Smart Growth and High Density
or Compact Development

The following links are to websites and publications that address smart growth or high density and compact development.  Some sites, such as the Affordable Design Advisor and Design Matters include photos of and detailed information on high density projects.

If you know of other sites or publications that should be listed here, please let us know about them.

• Smart Growth Shareware CD includes more than 100 articles and publications related to smart growth compiled by Smart Growth America

• A Smart Growth Reader, an extensive website with articles on various aspects of smart growth, American Planning Association

• Affordable Housing Design Advisor, extensive website on designing attractive functional higher density affordable housing sponsored by HUD

• Affordable Housing and Smart Growth - Making the Connection, Smart Growth Network (2001)

• Affordable Housing Reader, an extensive website with articles on various aspects of affordable housing, American Planning Association

• Ahwahnee Principles, Local Government Commission (website)

• Beyond Sprawl: New Patterns of Growth to Fit the New California, sponsored by Greenbelt Alliance, Bank of America, California Resources Agency and Low Income Housing Fund (1995)

• California Smart Growth Initiative, Urban Land Institute

• Creating Great Neighborhoods: Density in Your Community, Local Government Commission (2003)

• Dense, Denser, Denser Still, Planning Magazine, August 2002 (website)

• Design Matters, online catalog of affordable housing projects, City Design Center, University of Illinois, Chicago

• Getting to Smart Growth: 100 Policies for Implementation, International City/County Management Association and the Smart Growth Network (2003)

• Getting to Smart Growth II: 100 More Policies for Implementation, International City/County Management Association and the Smart Growth Network (Nov. 2003)

• Growing Smarter to House the Region, The Planning Center (greater Los Angeles)

• Growth Management, Smart Growth, And Affordable Housing, Anthony Downs, Brookings Institute (speech)

• Higher Density Development: Myth & Fact, Urban Land Institute (2005)

• Mixed-Income Housing: Myth & Fact, Urban Land Institute (2003)

• Myths and Facts About Affordable and High Density Housing, California Planning Roundtable (updated 2002)

• Opportunities for Smarter Growth: Social Equity and the Smart Growth Movement, Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, and PolicyLink (Dec. 1999)

• REALTORS & Smart Growth, National Association of Realtors (website)

• Sierra Club California: Urban Growth Management Policy Guidelines (Amended Sept. 2002) (website)

• Smart Growth and Affordable Housing: Best Practices in the Central Valley, California Coalition for Rural Housing (Mar. 30, 2003)

• Smart Growth Case Studies, National Association of Home Builders (website)

• Smart Growth Online, Smart Growth Network (website)

• Smart Infill, Greenbelt Alliance (2002)

• Ten Principles for Smart Growth on the Suburban Fringe, Urban Land Institute

• The Practice of Conservation Development: Lessons in Success, Urban Land Institute (2005)

• Urban Infill Housing: Myth & Fact, Urban Land Institute (2001)

• Why Smart Growth: A Primer, International City/County Management Association and the Smart Growth Network (1998)