Ways to Grow Without Sprawl
Books and Resources
Books
Beaumont, Constance E., How Superstore Sprawl Can Harm Communities, And What Citizens Can Do About It, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1994.

Calthorpe, Peter, The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American Dream, Princeton Architectural Press, 1993.

Duany, Andres, and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Towns and Town-Making Principles,Rizzoli International Publications, 1991.

Hylton, Thomas, Save Our Lands, Save Our Towns, RB Books, 1995.

Jacobs, Jane, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Random House, 1961.

Katz, Peter, The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community, McGraw- Hill, 1997.

Kay, Jane Holtz, Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back, Crown Publishers, 1997.

Kunstler, James Howard, Home from Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st Century, Simon & Schuster, 1996.

Moe, Richard, and Carter Wilkie, Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl, Henry Holt & Co., 1997.

Norquist, John, The Wealth of Cities: Revitalizing the Centers of American Life, Perseus Books, 1998.

Resources
The Congress for the New Urbanism, a national group of visionary architects, planners, educators, and government officials. The Hearst Building, 5 Third Street, Suite 725, San Francisco, CA 94103. Tel. 415-495-2255,Web <www.cnu.org>.

Dan Burden of Walkable Communities, a firm working with several Michigan cities and towns. 320 S. Main St., High Springs, FL 32643. Tel. 904-454-3304, Web <www.walkable.org>.

Russell Clark, a planner working with Grand Traverse County's Peninsula Township. 3335 W. South Airport Rd., Traverse City,MI 49684. Tel. 231-941- 8505, e-mail <rclark@netonecom.net>.

Robert Foulkes, a builder and planner working with the village of Empire in Leelanau County.P.O. Box 115, Suttons Bay, MI 49682. Tel. 231-256-9351.

Joel Russell, a planner specializing in preserving rural community character, who is working with Grand Traverse County's Whitewater Township. 28 Ward Avenue, Northampton, MA 01060. Tel. 413-584-7228, e-mail <woodlea1@aol.com>.

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