Smart Growth Tools on the Internet
An approach developed by the Coastal Service Center,
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
@ http://www.csc.noaa.gov/techniques/smartgrowth.html
According to the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College
Program, urban
sprawl may consume almost 5.8 million acres of coastal farmland
and open space by 2025, if current trends in population growth and
land use continue. How can communities meet demands for
growth while protecting important resources?
This section offers a set of guidelines for "Living on the Coast" and
links to a database of related techniques. The guidelines offer a
starting point for coastal communities to approach smart growth.
- Know your place and explore its identity. What works in one
place may not work in another. This section focuses on how to
inventory your community, use meaningful data, and understand
local trends.
- Engage others for their input on visions and plans through
public participation, training, and collaboration. This section
highlights how to find the pulse of the community by engaging
others.
- Protect community resources such as working waterfronts,
beach access, wetlands, and historic landscapes. This section
includes techniques for protecting and managing natural and
cultural resources.
- Create quality places for people, places of diversity. This
section highlights techniques that encourage walkable
communities, recreational opportunities, and housing and
transportation choices.
- Encourage sound investments in the built and unbuilt
environment. This section links to economic development and
redevelopment strategies, incentive programs, funding sources,
and other information.
- Build wisely and design for nature. This section includes
techniques for avoiding vulnerable areas, increasing resiliency to
storms and flooding, and implementing green design and
development.
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