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We have compiled a list of useful links that include our partners, more sources of information on disaster assistance and a variety of other sites
that deal with livability issues.
Partners
The Center for Communities by
Design builds coalitions and works with many organizations to
promote livable communities. Some of our partners include:
American Architectural Foundation
(AAF)
The AAF's purpose is to help people understand the importance of
architecture in their lives and then use that understanding to
enrich their lives and transform their communities. Resources
include a series of videotapes on the impact of good design on a
community's quality of life: Block by Block: Reclaiming
Neighborhoods by Design; Becoming Good Neighbors: Enriching
America's Communities by Design; and Back from the Brink: Saving
America's Cities by Design.
American Planning Association
(APA)
The APA is a nonprofit public interest and research
organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural
planning. The APA and its professional institute, the American
Institute of Certified Planners, promote the art and science of
planning to meet the needs of people and society.
American Society of Landscape Architects
(ASLA)
The ASLA is the national professional association representing
landscape architects. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture
profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education,
communication and fellowship.
The Enterprise
Foundation
The Enterprise Foundation has partnered with the AIA, the Natural Resources Defense Council and
others on the Green Communities initiative to ensure
sustainable, smart and healthy homes and neighborhoods for
Americans with limited incomes.
International Downtown Association
(IDA)
The IDA promotes and guides the development of vibrant, healthy
urban centers that anchor towns, cities, and regions, with
information resources, news, case studies, legislation tracking,
and other services.
Mayor's
Institute on City Design (MICD)
The MICD's mission is to improve the design
and livability of America's cities through their chief elected
leaders: their mayors. The program is an initiative of the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA), established in 1986 and now
administered by the American Architectural Foundation in
partnership with the NEA and the U.S.
Conference of Mayors.
National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
The NAHB is a federation of more than 800 state and local builders
associations throughout the United States. This trade association
enhances the climate for housing and the building industry and
promotes policies that will keep housing a national priority. Chief
among NAHB's goals is providing and expanding opportunities for all
consumers to have safe, decent, and affordable housing.
National
Association of REALTORS® (NAR)
NAR strives to be the collective force influencing and shaping the
real estate industry. Working on behalf of America's property
owners, NAR facilitates professional development, research, and
exchange of information among its members and to the public and
government to preserve the free enterprise system and the right to
own, use, and transfer real property.
Project
for Public Spaces (PPS)
PPS creates and sustains public places with technical assistance,
research, and education, for the benefit of communities. The Center
for Communities by Design is working with PPS
on the Transportation and Livable Communities Consortium
and the Better Buildings partnership.
Smartgrowth.org
This website is a service of the Smart Growth
Network. It includes summaries of and links to news
articles, reports, calendar of events, and other resources.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Smart Growth Program
EPA's Smart Growth Program promotes smart growth
through grants, publications, an annual Smart Growth
Achievement awards program, and a database of state, regional, and
local regulations.
Urban Land
Institute(ULI)
ULI's mission is to provide responsible leadership in the use of
land in order to enhance the total environment. To increase its
influence on land-use policy and practice, the Institute
communicates best practices and provides relevant and current
information about land use and real estate development to all its
members and stakeholders.
Disaster Assistance
Best Practices in Natural Hazards
Planning and Mitigation PDF
Report from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs,
Office of Smart Growth on best practices in reconciling new growth
and development in areas that are prone to a variety of natural
hazard threats.
Department of
Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 to
provide the unifying core for the vast national network of
organizations and institutions involved in efforts to
secure the nation. DHS's Ready.gov website presents information on some
of the things you can do to prepare for both a natural or
man-made emergency.
Disaster Help
A portal where the public can easily access disaster information
and services provided by government agencies and non-governmental
organizations, part of the federal Disaster Management Egov
Initiative. Comprehensive links and other excellent
resources.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Reading Room
Includes: archives; FEMA facts; agency directives, forms and
manuals; information technology; legal; maps; mitigation; National
Flood Insurance Program; Office of Financial Management;
preparedness and training; Project Impact; response and recovery;
and other topics.
Firewise
Educational information for people who live or vacation in
fire-prone areas of the United States to acquaint them with
wildland fire protection.
Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center,
Texas A&M University College of Architecture
Publications, research, education and outreach, links to state
emergency management websites.
National Clearinghouse for Educational
Facilities: Disaster Planning and Response
Disaster planning materials with an emphasis on school
buildings.
National Emergency Management
Association
Professional association of state emergency management directors;
includes a resource library.
Small Business Administration
(SBA)
Includes information about disaster preparedness plans, SBA
disaster office locations, and loan information.
Other Useful
Resources
Non-Profits
Association for Community
Design
Supports community design centers
with many resources, including a nationwide directory of community
design centers, publications, and interactive discussions.
Community Associations Institute
(CAI)
CAI is a nonprofit
association that educates and supports America's 231,000
residential condominium, cooperative, and homeowner associations,
as well as related professionals and service providers. The
Institute is dedicated to fostering vibrant, responsive, competent
community associations that promote harmony, community, and
responsible leadership.
Local
Government Commission (LGC)
This
nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization provides technical
assistance and networking to local elected officials and other
dedicated community leaders who are working to create healthy,
walkable, and resource-efficient communities. The LGC sponsors the
annual New Partners for Smart Growth
Conference.
National Charrette
Institute
Teaches and facilitates charrettes and encourages community
involvement in debating, creating, and implementing development and
design strategies.
Sustainable Communities
Network
This website provides links to information sources related to
healthy, vital and sustainable communities. Its goal is to
increase the visibility of what strategies have worked for other
communities, and to pormote a lively exchange of information to
help create community sustainability in both urban and rural
areas.
The Trust for Public
Land
Includes links to federal, state, and local funding of conservation
projects; the LandVote database of ballot initiatives in state and
local elections addressing open space preservation; urban
conservation information; and the economic benefits of designing
development to protect open space.
News
Sources
Knowledgeplex.org
Support the efforts of practitioners, grantors, policy
makers, scholars, investors, and others involved or interested in
the fields of affordable housing and community development.
Sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation.
Planetizen.com
Gathers news articles and reports on growth
management, architecture, planning, and related subjects, updated
frequently throughout the day. Also posts announcements, job
listings, and a list of the top 50 planning, development, and
design Web sites.
Sprawl Watch
Clearinghouse
Gathers best practices, research,
news, and other resources and tools to inform all stakeholders in
growth-management decisions.
Cyburbia
Offers an active message board, syndicated feeds of
planning-related weblogs, and a selective directory of Internet
resources relevant to planning and urbanism.
Government
U.S. Department of Energy's Smart
Communities Network
Information, assistance, and case studies on energy-efficient,
sustainable development that strengthens local economies, protects
the environment, and improves quality of life.
The National
Conference of State Legislatures
Growth management page includes recent state and court actions,
publications, and a link to a database of state incentive-based
growth management laws.
Research
Active
Living by Design
This project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explores how
community design can affect public health. Includes many links to
other sites.
Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy
Program
Provides decisionmakers
cutting-edge research and policy analysis on the shifting realities
of cities and metropolitan areas. Topics include Community and
Neighborhood Development, Competitive Cities, Metropolitan Growth,
among others.
Miscellaneous
Silicon Valley Network Joint Venture
Photo Simulations
Photos illustrating how uninviting, inefficient urban streetscapes
could be transformed into vibrant, attractive areas using livable
communities principles.
Smart City
A weekly radio program exploring various
aspects of urban life through interviews with city leaders and
policy experts. Shows are archived and can be listened to
online.
Fellowships
Center for Urban
Redevelopment Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania
This
program trains and supports the next generation of leaders and
entrepreneurs who will transform neighborhoods and cities. Ten
highly motivated individuals are selected each year to become
CURExPenn Fellows and receive knowledge and skill development from
leading experts in the field and on-the-job experience at top urban
redevelopment organizations nationwide.
Frederick P. Rose Architectural
Fellowship
The Frederick P. Rose
Architectural Fellowship was established in 1999 by The Enterprise
Foundation, a national nonprofit housing and community development
organization. The Fellowship creates partnerships between new
architects and community-based organizations to direct the skills
and passions of the architects in the service of low and
moderate-income communities. The Fellowship is designed to promote
architectural and community design in low-income communities and
encourages architects to become lifelong leaders in public service
and community development.
The Loeb
Fellowship
This fellowship offers
ten annual postprofessional awards for independent study at Harvard
University. It is a unique opportunity to nurture the leadership
potential of the most promising men and women in design and other
professions related to the built and natural
environment.
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