1. Brownfields
2. Sustainable Communities and Land Use
3. Environmental Justice
4. Economic Development and Affordable Housing
5. Urban Development, Architecture, and Construction
6. Nonprofit Organizations
7. Governmental Organizations
8. Networking and Information Sharing
9. Educational Institutions and Opportunities
10. Green Building Practices
11. Arizona-Specific Links
12. California-Specific Links
13. Nevada-Specific Links
14. CCLR Recommended Books
    

1. Brownfields
Brownfield and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center www.brownfieldstsc.org
Center for Brownfields Initiatives www.brownfields.com
Environmental Law Institute www2.eli.org/index.cfm
EPA Brownfields Home Page www.epa.gov/brownfields
International City/County Management Association www.icma.org
National Brownfield Association www.brownfieldassociation.org
National Governor's Association www.nga.org
National Vacant Properties Campaign www.vacantproperties.org
Northeast Midwest Institute www.nemw.org/brownfields.htm
Recreational Redevelopment of Brownfields www.brownfieldgolf.com
U.S. Conference of Mayors www.usmayors.org/brownfields


2. Sustainable Communities and Land Use
Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program www.brook.edu/metro
Funders Network for Smart Growth www.fundersnetwork.org
Lincoln Institute for Land Policy www.lincolninst.edu
National Center for Smart Growth www.smartgrowth.umd.edu
National Charrette Institute www.charretteinstitute.org
Smart Growth America www.smartgrowthamerica.org
Smart Growth Network www.smartgrowth.org
Smart Communities Network www.smartcommunities.ncat.org
Sonoran Institute www.sonoran.org
Sustainable Communities Network www.sustainable.org
United Nations Economic and Social Justice www.un.org/esa
U.S. EPA Encouraging Smart Growth www.epa.gov/smartgrowth


3. Environmental Justice
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice www.ccaej.org
Center for Public Environmental Oversight www.cpeo.org
Environmental Justice and Compliance www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice
Environmental Justice Foundation www.ejfoundation.org
Environmental Justice Handbook www.its.berkeley.edu/publications/ejhandbook/ejhandbook.html
Working Group on Environmental Justice www.ecojustice.net


4. Economic Development and Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing and Community Development Resource www.knowledgeplex.org
Affordable Housing Finance Website www.housingfinance.com
California Community Economic Development Association www.cceda.com
Local Initiatives Support Corporation www.lisc.org
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials www.nahro.org
National Council for Urban Economic Development www.iedconline.org
National Multi Housing Council www.nmhc.org
Neighborworks www.nw.org


5. Urban Development and Architecture
American Institute of Architects www.aia.org
American Planning Association www.planning.org
California Building Industry Association www.cbia.org
Community Development Society www.comm-dev.org
National Association of Home Builders www.nahb.org
Southern California Institute of Architects www.sciarc.edu
Urban Land Institute www.uli.org
The World Bank www.worldbank.org


6. Nonprofit Organizations
American Farmland Trust www.farmland.org
Bay Area Council www.bayareacouncil.org
Business for Social Responsibility www.bsr.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities www.cbpp.org
Civic Practices Network www.cpn.org
Community Reinvestment Fund www.crfusa.com
The Earth Pledge Foundation www.earthpledge.org
EnviroLink www.envirolink.org
Environmental Bankers Association www.envirobank.org
The Environmental Careers Organization www.eco.org
Global Network of Environment & Technology www.gnest.org
Institute for Local Self-Reliance www.ilsr.org
Maine Center for Enterprise Development www.mced.biz
National Brownfields Association www.brownfieldassociation.org
Northeast-Midwest Institute www.nemw.org/brownfields.htm
Planning and Conservation League www.pcl.org
Renewable Energy Policy Project & CREST www.crest.org
Resource Renewal Institute www.rri.org
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association www.spur.org
Sonoran Institute www.sonoran.org
Sustainable Communities Network www.sustainable.org
Sustainable Conservation www.suscon.org
Tahoe Center for a Sustainable Future www.ceres.ca.gov/tcsf
Trust For Public Land www.tpl.org
Urban Ecology www.urbanecology.org
Urban Land Institute www.uli.org


7. Governmental Organizations
California Land Use Planning Info Network ceres.ca.gov/planning
Chicago Department of the Environment, Brownfields Program egov.cityofchicago.org
Smart Communities Network www.smartcommunities.ncat.org
Community Connections www.comcon.org
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network www.eere.energy.gov
Department of Housing and Urban Development www.hud.gov
HUD Brownfields Economic Development Initiative www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/economicdevelopment/programs/bedi/index.cfm
International City/County Management Association www.icma.org
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives www.iclei.org
Local Governmental Environmental Assistance Network www.lgean.org
National Environmental Policy Act www.epa.gov/Compliance/nepa/index.html


8. Networking and Information Sharing
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development www.gnest.org
Environmental News Network, Inc. www.enn.com
Global Network of Environment & Technology www.gnet.org
Inside EPA www.insideEPA.com
Island Press (Sprawl-Related Publications) www.islandpress.org
National Housing and Rehabilitation Association www.housingonline.com
Neighbor Works Network www.nw.org
Neighborhoods Online www.neighborhoodsonline.net
Planetizen www.planetizen.com
Smart City Radio www.smartcityradio.com
Sustainable Communities Network www.sustainable.org
United Nations Environment Programme Home Page www.unep.ch


9. Educational Opportunities and Educational Institutions
The Brownfields Center (Carnegie Mellon University and The University of Pittsburgh) www.ce.cmu.edu/Brownfields
Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (U.C.Berkeley) cgdm.berkeley.edu/
Florida Sustainable Communities Center (Florida A & M) fcn.state.fl.us/fdi/index.html
Journal of Real Estate Research (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) www.uncg.edu/~juddon/
Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development (PICCUS) www.plannersnetwork.org
Sustainable Communities Network www.sustainable.org
University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design new-ced.berkeley.edu
University of California, Berkeley, GIS Resources on the Internet www.geoinfo.org/
University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library/City Planning Online www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/cityweb.html
University of California, Berkeley, Transportation-related Internet Resource Directories www.lib.berkeley.edu/ITSL
University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Neighborhood Knowledge cnk.ucla.edu


10. Green Building Practices
Center for Building Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory eetd.lbl.gov
EPA Green Building www.epa.gov/greenbuilding
Greenbuild 2007 www.greenbuildexpo.org
Green Building Council www.usgbc.org
Green Building Press www.newbuilder.co.uk
Green Building Store www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk
International Initiative for Sustainable Built Environment www.greenbuilding.ca
The Kresge Foundation's Green Building Initiative www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=7
National Association of Home Builders www.nahb.org
Sustainable Building Sources www.greenbuilder.com/general/BuildingSources.html
World Green Building Council www.worldgbc.org


11. Arizona Specific Links
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality www.azdeq.gov/environ/waste/index.html
Central Arizona Association of Governments www.caagcentral.org
The Global Institute for Sustainability sustainability.asu.edu/gios/
Maricopa Association of Governments www.mag.maricopa.gov
Northern Arizona Council of Governments www.nacog.org
Phoenix Brownfields Land Recycling Program phoenix.gov/BROWNFLD/brownfld.html
Pima Association of Governments www.pagnet.org
Sonoran Institute www.sonoran.org
South Eastern Arizona Governments Organization www.seago.org
Valley Forward www.valleyforward.org
Valley Partnership www.valleypartnership.org
Western Arizona Council of Governments www.wacog.org


12. California Specific Links
Association of Bay Area Governments www.abag.ca.gov
Bay Area Smart Growth Strategy/Regional Footprint Project www.abag.ca.gov/planning/smartgrowth
Business Environmental Resource Center www.sacberc.org
California Association of Environmental Professionals www.califaep.org
California Department of Toxic Substances Control www.dtsc.ca.gov
California State Water Resources Control Board www.swrcb.ca.gov
Merced County Association of Governments www.mcagov.org
Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California www.nonprofithousing.org
Sacramento Area Council of Governments www.sacog.org
San Benito County Council of Governments www.sanbenitocog.org
San Bernardino Association of Governments www.sanbag.ca.gov
San Joaquin Council of Governments www.sjcog.org
San Luis Obispo Council of Governments www.slocog.org
Santa Barbara County Association of Governments www.sbcag.org
Southern California Association of Governments www.scag.ca.gov
Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing www.scanph.org
Tulare County Association of Governments www.tularecog.org

13. Nevada Specific Links
State of Nevada, Brownfields Loan Fund www.ndep.nv.gov/bca/brown_loan.htm
State of Nevada, Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection www.ndep.nv.gov

14. CCLR Recommended Books
The Death and life of Great American Cities. Jacobs, Jane. Vintage Books, 1961.
Many seemingly axiomatic observations about cities, such as the need to stop destroying neighborhoods to build express highways and the importance of encouraging mixed-use districts and lively streets, were first given articulate expression in this book.

The Fractured Metropolis. Barnett, Jonathon. W.W. Norton, 1992.
Offers a bold "National Agenda for Action," following an extensive discussion of metropolitan fragmentation, the rise of edge cities, the prevention and cure of urban sprawl, community creation, entrepreneurial centers, bypassed frontier areas, restoration of older neighborhoods, and the elements of city design.

Land Use in America. Diamond, Henry L., and Patrick F. Noonan. Lincoln Institute and Island Press, 1996.
A ten-point agenda to help America's communities accommodate future growth in more environmentally sound and fiscally responsible ways, plus papers contributed by 12 leading figures in government, business, academia and the nongovernmental arena.

Lessons from the Field: Unlocking Economic Potential with an Environmental Key. Pepper, Edith. The Northeast-Midwest Institute, Washington, 1997.
An examination of 20 examples of successful brownfield reuses around the United States. Using a case study approach, this book offers a series of "lessons learned" from these projects, highlighting successful state programs, innovative financing measures, public/private partnerships, and strong community involvement efforts.

Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability. Orfield, Myron. The Brookings Institution and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1997.
Uses brilliant, colorful GIS maps to document the spread of urban poverty from inner cities to inner suburbs, and the concurrent rise of affluent, outer-ring suburbs. The author, a Minnesota state representative, argues that this pattern has lead to great income disparities, a lack of affordable housing, and poor land use planning. Combating this trend will require forging strong political alliances between residents from inner cities and inner ring suburbs to advance truly "regional" planning.

New Visions for Metropolitan America. Downs, Anthony. Lincoln Institute (Washington) and The Brookings Institution (Cambridge), 1994.
Analysis of the problems and side-effects of recent "growth management" efforts and proposes a new vision to deter suburban sprawl that would not isolate poorer populations in depressed urban areas. This book examines the relationships between central cities and suburbs, tracks urban decline and inner city problems, and outlines alternative visions for growth.
Three alternative visions that reverse the trend to sprawl by emphasizing a regional sense of community rather than one oriented to a single jurisdiction. To order, call 1-800-275-1447.

Recycling the City: The Use and Reuse of Urban Land. Rosalind Greenstein and Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, eds. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2004
This collection of essays examines underutilized, abandoned and vacant urban land within political, economic, institutional and policy contexts. In the volume’s three sections, the authors consider the issues at the national, regional, local and site levels; examine redevelopment processes and policies; and describe some potential uses of vacant and abandoned land, including urban agriculture, green development, and the preservation of an industrial landscape for cultural uses.

Rural by Design: Maintaining Small Town Character. Arendt, Randall, et al. American Planning Association, 1994.
"The authors demonstrate that rural character can be maintained, or an area can be urbanized, depending on how new development is designed and placed."

Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood. P. Medorr and H. Sklar, South End Press, 1994
This book uses the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Boston's most impoverished neighborhood as a case study to show how effective organizing reinforces neighborhood leadership, encourages grassroots power, and leads to successful public-private partnerships and comprehensive community development.

Turning Brownfields Into Greenbacks: Developing and Financing Environmentally Contaminated Urban Real Estate. Robert A. Simmons, Urban Land Institute, 1998
Investigate the possibilities and techniques to turn contaminated land into a profit opportunity. More than 50 tools and strategies help you maneuver through regulations, financing, liability, remediation, and loan guarantees and assurances. Case studies included.

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