Partnerships for smart growth : university-community collaboration for better public places / Wim Wiewel and Gerrit-Jan Knaap, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiewel, Wim.

Knaap, Gerrit, 1956-

Series:

Cities and contemporary society.

Cities and contemporary society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and college--Case studies.

Community and college.

Regional planning--Environmental aspects--Case studies.

Regional planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy : Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Linking the worlds of community development, higher education administration, and urban design, this guidebook offers information on how universities and communities can best develop partnership projects. Partnerships for Smart Growth includes case studies, geographically diverse locations and urban, suburban, and rural projects.

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Issue; The Role of Universities; Summary; References; Part 1 SMART GROWTH IN THE CURRICULUM; 1 Using a Studio Course for Provision of Smart Growth Technical Assistance: The University of Maryland's 1999 Community Planning Studio in Perryville, Maryland; 2 Freeway Demolition on the Road to Smart Growth: A University-Community Partnership for Infill and Economic Development; 3 Fostering Smart Growth Through Long-term Partnerships: The University of Oregon's Community Planning Workshop

4 Applying Clinical Legal Education to Community Smart Growth: The University of Florida Conservation ClinicPart 2 SMART GROWTH AT RESEARCH CENTERS; 5 Using a Geographic Information System (GIS) to Help Shape Redevelopment of Small Urban Centers; 6 Encouraging Smart Growth in a Skeptical State: University-Stakeholder Collaboration in Central Indiana; Part 3 SMART GROWTH BY COLLABORATION; 7 Smart Growth and Community Preservation: One Citizen at a Time; 8 Smart Growth and Landscape Conservation in Rural Pennsylvania

9 United Growth: Michigan State University's Rural and Urban Land Use Strategy in West Michigan10 Promoting Smart Growth Through Participation and Partnership: The Community Design Team in Rural West Virginia; Part 4 SMART GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY; 11 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Master Plan and Development Plan: Blueprints and Partners in Smart Growth; 12 A King's Ransom: Chattanooga's University Invests in Partnerships for Smart Growth in the Historic Martin Luther King District; 13 Universities as Participants in Planning Enabling Statute Reform

About the Editors and ContributorsAbout the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Index

Notes:

First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-28979-2

1-315-28980-6

1-315-28981-4

1-280-91256-1

9786610912568

0-7656-2186-X

9781315289816

OCLC:

476082016