Conservation Books & Websites

Community Planning: An Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan, Eric Kelly, Barbara Becker, Island Press, 1999 – textbook on developing a Comprehensive Land-Use Plan)
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck, North Point Press, New York, 2000.
Solving Sprawl: Models of Smart Growth in Communities Across America, F. Kaid Benfield, Jutka Terris, Nancy Vorsanger, National Resources Defense Council, 2001.
Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl, Richard Moe and Carter Wilkie, Henry Holt & Co., 1997.
Preserving Family Lands: Book II, Stephen J. Small, Esq. Landowner Planning Center, Boston, MA, 1997.

National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) www.narc.org (see water paper)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (see water paper)
Smart Growth Online www.smartgrowth.org, a service of the Smart Growth Network formed by EPA and several non-profit and government organizations. Funded by EPA. Smart Growth Funding Resource Guide.
American Farmland Trust www.farmland.org
American Planning Association www.planning.org
American Land Rights Association www.landrights.org
Natural Resources Defense Council www.nrdc.org
The Nature Conservancy http://nature.org
Defenders of Property Rights www.yourpropertyrights.org/front.asp