Resources

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Papers, Articles, Reports:

"Can We Tell if Growth Management Aids or Thwarts Affordable Housing?" A Paper Prepared for the Brookings Institution Symposium on Growth Management and Affordable Housing, May 29, 2003, Washington DC. By Daniel Carson and Shishir Mathur.

Proceedings of the USC Conference on Planning the Post-Sprawl Era, held on November 30, 2001, are available on-line.
    http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/events/postsprawl/summary2001.html

"Sprawl Hits the Wall: Confronting the Realities of Metropolitan Los Angeles" is an informative report on sprawl issues in Los Angeles.
    http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/es/urban/la/abstract.htm

"The Urban Growth Boundary in Metropolitan Portland, Oregon: Research, Rhetoric, and Reality," by Gerrit J. Knaap, an article that appeared in the December 2000 issues of the APA newsletter.

You might want to read this story about the inherent conflict between the GMA and ESA. Is sprawl good for salmon? The National Marine Fisheries Service may think so.

"Who Sprawls Most? How Growth Patterns Differ Across the U.S." This report from the Brookings Insitution examines the population growth, decentralization, and urbanization of 282 metropolitan areas in the country.
    http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/urban/fulton-pendall.htm

"Moving Beyond Sprawl: The Challenge for Metropolitan Atlanta." A region-specific report on sprawl, one of many reports related to Growth Management from Brookings.
    http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/urban/atlanta/income.htm



US Federal Websites:

US Environmental Protection Agency:
    http://www.epa.gov

National Personal Transportation Survey:
    http://www-cta.ornl.gov/npts/1995

NOAA, Office of Response and Restoration:
     http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/


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Washington State Websites:

Washington State Community, Trade and Economic Development:
    http://www.wa.gov/cted

Washington State Department of Ecology:
    http://www.ecy.wa.gov


Washington State Department of Transportation:
    http://www.wsdot.wa.gov

For information spectific to I-695:
    http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/I-695

WSDOT Environmental Affairs Office
    http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/environmental/default.htm

Washington State Office of Financial Management:
    http://www.ofm.wa.gov

Potential Financial Impacts of I-695 (See Tab 1&2 in particular)
    http://www.ofm.wa.gov/i-695/695august.htm

Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington:
    http://www.mrsc.org/

Links to other State Agencies Response to I-695
    http://www.mrsc.org/focus/i695/i-695.htm#agencies


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Central Puget Sound Websites:

Puget Sound Regional Council:
    http://www.psrc.org

Puget Sound Clean Air Agency:
    http://www.pscleanair.org


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International Websites:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD):
    http://www.oecd.org/


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