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Links and Additional Resources on Coastal Smart Growth
This page provides links to additional information on Smart Growth, organized into the following categories:
See Partners in Coastal Smart Growth for direct links to organizations working with CZM on Smart Growth initiatives.
General Smart Growth
Smart Growth Models
Sprawl and Coastal Development Reports
Open Space Residential Design (OSRD)
- OSRD Web Page from the EEA Smart Growth Toolkit
- OSRD Case Studies from the EEA Smart Growth Toolkit
- OSRD Model Bylaw from the EEA Smart Growth Toolkit (PDF, 284 KB), which includes a Low Impact Development component.
- OSRD Model Site Plan Bylaw (PDF, 232 KB), which was developed by the Green Neighborhoods Alliance and allows the developer to use OSRD "by-right" but does not allow for the use of density bonuses.
- Model Site Plan Rules and Regulations for OSRD Model Bylaw (PDF, 99 KB), which were developed by the Green Neighborhoods Alliance to be used with the OSRD Model Site Plan Bylaw.
- OSRD or Conservation Subdivision Design Model Bylaw - Special Permit (PDF, 39 KB), which was developed by the Green Neighborhoods Alliance and allows the Planning Board to grant OSRD by special permit and includes a density bonus option.
- OSRD or Conservation Subdivision Design Model Rules and Regulations - Special Permit (PDF, 14 KB), which were developed by the Green Neighborhoods Alliance to be used with the OSRD Model Bylaw - Special Permit.
- Green Neighborhoods: Open Space Residential Design (PDF, 4.5 MB), a brochure explaining the benefits of OSRD.
- OCD Case Studies in Sustainable Development: Green Neighborhoods (PDF, 263 KB)
- Growing Greener: Putting Conservation into Local Codes (PDF, 898 KB) by the Natural Lands Trust, Inc.
- EPA Open Space Development Model Ordinance Web Page
- Natural Lands Trust Growing Greener: Conservation by Design Web Page
- The Conservation Subdivision Design Project: Booklet for Developing a Local Bylaw (PDF, 907 KB) by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- Open Space Residential Development: Four Case Studies (PDF, 3.72 MB) by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- "A Look at Conservation Subdivisions" in The Land Use Tracker, Summer 2002
- Conservation Design Subdivisions from LandChoices.org
Stormwater, Runoff, and Water Quality
Low Impact Development (LID)
Lawns and Landscaping
Green Roofs
Planning and Regulatory Tools
- EEA Smart Growth Toolkit
- EEA Community Preservation Tools & Techniques Web Page
- EPA Smart Growth Policies Web Page
- Getting to Smart Growth: 100 Policies for Implementation (PDF, 1.99 MB) by the Smart Growth Network
- Getting to Smart Growth II: 100 More Policies for Implementation by the Smart Growth Network and the International City/County Management Association
- Local Tools for Smart Growth (PDF, 1.57 MB) by the National Association of Counties, the Joint Center for Sustainable Communities, and the Smart Growth Network
- EPA's Protecting Water Resources with Smart Growth (PDF, 1.39 MB)
- Smart Growth for Clean Water: Helping Communities Address the Water Quality Impacts of Sprawl (PDF, 6.02 MB) by the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals, the Trust for Public Land, and ERG
- Community Rules: A New England Guide to Smart Growth Strategies by the Vermont Forum on Sprawl and the Conservation Law Foundation
- Growing Smarter: Best Site Planning for Residential, Commercial & Industrial Development (PDF, 1.74 MB) by the Vermont Forum on Sprawl and the Conservation Law Foundation
- Growing Smarter: Making Smart Growth Work (PDF, 519 KB) by the Vermont Forum on Sprawl and the Conservation Law Foundation
- Preserving the Future: A Guide for Creating a Municipal Open Space Inventory (PDF, 4.31 MB) by the Essex County Forum - Smart Growth for Livable Communities
- Affordable Housing and Smart Growth (PDF, 2.27 MB) by the Smart Growth Network and the National Neighborhood Coalition
- Georgia Quality Growth Partnership's Toolkit
- Atlanta Regional Commission Community Choices Quality Growth Toolkit
Other Tools
Education Resources
Contacts/Links/Publication Pages
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