is based at this site.
http://www.opensewer.com/main.htm
NRDC: Smart Growth & Urban Sprawl
Resources on smart growth practices from the Natural Resources Defense Council.Category Society Issues Environment Growth and Sprawl develop smartgrowth solutions to revitalize our cities, promote more compact andtransit-oriented development, and protect open spaces from urban sprawl.
http://www.nrdc.org/cities/smartGrowth/default.asp

Extractions: Sprawling land development is gobbling up the American countryside at an alarming rate around 365 acres per hour according to government figures. In most communities the amount of developed land is growing faster than the population. This pattern of growth forces us to be overly dependent on automobiles, increasing the pollution and damage they cause. It also destroys farmland and open spaces and pollutes more and more watersheds. At the same time it contributes to a range of serious social problems, particularly for urban populations left behind. In response to these trends, citizens, public interest groups and all levels of government have begun to develop smart-growth solutions to revitalize our cities, promote more compact and transit-oriented development, and conserve open space. MORE ABOUT OUR WORK
Orange County LAFCO
A state mandated local agency whose jurisdiction is all of Orange County directed to promote orderly growth and development, discourage urban sprawl while preserving open space and agricultural lands and encourage efficient service areas for local governments.
http://www.oclafco.ca.gov/
Directory For Urban Sprawl From Free-Market.Net: The Freedom Network
urban sprawl. Cox shows that urban sprawl not only denies individualpreferences but doesn't even accomplish what it sets out to do.
http://www.free-market.net/directorybytopic/sprawl/

Extractions: Country: United States "Under the leadership of Urban Futures Program Director Samuel Staley, Ph.D., [the Reason Public Policy Institute] has become the leading alternative voice in the debate by promoting innovative policy ideas that harness market forces and emphasize flexibility and private institutions over centralized decisionmaking and rigid rules." Demographia
Guajome Alliance For Responsible Development
Nonprofit organization formed by community residents to address land use, transportation, and planning challenges faced by the Guajome Region. Priorities are to protect the community from further urban sprawl, minimize the impacts of new developments, ensure traffic safety, and to protect Guajome Lake.
http://www.guardnc.org

Extractions: VICTORIES Strawberry Hill Landmark Saved Exotica Nursery Saved Lawsuit Against the City of Vista Osborne Speed Limit Reduced 7-Ton Restriction on Osborne St. The Guajome Alliance for Responsible Development (GUARD), a nonprofit organization, was formed to preserve and protect the character and quality of life in the Guajome region. We provide the community a means to address land uses and environmental issues that impact the Guajome region. Our priorities are to minimize the impacts of development on the area's rural environment, to ensure traffic safety, and to protect Guajome Lake. The Guajome area is located in the northern part of San Diego County known as Bonsall, situated east of Oceanside and northeast of Vista. GUARD's activities include: Monitor area planning commission meetings to insure that new development projects properly address all environmental issues traffic, pollution, community aesthetics, habitat, and compatibility with surrounding area.
Spotlight On Urban Sprawl From Free-Market.Net: The Freedom Network
A review and summary of the socalled urban sprawl issue with linksto the breadth and depth of online resources available to you.
http://www.free-market.net/spotlight/sprawl/

Extractions: you are here: Free-Market.Net Spotlight Urban Sprawl Smart growth, dumb planners It's the latest bogeyman: Urban sprawl. The phrase evokes images of tentacles of asphalt spreading of their own accord across the landscape, gobbling up unsuspecting forests and fields, morphing simple farmers into greedy land speculators, and forcing us all into ranch houses a five-minute drive from the nearest strip mall. Horrors! Whatever is to be done? Well, the urban planners have a solution for us, called "smart growth." All we have to do to be saved from the dread sprawl is buy into pre-packaged notions about how everybody should live, and surrender some of our property rights and those of our neighbors, too. Silly, ain't it? Much of the concern is over what is really a natural process. People need places to live, more people need more places to live, and with a variety of options available to a prosperous and mobile society, some of those folks are going to try to distance themselves from smog and concrete. As Peter Gordon and Harry Richardson of the Cascade Policy Institute wrote , "[m]ost people throughout the country are choosing to live away from commercial areas, enjoying the private spaces afforded by single-family homes set back from streets and the mobility and accessibility offered by the private automobile."
Sprawl Busters ~ International Clearinghouse For Anti-Sprawl Information
Consultants helping local community coalitions to campaign against largescale developments. Includes articles about urban sprawl, a list of cases, and contact information.
http://www.sprawl-busters.com/

Extractions: No matter what the logo on the building saysWal-Mart, Home Depot, Target, Lowe's, Kohls, CVSif its unwanted development, Sprawl-Busters can help you stop it. In hundreds of communities, we have helped citizens groups strategize and carry out a plan to stop the superstores. Our Newsflash page contains the latest on big box battles from around the globe, and the book "Slam Dunking Wal-Mart" has become a citizen's classic for hands-on combat with Sprawl-Marts. If a big box store is causing you a big problem, call on Sprawl-Busters! Local visits can be arranged. Contact info@sprawl-busters.com . Your quality of life is worth more than a cheap pair of underwear. photo: www.matthewcavanaugh.com website: M Taney mt@hereandnow.com
Urban Sprawl
REMOTESENSING ACTIVITY .. UrbanSprawl. Purpose. To evaluate urban development in an earthquake-prone region.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience/EBS.EQ1_RS.html

Extractions: Urban Sprawl Purpose To evaluate urban development in an earthquake-prone region. Materials Background As a geologist who is also an expert in using satellite data, you are working on a special assignment. You have been hired by officials from the city of San Francisco to study the city's growth over that past 25 years or so. Officials are especially interested in finding out whether or not developmenthouses, roads, shops, and schools is getting too close to active faults. 1973 Landsat Image of the San Francisco Bay Region.
Stop I-73 Web Site
Citizens against urban sprawl expressways. A call to stop I73.
http://www.stopi73.com/index.html

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