Environmental Protection Agency: Smart Growth - Includes introduction & detailed information on smart growth, plus news, publications, & policies. Go

Farmland Information Center - A clearinghouse for information about farmland protection & stewardship. It's a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service & American Farmland Trust. Go

Friends of Midcoast Maine - Group of 14 land trusts & advocacy groups discussing the increasing impacts of sprawl in the Midcoast Route One Corridor. News & information about issues & activities. Go

Growth Management Leadership Alliance - A network of American & Canadian leaders from state, provincial & regional organizations involved in smart growth initiatives. Go

Smart Growth Network - The Smart Growth Network helps create national, regional & local coalitions to support intelligent & sustainable growth. Go

Moving Sustainable Development from Theory to Practice in the U.S. - A quick-study outline of sustainable development for planners & policy-makers, with extensive web references for many more in-depth information on each topic. Written by Beryl Magilavy, past director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment. Go

Save Our Land, Save Our Towns Inc. - Charitable corporation promotes changes in attitudes & policies that promote suburban sprawl. Go

Sprawl Information Center - Features articles, links, a specialized search engine, and a message board. Go

Envision Utah - Public-private partnership promoting quality growth with goals in air quality, transportation options, open space preservation, housing, infrastructure, and community-friendly taxation. Go

Growth Management Institute - Nonprofit encouraging effective & equitable management of urban growth & change. Go

Save a Farm - Farmland preservation campaign centered in Northeast Ohio. Site includes background & links. Go

Smart Growth America - Nationwide coalition promoting a better way to grow; one that protects farmland & open space, revitalizes neighborhoods, keeps housing affordable, preserves scenic & historic resources, & makes communities more livable. Go

Greenbelt Alliance - Conservation organization dedicated to preserving a greenbelt of open space, farmlands, & parks around San Francisco, California. Go

The Manchester, NH Urban Open Space Web Site - Photoessays & information about urban open space problems such as excess development, urban sprawl, urban forests, urban wildlife, work of conservation commissions, & downtown improvement via American Elm restoration. Go

Wikipedia: Urban Sprawl - Publicly-editable encyclopedia entry supplies examples & arguments for & against sprawl. Go

Smart Growth for Tennessee Towns & Counties - Summarizes the basic steps in a smart growth visioning & planning process, & reviews techniques that can be often used at each step. Go

Families For Responsible Development - Citizen group in Pocatello, Idaho offers details about their mission, events, vision, supporters, & membership. Go

E Design - Archive of resources about design & activities that encourage livable, sustainable communities. From the Florida Design Initiative. Go

Growth Management - The International Council of Shopping Centers presents local solutions that balance community needs of controlling growth with the need for creating & maintaining economically vibrant communities. Go

Sprawl Kills - Joel S. Hirschhorn's site includes commentary, news, book excerpts, consulting, & a newsletter. Go

Sprawl Watch - Clearinghouse with news, information & resource links about land-use, community planning & preservation. Go

Fallsburg Smart Growth - New York citizens group offering smart growth news, links, documents, articles, & calendar. Go

Knox Citizens for Smart Growth - Volunteer organization supporting smart growth initiatives & opposing suburban sprawl in Knox County, Ohio. Go

Sprawl Guide - Planners Web presents information & links dealing with urban sprawl & its consequences, including the loss of green space & the decay of older urban centers. Go

Sierra Club: Stopping Sprawl - The Challenge to the Sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development & promotes smart growth communities. Go

SolutionsNotSprawl.org - Home of the Citizens Alliance for Responsible Transportation, an anti-sprawl advocacy group in the Washington, D.C. area. Go

Campaign to Protect Rural England - National charity devoted to protecting & enhancing rural England. Encourages the sustainable use of land & other natural resources in town & country. Go

Scenic America - Information & resources from an advocacy organization that wants to protect the scenic qualities of communities & roadways. Go

Campaign for Sensible Growth - Coalition of government, civic, & business leaders in northeastern Illinois. Presents information on the campaign, news, & resources. Go

Smart Growth BC - A non-profit society that works to limit sprawl in British Columbia. Includes case studies, examples & local news. Go

Greater Ohio - A statewide network promoting policies that encourage redevelopment of Ohio's cities & towns & conservation of farmland & open space. Go

Congress for the New Urbanism - News, information & other resources from an organization which promotes the restoration of cities & the creation of human-oriented livable communities with a sense of place. Go

Sprawl-Busters - One of the most comprehensive & earliest sites to target sprawl, by Al Norman, 'anti-sprawl guru' & consultant. Arguments & statistics to support campaigns against sprawl developments. Reading list, news, list of towns that have defeated mega-retail proposals. Go

The Funders' Network - A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, & other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl & urban disinvestment. Go

Grow Smart Rhode Island - A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl & urban decay. Go

Colorado Sprawl Action Center - Offers resources & services for local citizen groups fighting sprawl, including a growth management toolkit & the Smart Growth Hall of Fame. Go

Vermont Forum on Sprawl - Addresses the issue of sprawl & its affect on rural life. Go

Building Better Communities - Consortium of building & highway construction interests presents arguments against limiting suburban development. Go