Land Use and Urban Growth
Compiled by Arden Rice Sujewicz, March 2000
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Getting There: Alternatives to Sprawl in Southeastern Wisconsin. Rob Kennedy, et al. Citizens
for a Better Environment, 1999. (333.1/C491) Details the economic, social and
environmental costs of sprawl using statistics gathered by the Southeastern
Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission. Contrasts the transportation and
housing forecasts for two alternate development plans, the "sprawl
scenario" and the "livable neighborhoods scenario."
"Alternative
Views of Sprawl: Are Compact Cities a Desirable Planning Goal?" Peter
Gordon and Harry W. Richardson, Journal of the American Planning Association,
Winter 1997. (352.58/G65/v.63, no.1) Examines many of the claimed benefits of compact
development. Argues that many common assumptions about the prevalence of open
space and agricultural land, consumer preferences, transportation choices,
urban revitalization, and social equity are false.
http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/apa_pointcounterpoint/apa_sprawl.html
Alternatives
to Sprawl. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1995. (333.1/L63a) Considers the costs and
alternatives to current urban growth trends. The report offers suggestions for
adapting zoning regulations and forming local government planning coalitions.
"The Dark Side of Growth Controls: Some Lessons from Oregon." John A. Charles, Goldwater Institute, May 1998. (333.1/C38a) Critiques the outcomes of Oregon’s land use planning policy. Proposes instead a number of market–based growth management strategies such as zoning based on land use effects, not land uses, deregulation of the transit industry and defraying the cost of development through increased user fees. http://goldwaterinstitute.org/azia/150.htm
The Debate Over Future Density of Development: an Interpretive Review. Dowell Myers and Alicia Kitsuse, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1999. (333.1/L63b) Presents a literature review of empirical studies on development density and identifies the fundamental assumptions and questions of this highly contentious issue. http://www.lincolninst.edu/main.html
Growth
Management: an Introduction. Joseph L. Bast, Heartland Institute, 1998.
(333.1/H35) Describes how urban planning attempts have failed to resolve or
even exacerbated the problems of affordable housing, and the migration of jobs
from urban areas to the suburbs.
http://www.heartland.org/studies/growth.htm
A Guide to
Wisconsin’s New Comprehensive Planning Legislation. Wisconsin Office of Land
Information Services, 2000. (Admin/Land/g; noncirculating) Explains the changes
created by the new "Smart Growth" initiative in contrast to previous
land use planning requirements.
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/olis
The
Impacts of Urban Form on Travel: a Critical Review. Randall Crane, Lincoln
Institute of Land Policy, 1999. (352.561/L63) Presents a critical
evaluation of recent studies analyzing the relationship between automobile use
and urban design. The report concludes that urban planning may have limited
influence on peoples travel behavior.
http://www.lincolninst.edu/main.html
"Introduction to the Transportation Planning Grant for Fiscal Year 1999–2000." Wisconsin Office of Land Information Services, 1999. (Admin/Land/i; noncirculating) Details the grant eligibility and application criteria for the Transportation Planning Grant component of Wisconsin’s new "Smart Growth" initiative. [This document is no longer online as of 03/2008]
Legends of
the Sprawl. Steven Hayward, Policy Review, Sept./Oct. 1998. (333.1/H33/no.91) Critiques regional urban
planning models such as in Oregon, and refutes the claim that metropolitan
areas with multiple jurisdictions are inefficient and are more racially
segregated.
http://www.policyreview.com/sept98/sprawl.html
The New Comprehensive Planning Legislation: Statutory Language Changes from 1999 Wisconsin Act 9. Wisconsin Office of Land Information Services, 1999. (Admin/Land/n; noncirculating) Excerpts the statutory language of Wisconsin’s new "Smart Growth" initiative enacted in the 1999–2000 state budget. http://www.doa.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=5436&locid=9 [At the request of the Department of Administration, the link has been changed from the original 1999 document, which is no longer available online, to a 2005 revision. 03/2008.]
A Nice
Place to Live: Creating Communities, Fighting Sprawl. Michael deCourcy Hinds,
Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1999. (333.1/P96) Explores three alternate visions for urban
land development: invest in improvements of existing suburbs, revitalize inner
cities, or adopt free market strategies such as eliminating subsidies for
housing and transportation and repealing zoning ordinances.
Planning
Communities for the 21st Century. American Planning Association, 1999.
(333.1/Am311) Analyzes the current status of land use planning laws and
regulations around the country. The report also provides synopses of current legislation
being considered nationwide. Six states that "demonstrate planning
leadership for the 21st century" are profiled.
http://www.planning.org/plnginfo/GROWSMAR/gsindex.html
The Road
Ahead: the Economic and Environmental Benefits of Congestion Pricing. Erin Schiller, Pacific
Research Institute, 1998. (386.42/P11) Advocates for variable rate toll roads to
encourage people not to drive certain roads during peak traffic hours by charging
them more to drive then. Outlines the costs of congestion and addresses several
of the most common objections to congestion pricing.
http://www.pacificresearch.org/issues/enviro/congestion.html
Smart
Growth: Building Better Places to Live, Work and Play. National Association of
Home Builders (NAHB), 1999. (333.1/N21a) Endorses the
establishment of long–term comprehensive planning, removing obstacles to
innovative land use planning, and respecting consumer housing preferences. Also
contains the results of a consumer survey on housing conducted by NAHB.
Solving
Sprawl: the Sierra Club Rates the States. Sierra Club, 1999.
(333.1/Si11) While summarizing the issues of open space protection, land use
planning, transportation planning and community revitalization, the Sierra Club
ranks the progress of all fifty states in addressing these issues.
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/report99
Sprawl
Costs Us All: How Uncontrolled Sprawl Increases Your Property Taxes and
Threatens Your Quality of Life. Brett Hulsey, Sierra Club Midwest Office, 1996.
(333.1/Si11a) Argues that property tax revenues from new development does not
offset the cost of providing new infrastructure and public services. Suggests
that all proposed land development projects provide a "property tax income
statement" that estimates the impact of the project on future property tax
rates.
Urban Sprawl: Pro and Con. Randall G. Holcombe, Carl Pope, and Joseph L. Bast, Political Economy Research Center, 1999. (333.1/P75) All authors agree that government housing and transportation subsidies have had a negative impact on land development, but are sharply divided as to how effective a free market can be in creating positive urban growth. http://www.perc.org/feb99.pdf
Clippings: (Noncirculating;
available for use in the library; clippings prior to 1981 are on microfiche)
• Counties - Planning: 352.97/Z
• Land use planning and control:
333.1/W7z (Wisconsin); 333.1/Z (United States)
• Municipalities – Planning:
352.58/W7z (Wisconsin); 352.58/Z (United States)
• Regional planning: 622.6/W7z
(Wisconsin); 622.6/Z (United States)
• State planning: 354.6/Z
Related
Web Sites:
http://www.cnu.org - Congress for New
Urbanism
http://www.cei.org/MonoReader.asp?ID=664 - Competitive Enterprise Institute’s:
The Problems with Planning
http://www.lincolninst.edu/main.html - Lincoln Institute of
Land Policy
http://www.urbanfutures.org - Reason Public Policy
Institute’s Urban Futures Program
http://www.sprawlwatch.org - Sprawl Watch
Clearinghouse
http://www.smartgrowth.org - Smart Growth Network
