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Sprawl & the New Urbanism
Gateway Sites
Finding Books
Bibliographies
Finding Journals
Journals 		Measuring Sprawl
Case Studies
Professional Practice
Selected Readings
Organizations & Networks
Sprawl & the New Urbanism is a selective bibliographic research guide to Internet sites and UC Berkeley library resources on sprawl and the New Urbansim. Please see the bibliographic research guide  Urban Design for general resources of images, maps, and aerial photographs.  Many additional resources and reference assistance are available in the Environmental Design Library, 210 Wurster Hall.

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    Gateway Sites
  1. New urban news--links Directory of links to new urbanism and urban design web sites.
    2. http://www.newurbannews.com/links.html
  2. New urbanism (Cyburbia) Many links to full-text papers and other resources for urban design, the new urbanism, etc.
    3. http://www.cyburbia.org/directory/index.php?sid=156796211&t=sub_pages&cat=197
  3. Sprawl guide  (Planning Commissioners Journal) "Designed to familiarize you with key issues associated with sprawl, and direct you to some of the wealth of information available on the Web."
    4. http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/home.html
  4. Sprawl watch clearinghouse Includes electronic newsletter, "best practices," links, etc.
    5. http://www.sprawlwatch.org/frames.html


    Finding Books

  1. Here is a selection of subject terms to help locate books, reports, etc., in the online catalogs. For the best coverage search first in the Melvyl® catalog.:
    Land use, urban -- Environmental aspects
    Neotraditional development
    Planned communities
    SPRAWL: Use the following subject searches to find books on sprawl.
       Cities and towns -- Growth AND City Planning
       Cities and towns -- Growth AND Suburbs
       Land use, Urban AND Urban policy
       Urban sprawl    		 Streets -- Design and construction
    Suburbs
    Urban ecology
    Urban landscape architecture
    Urban renewal
    Urbanization
    Urbanization -- Environmental aspects
    Zoning


    Bibliographies

  1. Bibliography on growth management, by Lynne De Merritt. Chicago: Council of Planning Librarians, 1993. (CPL bibliography, no. 292)
    2. EnvDesign HT166 A12 C6a no.292 Index
  2. Edge cities, by Christine M. Sala. Chicago: Council of Planning Librarians: Dist. by the American Planning Association, 1995. (CPL bibliography, no. 317)
    3. EnvDesign HT166 A12 C6a no.317 Index
  3. Land, infrastructure, housing costs and fiscal impacts associated with growth: the literature on the impacts of sprawl versus managed growth, by Robert W. Burdell and David Listokin. [Cambridge, MA]: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1995.
    4. EnvDesign HD205 B87 1995
  4. Neotraditional developments, the new urbanism, by Alexander Christoforidis.  Chicago: Council of Planning Librarians: Dist. by the American Planning Association, 1995. (CPL bibliography, no. 322.)
    5. EnvDesign HT166 A12 C6a no.322 Index
  5. New towns/planned communities: selected references. [Rev. ed.] Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2000. (ULI information service infopacket series, no. 326)   Includes bibliography and reprinted journal articles and book chapters from a variety of sources.
    6. EnvDesign HT169.57 U6 N58 2000
  6. New urbanism bibliography (Architectural Resources Network--Periferia) Dhiru A. Thadani, comp.
    7. http://www.periferia.org/publications/cnubibliography.html
  7. New urbanism/neotraditional planning: selected references.  Rev.  May 2000.  [Washington, DC]: Urban Land Institute, 2000.  (ULI Information Service infopacket no. 338)
    8. EnvDesign HT167 N48 2000
  8. A Select, annotated bibliography on sustainable cities, by Mary Ann Beavis and Jeffrey Patterson. Winnipeg, Man.: Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg, 1992. (Bibliographica (University of Winnipeg. Institute of Urban Studies), no.4)
    9. EnvDesign HT391 A12 B43 1992 Noncirculating


    Finding Journal Articles

  1. Please see the Urban Design research guide for a list of indexes and abstracts. In addition, see City Planning Indexes & Abstracts, Architecture Indexes & Abstracts, and Environmental Planning Indexes & Abstracts.


    Journals  Here are a few journals that focus on the New Urbanism or sprawl; these titles are not indexed. For a list of other urban design journals, please consult the Urban Design research guide.

  1. Growth/no growth. Flagstaff, AZ: Mandolin Publishing. (Continues: Growth/no growth alert) Focuses on urban growth management.  2000--.
    2. EnvDesign HT384 U5 G76 Unbound & bound periodical stacks
  2. New urban news. Emmaus, PA: New Urban News. Journal with a focus on the new urbanism.
    3. EnvDesign HG167 N48 Unbound & bound periodical stacks
  3. The Town paper: a publication for traditional neighborhoods
    4. Online ed.: 1999-; tables-of-contents & archived articles without images: http://www.tndtownpaper.com/; paper ed.:> 1999-; EnvDesign fNA9000 T543


    Measuring Sprawl

  1. Defining & measuring urban sprawl: three different studies of sprawl from somewhat different perspectives are provided. IN: Urban quality indicators. Issue 20 (winter 2001), pp. 1-4, 9. Features three approaches to the question "What is sprawl?:" Sierra Club: trends approach; Denver: land use planning approach; Fannie Mae Foundation: physical dimensions approach.
    2. EnvDesign HT123 U733 Bound periodicals
  2. Urban sprawl: the big picture (NASA) Satellite images demonstrating urban sprawl.
    3. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/11oct_sprawl.htm
  3. Who sprawls most?: how growth patterns differ across the U.S., by William Fulton, et. al., Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, [2001]
    4. Online ed.: http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/fulton.pdf; paper ed.: EnvDesign HT384 U5 W46 2001
  4. Wrestling sprawl to the ground: defining and measuring an elusive concept, by George Galster, et al. [Washington, DC]: Fannie Mae Foundation, 2000.
    5. Online ed.: http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/pdf/proc%5Ffairgrowth%5Fgalster2.pdf; paper ed.: IGSL 2001 0854


    Case Studies

  1. Constructing suburbs: competing voices in a debate over urban growth, by Ann Forsyth. Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach, 1999.  (Cities and regions: planning, policy and management, v. 2)  Case studies.
    2. EnvDesign HT371 F67 1999
  2. Development case studies (Urban Land Institute) - UCB only  Formerly titled Project reference file. Provides detailed case studies of completed projects ranging from low-income housing to mixed-use downtown developments to commercial and industrial sites.
    3. Online ed.: 1985-; request User ID and Password at the Environmental Design Reference Desk
    Paper ed.: 1971-1997; EnvDesign NA9000 U725 P7 Reference
  3. Solving sprawl: models of smart growth in communities across America, by F. Kaid Benfield, Jutka Terris, Nancy Vorsanger. NY: Natural Resources Defense Council, 2001. Case studies.
    4. EnvDesign HT167 B46 2001
  4. Theory in action: smart growth case studies in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the nation, Association of Bay Area Governments, Oakland, CA: ABAG, 2000.
    5. EnvDesign HT167 T44 2000


    Professional Practice

  1. The Ahwahnee principles for smart economic development: an implementation guidebook, by Rick Cole. [Sacramento, CA]: Local Government Commission's Center for Livable Communities, [1998]. Includes the text of the Ahwahnee principles.
    2. EnvDesign HN90 C6 A644 1998
  2. Codifying new urbanism: how to reform municipal land development regulations, by Congress for the New Urbanism Chicago: American Planning Association, 2004. (PAS Report no. 526
    3. EnvDesign HD1391 C63 2004
  3. Conducting a smart growth audit, by Jerry Waite. IN: PAS Memo (American Society of Planning Officials, Planning Advisory Service), April 2002. Includes a short bibliography.
    4. EnvDesign HT167 A1 P14 Unbound & bound periodicals
  4. New urbanism: comprehensive report & best practices guide, [written and edited by the staff of New Urban News with special contributors].  2nd ed., expanded and updated. Ithaca, NY: New Urban Publications [2001].
    5. EnvDesign HT175 N58 2001
  5. SmartCode. V 5.1, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. Transect Codeware Co., 2003?
    6. EnvDesign KF5697 A4 2003 Reference & circulating
  6. Smart growth zoning codes: a resource guide , by Local Government Commission; Steve Tracy, principal author. [Sacramento, CA]: Local Government Commission, 2003.
    7. EnvDesign HT384 U5 S54 2003 CD on Reserve; book in Stacks


    Selected Readings

  1. Carfree.com  Accompanies the book Carfree Cities by J.H. Crawford (EnvDesign HE305 C73 2000). Focuses on urban sustainability and includes many interesting links.
    2. http://www.carfree.com/
  2. Charter of the new urbanism, essays by Randall Arendt, [et al.]; Michael Leccese and Kathleen McCormick, eds.  NY: McGraw Hill, 2000.
    3. EnvDesign HT334 U5 C478 2000
  3. Critiquing sprawl's critics, by Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson.  Washington, DC: Cato Institute, [2000]. (Policy analysis, no. 365)
    4. Online ed.: http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-365es.html; paper ed.: EnvDesign HT384 U6 G67 2000 & IGSL A8319 no.365
  4. Documentation on new urbanism: selected from presentations at the International Making Cities Livable Conferences. Carmel, CA: IMCL Council, 1997.
    5. EnvDesign HT107 I7 1997
  5. Edge city: life on the new frontier, by Joel Garreau. NY: Doubleday, 1991.
    6. EnvDesign HT334 U5 G37 1991
  6. The Limitless city: a primer on the urban sprawl debate, by Oliver Gillham, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2002.
    7. EnvDesign HT384 U5 G55 2002
  7. New American urbanism: re-forming the suburban metropolis, by John A. Dutton. NY: Dist. by Abbeville Pub. Group, 2000.
    8. EnvDesign HT123 D88 2000
  8. New urban timeline (The Town Paper) Andres Duany, lead ed. A searchable database that records key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences reaching back to the 19th century. 900+ entries.
    9. http://www.nutimeline.net/
  9. New urbanism: an online NewsHour special report (Public Broadcasting Service & MacNeil Lehrer-Productions) Site includes an interview with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, a critique of new urbanism, excerpts from Suburban Nation, and more.
    10. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newurbanism/index.html
  10. New urbanism: comprehensive report & best practices guide, [written and edited by the staff of New Urban News, 3rd ed. Ithaca, NY: New Urban Pub., 2003.
    11. EnvDesign HT175 N58 2003
  11. The Regional city: planning for the end of sprawl, by Peter Calthorpe,William Fulton.  Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001.
    12. EnvDesign HT392 C28 2001
  12. Smart growth: form and consequences, Terry S. Szold and Armando Carbonell, eds. [Cambridge, MA]: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2002. Includes a chapter by Dolores Hayden.
    13. EnvDesign HT392 S557 2002
  13. Special issue on New Urbanism, IN: Planners network: the magazine of progressive planning, No.150 (winter 2002), pp.1-25.
    14. EnvDesign HT390 P71 Bound periodicals
  14. Special issue: from smart growth to new urbanism: multidisciplinary views on the American spacial pattern, IN: International regional science review, Vol.28:2 (April 2005), pp.107-265.
    15. EnvDesign HT390 I56 Unbound periodicals
  15. Suburban nation: the rise of sprawl and the decline of the American dream, by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck. NY: North Point Press, 2000.
    16. EnvDesign HT384 U5 D83 2000
  16. Towns and town-making principles, by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk; edited by Alex Krieger with William Lennertz.  NY: Rizzoli, 1991.
    17. EnvDesign NA9051 D8 1991
  17. Urban sprawl: a comprehensive reference guide, David C. Soule, ed. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2006. Table of contents.
    18. EnvDesign HT384 U5 U75 2006
  18. Urban sprawl and public health: designing, planning, and building for healthy communities, by Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson Washington, DC: Island Press, 2004. Table of contents.
    19. EnvDesign HT371 F78 2004
  19. Walkable suburbs?: an evaluation of neotraditional communities at the urban edge, by Michael Southworth. Berkeley: Univ. of California at Berkeley, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, 1995. (Working paper, no. 639).
    20. EnvDesign HT393 C2C25 W6 no.639

    Organizations & Networks

  1. Congress for the New Urbanism
    2. http://www.cnu.org/
  2. Seaside Institute   "A not-for-profit educational and cultural organization, supports the restoration of civic life to the community."  Affiliated with the 'new urban' town of Seaside, Florida.
    3. http://www.theseasideinstitute.org/
  3. Smart growth online (Smart Growth Network & the Sustainable Communities Network)
    4. http://www.smartgrowth.org/
  4. United States. Environmental Planning Agency: Encouraging smart growth  Smart growth from the federal perspective. Site includes project and policy information and many links.
    5. http://www.epa.gov/livability/

    Originally compiled in 2003
    Compiled by Deborah Sommer
    City Planning & Landscape Architecture Librarian
    Environmental Design Library

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