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 Auto Free Times Magazine -- News and opinion about transportation and road development issues from Alliance for a Paving Morotorium, an activist organization opposed to new road construction
Congress for the New Urbanism -- News, information and other resources from organization advocating for restoration of cities and human-oriented livable communities with a sense of place.
Edesign -- News, information, directory and other resources about design and activities that encourage livable, sustainable communities, from Florida Design Initiative.
Land Use -- Information and resources from Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development of U.S. Dept. of Energy
National Sprawl News Index -- A periodically updated directory of articles about suburban sprawl, downtown and city abandonment
Policy.com -- Sprawl: The Growing Pains of Suburban America -- What''s happening to America''s suburbs? Environmental activists, politicians and communities across the country are engaged in an ongoing debate about rates of growth and development that influence an increasingly controversial phenomenon: sprawl in America. Background report from Policy.com.
Preservation Institute -- Information and resources about alternatives to dehumanizing modern trends on social and environmental quality
Scenic America -- Information and resources from advocacy organization to protect scenic qualities of communities and roadways
Smart Growth Network -- Searchable databases of information resources on smart growth case studies, smart building design, smart development design and zoning, brownfields redevelopment and eco-industrial parks; and related topics.
Sprawl Brawl -- Commentaries and analysis about sprawl and growth-planning from Reason. A conservative journal, but page includes links to information sources on both sides of issue.
Sprawl Watch -- Clearinghouse with news, information and resource links about land-use, community planning and preservation
Sprawl-Busters -- Updated and opinionated news items about disputes regarding commercial development from organization opposed to proliferation of Wal-Mart and other aspects of commercial strips and malls.
Sustainable Communities Network -- Connects citizens with resources to implement innovative processes and programs to restore the economic, environmental, and social health and vitality of their communities. Creating communities, smart growth, growing a sustainable economy, protecting natural resources, living sustainably, and governing communities. Case studies, resources, Web links, events calendars, and suggested reading.
The Cost and Consequences of Suburban Sprawl -- "The Dark Side of the American Dream" a report on urban sprawl by the Sierra Club
The New Suburban Nation -- Forum on suburban development and sprawl, from a variety of perspectives. IntellectualCapital.com: 2/25/99
The Priorities Institute -- Explores regional land use planning, sustainable, carfree city design, 21st century constitutions, holistic indexing
Urban Environmental Management -- Output of the Urban Environmental Management Research Initiative (UEMRI), a grouping of urban planning researchers from around the world. It looks at urban areas as the intersection of natural, built, and socio-economic environments.
Urban Futures -- A project of Reason Public Policy Institute. the Urban Futures Program promotes voluntary, private-sector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and urban issues.

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