A Smart Growth Bibliography:

Other Studies

Blakely, Edward J. Shaping the American Dream: Land Use Choices for Americas Future, Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper, 1993.
Summary: The paper discusses the different forces that are vying for status as land use determinants in America: 1) globalization of metropolitan economies, 2) mounting environmental and transportation concerns which drive new calls for national land use controls, 3) foreign investment in housing and real estate, 4) immigration, changing demographics, smaller households, 5) urbanization of land (rural and open space). Blakely notes that proximity becomes less of an important determinant because the region develops specialized nodes resulting in decentralization. Some of these nodes are technospaces which reflect the growing importance of the information economy in shaping urban form and transportation needs.

Center for Public Interest Polling, Rutgers University. Housing Preferences - Results of a Poll, Urban Land, 47, 5:32-3, 1988.
Summary: The 1987 survey asked New Jerseyans about their attitudes about homeownership, housing location, and travel to work. The results show that an overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans would prefer owning their own houses, in particular detached houses. Living in a city was considered not very desirable by two thirds of the people polled, and access to transit was not considered important in choosing housing. Survey (2 pages).

Constantine, J. Design by Democracy, Land Development, 5, 1: 11-15, 1992.
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Downs, Anthony. New Visions for Metropolitan America, The Brookings Institution and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1994.
Summary: Qualitative discussion of why America needs "a new vision" of how metropolitan areas grow and develop. (183 pages)

Durkin, John T., Jr. and Robert W. Wassmer. Public Infrastructure Spending and Private Income Generation in Large U.S. Cities, 1994.
Summary: The study examines the influence of local infrastructure spending on two measures of private production in large U.S. cities and investigates whether large U.S. cities have been investing in infrastructure at a level that is desirable. Paper (26 pages).

Fannie Mae. National Housing Survey, Washington, D.C. 27, 1996.
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Hanson, Mark E. Automobile Subsidies and Land Use: Estimates and Policy Responses, APA Journal, Vol. 58, No. 1, Winter 1992, pp. 6071.
Summary: The author discusses the variety of social costs, automobilerelated subsidies, and other factors that drive land use development (also known as sprawl). He contends that the federal governments direct subsidy of an automobileoriented transportation system has blocked out other transportation opportunities. He also makes recommendations for reforming pricing policies to better reflect true social costs.

Howe, D.A. and W.A. Rabiega. Beyond Strips and Centers - The Ideal Commercial Form, Journal of the American Planning Association, 57, 3: 288-98, 1992.
Summary: Two surveys of members of the Oregon chapter of the American Planning Association and consumers in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, respectively, revealed that both groups prefer shopping centers over strip malls. Survey (11 pages).

InterAcademy Panel on International Issues. Science and Technology and the Future of Cities - A Statement by the World's Scientific Academies. June 1996.
Summary: A policy statement by the world's science academies on how the range of existing technological and scientific research findings can be translated into actions at the national, regional, and local levels. Paper (15 pages).

Kurish, J. B. and Patricia Tigue. An Elected Officials Guide to Debt Issuance, Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada, 1993.
Summary: Short guidance document that summarizes the major issues related to local government debt issuance. Intended for local officials. (77 pages)

Ladd, Helen F. and William Wheaton. Causes and Consequences of the Changing Urban Form - Introduction, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 21, 157-162, 1991.
Summary: Journal article discussing improvements in the monocentric city model. (7 pages)

Mills, Edwin S. and John F. McDonald. Sources of Metropolitan Growth, New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, 1992.
Summary: A collection of papers presented at a symposium on metropolitan growth and development held in 1989. This diverse collection represents economists, geographers, and public administrators, with a common emphasis on spatial orientation.

Peterson, Paul E., ed. The New Urban Reality, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1985.
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Richardson, Harry W. and Peter Gordon. New Data and Old Models in Urban Economics , 1994 .
Summary: The paper presents empirical data about U.S. metropolitan areas that are difficult to reconcile with the predictions of the standard monocentric model. Dominant among the trends are long-term stable commuting times (whereas in a monocentric world population growth is only possible with longer commuting trips) and continued decentralization of economic activity, including business and professional services. Paper (18 pages).

Southworth, Michael and Eran Ben-Joseph. Street Standards and the Shaping of Suburbia. APA Journal, Winter 1995.
Summary: The paper traces the historical evolution of suburban residential street standards through a review of professional and technical publications, and historical precedents. Paper (17 pages).

ULI - the Urban Land Institute. Effects of Large Lot Size on Residential Development. Technical Bulletin No. 32. Washington, DC: ULI. 1958.
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Wheaton, William C. The Competition for Jobs in the 1990s: Downtowns versus Edge Cities, Skylines, April 1993, pp. 8-11.
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