Land Use Links

Built Environment Center
The Built Environment Center (BEC), produced by Florida A&M University, is a forum for information and services regarding urban and community development, buildings and facilities, infrastructure, and open space in the built environment.

Campus Environmental Stewardship Program
This site, based at Brown University, has a variety of information and resources for addressing sustainable practices on college campuses.

Carfree Cities
The companion site to the book "Carfree Cities" provides a wealth of information on urban planning with the goal of reducing the impact of the automobile. An archive of the quarterly newsletter "Carfree Times" is also available, as is is a free subscription to the electronic version of the newsletter.

Global Eco-village Network
The hub for the eco-villages movement: sustainable living systems that are "light on the land."

Indigo Development
A division of RPP International, a California firm focused on research and systems design. Special emphasis on industrial ecology and sustainable development.

International Institute for Sustainable Development
Information on Sustainable Development worldwide. Navigating the site can be confusing. Areas to visit include Campus Initiatives and the Online Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives and Publications, a collaborative effort with Environments Canada, the World Bank, and Redefining Progress.

Smart Communities Network
The U.S. Department of Energy has created this site to help communities design and implement sustainable development projects. The resources include a tool kit, road map, and current events.

Smart Growth Network
The Smart Growth Network is a coalition of developers, planners, government officials, lending institutions, and others involved in the development process in U.S. cities and states.This site offers essays and other information on Development, Buildings, and Regional Planning, with special attention paid to alternatives to Sprawl.

Wild Ones
Wild Ones is a nonprofit educational organization that promotes environmentally sound, natural landscaping practices, including the use of native plants and ecological restoration of damaged landscapes. The organization's website offers extensive background information on these topics.

World Wide Web Virtual Library
Mind-boggling. This site has more links overall than you can shake a modem at. The link on this page goes directly to the Sustainable Development page, but you can get to the main library from there. Be prepared to spend some time.