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Healthy Community Design Video
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have posted a streaming video, Healthy Community Design, that discusses the benefits of walkable communities as they relate to health, the environment, and social interaction. Dr. Howard Frumkin, Director of the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR), hosts the video.
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Tips for County Officials to Work Creatively in Tough Fiscal Times
Just Partners, Inc., publishers of Sustainable Communities for All Ages: A Viable Futures Toolkit, have produced a one-page fact sheet, "Five Tips for County Officials to Work Creatively in Tough Fiscal Times."
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Portland Brownfield Program Sites
The Portland, Oregon Brownfield Program helps the city and its residents recover neighborhood lands by providing technical and financial support to property owners, developers, and community members. The Brownfield Program has created a web page that provides details on various sites within the city that have benefited from the program.
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Directory of the New Urbanism 2008
New Urban News Publications offers the 2008 Directory of the New Urbanism, a guide to people and products with experience in quality urbanism linked to the places they have created. The book is a unique portal into the collective wisdom of an ever-growing industry.
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GLS Greenlinks
As part of an ongoing focus on regional land use issues and as a means of building awareness about the value of green and open space, GLS Greenlinks was formed by the Flint River Watershed Coalition and the University of Michigan -- Flint's Center for Applied Environmental Research in the fall of 2003.
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Land Trust Accreditation Launches New Registration System for 2009
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission launched a new automated system for land trusts to register to apply for accreditation in 2009. The registration system, which became available on the Commission's website on August 11, 2008, allows land trusts to register for a specific application due date or "application round" in 2009.
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Heritage Case Studies
Partners in Tourism, a national coalition that promotes culture and heritage tourism, offers detailed case studies on its website that describe efforts from across the U.S. to create tourist destinations based on local heritage and culture. Cultural heritage tourism can be described as traveling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present. It includes historic, cultural and natural attractions.
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Growing a Healthier DC
Why is green infrastructure important, and how can it be incorporated as business districts grow and schools are renovated, for example? To answer these questions Casey Trees has developed a series of issue briefs, Growing a Healthier DC, that are available for free download on their website.
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Sustainable Urban Redevelopment and Climate Change
The Northeast-Midwest Institute has released Sustainable Urban Redevelopment and Climate Change: The Dual Benefits of Energy-Efficient Buildings in Energy-Efficient Locations, a report prepared for the Congressional Briefing at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on July 17, 2008.
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SmartWay: Fuel Efficient Transportation Options
SmartWay is an innovative brand that represents environmentally cleaner, more fuel efficient transportation options. The SmartWay website, featuring online tools maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), provides information and suggestions on purchasing or funding clean transportation.
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SmartCode V9.0
The SmartCode is a model transect-based development code available for all scales of planning, from the region to the community to the block and building. The code is intended for local calibration to your town or neighborhood. As a form-based code, the SmartCode keeps towns compact and rural lands open, while reforming the destructive sprawl-producing patterns of separated use zoning.
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Building Resilient Cities Along the Gulf of Mexico
In The Resilient Coast: Policy Frameworks for Adapting the Built Environment to Climate Change and Growth in Coastal Areas of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, authors John Jacob and Stephanie Showalter predict that a "perfect storm" is brewing on the Gulf Coast: Rapid growth is occurring in hazardous zones that will likely be rendered even more hazardous as a result of climate change, putting ever more people in harm's way. This publication examines policy frameworks across the five Gulf states that could encourage better planning, and finds a surprising variability among the states.
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Green Craftsman Series: Green Building Plans
The Greater Minnesota Housing Fund (GMHF) offers free, on its website, a series of architectural plans for green homes.
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Land Trust Alliance Factsheets
The Land Trust Alliance is the only organization dedicated to the effectiveness and sustainability of the nation's land trusts and their use of conservation easements. The Alliance offers a variety of land conservation tools and information services, including factsheets which address frequently asked questions.
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Municipal Green Building Policies
Municipal Green Building Policies: Strategies for Transforming Building Practices in the Private Sector from the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is a report that reviews more than 30 municipal policies that aim to advance green building in the private sector.
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Smart Housing Zones
The Smart Housing for Economic Prosperity task force convened by New Jersey Future has crafted "Smart Housing Zones," a voluntary state program designed to overcome a key obstacle: local opposition to residential zoning.
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