Selected Print Sources | Selected Journal Articles | Selected Internet Links

Selected Print Sources

American Planning Association. Smart Growth Network. Planning for Smart Growth, 2002 State of the States: a Survey of State Planning Reforms and Smart Growth Measures in Order to Manage Growth and Development. Washington, DC: Author, 2002.
Main 3S - HT 392 .P53 2002

Beaumont, Constance E., ed. Challenging Sprawl: Organizational Responses to a National Problem. Washington, DC: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1999.
Main 3S - NA 106 .C43 1999

Benfield, F. Kaid. Once There Were Greenfields: How Urban Sprawl is Undermining America's Environment, Economy, and Social Fabric. New York, NY: Natural Resources Defense Council, 1999.
Main 3S - HT 384 .U5 B46 1999

Brueckner, Jan K. Urban Sprawl: Diagnosis and Remedies. Urbana, IL: Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, 1999.
Main 3S - HT 384.U5 B78 1999

Burchell, Robert. The Costs of Sprawl - Revisited. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998.
Main 3S - HD 259 .C67 1998

Calthorpe, Peter. The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001.
Main 3S - HT 392 .C28 2001

Cavin, Andrew. Urban Planning. New York, NY: H.W. Wilson, 2003.
Main 3S - HT 167 .U7276 2003

Dickman, Jennifer. The Effects of Urban Sprawl on the Agriculture Industry. Thesis. San Luis Obispo, CA: California Polytechnic State University, 1999.
Main 3S - NA 106 .C43 1999

Freilich, Robert H. From Sprawl to Smart Growth: Successful Legal, Planning, and Environmental Systems. Chicago, IL: Section of State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association, 1999.
Law - KF 5692 .F74 1999

Frey Foundation. Today's Winners - Tomorrow's Losers: How Urban, Suburban and Rural Areas of Greater Grand Rapids Are Being Threatened by Urban Sprawl. Grand Rapids, MI: Frey Foundation, 1997.
Mich 2N - HD 211.M5 T62 1997

Heimlich, Ralph E. Development at the Urban Fringe and Beyond: Impacts on Agriculture and Rural Land. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2001.
US Docs Fiche 2N - A 1.107:803
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer803/

Katz, Diane. Michigan's Farmland Preservation Program: An Assessment, An Examination of the Effectiveness of Michigan's Principal Farmland Preservation Program and Recommendations for Reform. Midland, MI: Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2003.
MICH 2 N - HD 266 .M5 K38 2003

Knaap, Gerrit J. Land Market Monitoring for Smart Urban Growth. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2001.
Main 3S - HD 105 .L365 2001

Lang, Robert. Edgeless Cities: Exploring the Elusive Metropolis. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2003.
Main 3S - HT 334 .U5 L36 2003

Machemer, Patricia L. Managing Growth and Addressing Urban Sprawl: An Overview. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan State University, 1999.
Law - HT 384 .U5 M33 1999

Michigan. Special Commission on Urban Problems. Urban Growth & Problems: Report to Governor George Romney. Lansing, MI: The Commission, 1968.
Mich Docs - JS 451 .M50 1968

Michigan Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Ending the Urban Sprawl Cycle: Final Report. Lansing, MI: The Commission, 1992.
Mich Docs - HT 167.5.M5 E53 1992

Michigan Land Use Leadership Council. Michigan's Land, Michigan's Future: Final Report of the Michigan Land Use Leadership Council. Lansing, MI: Author, 2003.
http://www.michiganlanduse.org/MLULC_FINAL_REPORT_0803.pdf

Orfield, Myron. American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002.
Main 3S - HT 334 .U5 O72 2002

Orfield, Myron. Michigan Metropolitics Series. Detroit: Metropolitan Area Research Corporation, 1999.

• Grand Rapids Area Metropolitics: A West Michigan Agenda for Community and Stability.
  Mich 2N - HT 394 .G7 O74 1999

• Grand Rapids Area Metropolitics: Tax-Base Sharing in West Michigan.
  Mich 2N - HJ 2322.M5 O74 1999

• Detroit Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability.
  Mich 2N - HT 394 .D6 O74 1999

Porter, Douglas R. Marking Smart Growth Work. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2002.
Main 3S - HT 167 .P66 2002

Rogers, Jim. Land Use Change in Southeast Michigan: Causes and Consequences. Detroit, MI: Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), 2003.
MICH 2 N - HD 211 .M5 R64 2003

Rome, Adam Ward. The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Main 3S - GE 197 .R66 2001

Sheehan, Molly O'Meara. City Limits: Putting the Brakes on Sprawl. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2001.
Main 3S - HT 371 .S54 2001

Simmons, Robert A. Turning Brownfields into Greenbacks: Developing and Financing Environmentally Contaminated Real Estate. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 1998.
Main 3S - HD 257.S55 1998

Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG). Land Use Tools and Techniques: A Handbook for Local Communities. Detroit, MI: Author, 2003.
MICH 2 N - HD 243 .M5 L3 2003

Staley, Sam. The Sprawling of America: In Defense of the Dynamic City. Los Angeles: RPPI, Reason Public Policy Institute, 1999.
Main 3S - HD 257 .S72 1999

Squires, Gregory D. Urban Sprawl: Causes, Consequences, & Policy Responses. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 2002.
MAIN 3S - HT 384.U5 U77 2002

Taylor, Gary. Are We Supporting Sprawl through aid to High-Growth Communities? Revisiting the 1998 State Revenue Sharing Formula Changes. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. Institute for Public Policy & Social Research and Urban Affairs Program.
Mich 2 N - HJ 9258 .T393 2002
http://www.ippsr.msu.edu/Publications/UPGrowth.pdf

Thiel, Craig. Preserving Michigan Farmland Through Purchase of Development Rights. Lansing, MI: Senate Fiscal Agency, 2002.
Mich Docs 2S - HD 266 .M5 T735 2002

United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.The Technological Reshaping of Metropolitan America. Washington, DC: Author, 1995.
US Docs - Y 3.T 22/2:2 R 31/3
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/byteserv.prl/~ota/
disk1/1995/9508/9508.PDF

Vermont Forum on Sprawl. Exploring Sprawl, a series. Montpelier, VT: The Forum, 1999.

• Vermonters' Attitudes on Sprawl.
  Main 3S - JK 3050 .P64 V47 1999

• The Causes and Costs of Sprawl in Vermont Communities.
  Main 3S - JK 3050 .P64 C38 1999

• The Impacts on Sprawl of State Investment and Policies.
  Main 3S - JK 3050 .P64 I56 1999

• The Costs of Development: Downtown vs. Open Spaces.
  Main 3S - JK 3050 .P64 C67 1999 I56 1999

• Recommendations for Federal Policy Changes: Presentation to U.S. Senate Smart Growth Task Force, 7/21/99. Montpelier, VT: The Forum, 1999.
  Main 3S - JK 468 .P64 R43 1999

Weitz, Jerry. Sprawl Busting: State Programs to Guide Growth. Chicago, IL: Planners Press, American Planning Association, 1999.
Main 3S - KF 5698 .Z95 W44 1999

Selected Journal Articles

Berlin, Cynthia. "Sprawl Comes to the American Heartland." Focus. 46:4 (Spring 2002): 728-44.

English, Mary R. "A Guide for Smart Growth." Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy. 14:3 (Fall 1999): 35-39.

Gainsborough, Juliet F. "Slow Growth and Urban Sprawl: Support for a new regional agenda." Urban Affairs Review. 5 (May 2002): 728-44.

Gihring, Thomas A. "Incentive Property Taxation: A Potential Tool for Urban Growth Management." Journal of the American Planning Association. 65:1 (Winter 1999): 62-79.

Gordon, Peter and Richardson, Harry W. "Defending Suburban Sprawl." The Public Interest. 139 (Spring 2000): 65-71.

Gurwitt, Rob. "The State vs. Sprawl." Governing: The Magazine of States and Localities. 12:4 (January 1999): 18-23.

Hamin, Elisabeth M. "Legislating Growth Management: Power, Politics, and Planning." Journal of the American Planning Association. 69:4 (Autumn 2003): 368-80.

Hosansky, David. "Will More Roads Ease Tie-ups?" CQ Outlook. (October 16, 1999): 24-29.

Leo, Christopher. "Is Urban Sprawl Back on the Political Agenda?" Urban Affairs Review. 34:2 (November 1998): 179-211.

O'Toole, Randal. "Dense Thinkers: New Urbanism - The Case of Portland, OR." Reason. 30:8 (January 1999): 44-52.

Rice, Alison. " Space Crunch: Acre by Acre." Builder. 26:1 (January 2003): 282-288.

Schmidt, Charles W. "Sprawl: The New Manifest Destiny?" Environmental Health Perspectives. 112:11 (August 2004): A621-A627.

Siegel, Fred. "Is Regional Government the Answer?" The Public Interest. (Fall, 1999): 85-98.

Staley, Samuel R. and Leonard C. Gilroy. "Why 'Smart Growth' isn't Smart: Makes Housing More Expensive." Consumers' Research Magazine. 85:1 (January 2002): 10-13.

Wievel, Wim, Joseph Persky, and Mark Sendzik. "Private Benefits and Public Costs: Policies to Address Suburban Sprawl." Policy Studies Journal. 27:1 (1999): 96-114.

Yajnik, Manan M. "Challenges to "Smart Growth": State Legislative Approaches to Comprehensive Growth Planning and the Local Government Issue." Wisconsin Law Review. 2004:1 (2004): 229-60.

Selected Internet Links

Hayward, Steven. Legends of Sprawl. Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy.
http://www.policyreview.org/sept98/sprawl.html

Cox, Wendell. The President's New Sprawl Initiative: A Program in Search of a Problem. The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/UrbanIssues/BG1263.cfm

Hirschhorn, Joel and Paul Souza. New Community Design to the Rescue. National Governors Association. Center for Best Practices
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/072001NCDFULL.pdf

Lerner, Steve and William Poole. The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Spaces. San Francisco: The Trust for Public Land, 1999.
http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cdl.cfm?content_item_id=1195&folder_id=727

Myers, Phyllis. Livability at the Ballot Box: State and Local Referenda on Parks, Conservation, and Smarter Growth, Election Day 1998. [PDF] Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, 1999.
http://www.brook.edu/ES/urban/myers.pdf

National Center for Policy Analysis. Urban Sprawl in a Mostly Rural Country.
http://www.ncpa.org/pd/state/pd021199g.html

Natural Resources Defense Council. Smart Growth/Sprawl
http://www.nrdc.org/cities/smartGrowth/default.asp

Planning Commissioners Journal.Sprawl Guide
http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/sprawlguide.html

Sierra Club.Solving Sprawl: The Sierra Club Rates the States.
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/report99/

Sierra Club. Stop Sprawl.
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/

Smart Growth Network.Sprawl Guide
http://smartgrowth.org/default.asp

The Sprawl Brawl. Site has information on urban sprawl, both pro and con. Includes full text articles.
http://reason.com/bisprawl.shtml

Sprawl City. "A website about Consumption Growth and Population Growth and their roles in the urban sprawl..."
http://www.sprawlcity.org/index.html

Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse. This organization's mission is "to make the tools, techniques, and strategies developed to manage growth, accessible to citizens, grassroots organizations, environmentalists, public officials, planners, architects, the media and business leaders."
http://www.sprawlwatch.org/

Why Are the Roads So Congested? A Companion of the Texas Transportation Institute's Data on Metropolitan Congestion. [PDF 65K]
http://www.transact.org/report.asp?id=63

Michigan legislative and state government employees may obtain copies of any of these materials as well as additional research by calling the Library of Michigan reference desk at (517) 373-1300. Our FAX number is (517) 373-5853.

Updated 03/01/2005