The Funders' Network's translation paper on the impact of suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment argues that opportunities for progress would be created by smarter growth policies.
There is obvious potential in funding collaborations between smart growth and wildlife and wilderness activists. The fact that all parties advocates, developers, property owners, and government agencies eager to avoid costly mitigation and lawsuits want certainty about which lands can be developed and which cannot affords tremendous opportunity for broad-based collaborations. The availability of good science and new technology makes comprehensive planning efforts possible. This paper discusses the relationship between biodiversity conservation and smart growth, the work that is being done, and suggests promising strategies and explicit collaborations for consideration by philanthropic and public funders and other key actors.
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FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
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Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
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City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority