Handbook on Smart Growth

Edited by Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Director, National Center for Smart Growth, Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland, Rebecca Lewis, Associate Professor, Planning, Public Policy and Management, Co-Director, Institute for Policy Research and Engagement, University of Oregon, Arnab Chakraborty, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Katy June-Friesen, Ph.D. candidate, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Editor, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland, US

Contents:

Preface xvii
Introduction xix

PART I SMART GROWTH HISTORY, PERFORMANCE,
AND GOVERNANCE
1 Smart growth: introduction, history, and an agenda for the future 2
John D. Landis
2 Smart growth governance in historical context: the rise and fall
of states 35
Martin A. Bierbaum, Rebecca Lewis, and Tim Chapin

PART II SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE LOCATION
OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
3 Urban containment as smart growth 60
John I. Carruthers, Hanxue Wei, and Lucien Wostenholme
4 Farmland and forest conservation: evaluation of smart growth
policies and tools 75
David A. Newburn, Lori Lynch, and Haoluan Wang
5 Redevelopment and the smart growth movement: definitions,
consequences, and future considerations 92
Bernadette Hanlon

PART III SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE FORM AND
FUNCTION OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
6 Promoting mixed land uses for smart growth: implications and
recommendations for research and practice 111
Yan Song
7 The urban design requirements of smart growth 128
Emily Talen
8 Smart growth and housing choice 145
Casey Dawkins and Jinyhup Kim

PART IV SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE
TRANSPORTATION-LAND USE CONNECTION
9 A step ahead for smart growth: creating walkable neighborhoods 168
Kelly J. Clifton
10 Transportation: a facilitator of and barrier to smart growth 188
Timothy F. Welch and Steven R. Gehrke

PART V NEW HORIZONS FOR SMART GROWTH: HEALTH
AND EQUITY
11 Planning for opportunity: linking smart growth to public
education and workforce development 207
Ariel H. Bierbaum, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Jonathan P. Katz
12 Smart growth and public health: making the connection 228
Andrea Garfinkel-Castro and Reid Ewing
13 Smart growth’s misbegotten legacy: gentrification 245
Nicholas Finio and Elijah Knaap
14 Growing together or apart? Critical tensions in charting an
equitable smart growth future 259
Willow Lung-Amam and Katy June-Friesen

PART VI NEW HORIZONS FOR SMART GROWTH:
CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY
15 Community resilience to environmental hazards and climate
change: can smart growth make a difference? 277
Marccus D. Hendricks and Philip R. Berke
16 Tale of two sprawls: energy planning and challenges for smart growth 291
Jacob Becker and Nikhil Kaza
17 Leveraging the promise of smart cities to advance smart growth 307
Robert Goodspeed

PART VII UNFINISHED BUSINESS: WHERE DOES SMART
GROWTH GO FROM HERE?
18 Toward a “Smart Growth 2.0” 324
Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Rebecca Lewis, Arnab Chakraborty and Katy
June-Friesen

Index