Smart Growth Resource Library

Getting to Smart Growth

This popular, 100-page primer from the ongoing series by ICMA and the Smart Growth Network describes concrete techniques of putting the ten smart growth principles into practice. The policies and guidelines presented in this primer have proven successful in communities across the United States, and range from formal legislative or regulatory efforts to informal approaches, plans, and programs.

This attractive publication has an easy-to-read format, which includes:

• photographs illustrating elements of smart growth, and
• a matrix to identify policies that support multiple principles.

This publication is now available FREE from the Smart Growth Network. There are several ways to get this publication:

• Download an electronic copy in PDF format.*
• Send an e-mail to smartgrowth@epa.gov and request the publication. Be sure to include name, organization, address, and telephone number with your request.
• Call EPA's Development, Community, and Environment Division at 202.566.2878.

Note: Downloading this file requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which can be downloaded for free at www.adobe.com.)

Getting to Smart Growth: 100 Policies for Implementation is also available in Spanish. Click here for more information.

New! Getting to Smart Growth has been adapted for Puerto Rico. Hacia el desarrollo inteligente: 10 principios y 100 estrategias para Puerto Rico is an adaptation of the popular, 100-page primer from the ongoing series by ICMA and the Smart Growth Network. Click here for more information.

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