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NE/EFC Publication Series - choose a topic

Smart Growth Leadership Case Study Library The library contains detailed case studies of smart growth projects, developments, and policy initiatives in New England communities.

 

The Effects of Climate Change on Economic Activity in Maine: Coastal York County Case Study (#08-08).
Energy Efficiency (#08-02).

Climate Change
Greenhouse Gas Allowances through RGGI: How to Use the Revenue? (#07-04).
Planners and Climate Change Action: An Approach for Communities (#08-09).
Putting Wind Power in its Place (#08-01).
Sustainable Portland (#08-04).
 

Economics & Finance
Analysis of Per Capita Expenditures of Suburbanizing Communities in Maine(#05-02).
The Creative Economy in Maine: Measurement and Analysis (Published cover, TOC, and Executive Summary only. The complete report is a special edition of the Southern Maine Review, available from us here) (#04-02).
The Effects of Climate Change on Economic Activity in Maine: Coastal York County Case Study (#08-08).
Environmental Finance for Affordable Housing (#07-03).
An Examination of the Spatial Aspects of Fiscal Impact Analysis (#06-01).
Financial Incentives for Developers Initiating Smart Growth Projects (#03-04).
Land For Maine's Future Program: Increasing the Return on a Sound Public Investment (Executive Summary; Full Report) (#04-01).
Making Sustainable Businesses Work: Some Lessons from Massachusetts Leaders (#05-04).
Stormwater Utility Fees: Considerations and Options (#05-01).
Trust, Collaboration, and Financial Return in Conservation/ Development Partnerships (#03-05).

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GIS Applications
Conservation Lands: Perpetual Data Maintenance and Distributed Data ( #05-03).
GIS Feasibility Study (#02-02).
Standardizing Geospatial Information for New England Conservation Lands: Data Capture Methods and Technology ( #06-02).
Standardizing Geospatial Information for New England

Land Conservation
Conservation Lands: Perpetual Data Maintenance and Distributed Data ( #05-03).
Report of the New England Governors Blue Ribbon Commission on Land Conservation (Full Report) . "A Lasting Legacy" (Executive Summary) (#09-01, #09-04).
Land For Maine's Future Program: Increasing the Return on a Sound Public Investment (Full Report); (Executive Summary) (#04-01).
Land Use and Land Conservation in New England: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities (#09-04).
Regional Landscape Conservation in Maine (#08-05).
Smart Growth and Conservation Land Acquisition Priorities (#02-03).
Standardizing Geospatial Information for New England Conservation Lands: Data Capture Methods and Technology ( #06-02).

Trust, Collaboration, and Financial Return in Conservation/ Development Partnerships (#03-05).
 

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Legislation
Guiding Growth: A Survey of Tax Incentives (#03-01).
Model State Land Use Legislation for New England (#03-03).
Some model amendments to Maine (and other states') land use control legislation (#04-06).

Maine History & Policy Development
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Working Group Report (Executive Summary, Full Report) (#07-02).

Blaine House Conference on Maine's Natural Resource-based Industry: Charting a New Course (EFC-led event; not an EFC publication).
A Brief History of Maine Rural Development Policy (#07-05).
Changing Maine: 1960 - 2010. Index for this book (the published first edition had no index).(#04-03).
Changing Maine: 1960 - 2010. Teaching Guide (#06-03).
The Creative Economy in Maine: Measurement and Analysis (Published cover, TOC, and Executive Summary only. The complete report is a special edition of the Southern Maine Review, available from us here) (#04-02).
People, Place, and Prosperity - Report 1 from the Governor's Council on Maine's Quality of Place     (Executive Summary, Full Report) (#07-06).
Quality of Place and Job Growth: A New and Needed Maine Investment Strategy - Report 2 from the Governor's Council on Maine's Quality of Place     (Executive Summary, Full Report) (#08-03).
Regional Landscape Conservation in Maine (#08-05).
Smart Growth, State Policy and Public Process in Maine: the Dunstan Crossing Experience (#04-04).
Some model amendments to Maine (and other states') land use control legislation (#04-06).

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Planning
Amherst MA: A New Village Plan for Atkins Corner (#01-06).
Augusta ME: The New Bridge Begets a New Planned Neighborhood (#02-06).
Brunswick ME: De-militarizing the BNAS (#08-06).
Landscape Ecology for Planners ( .ppt presentation) (#03-02).
Mansfield CT: Planning a New Village Center (#03-06).
Needs Assessment for Establishment of the NE/EFC (#00-01).
Portland ME: Affordable Housing v. Open Space (#08-07).
Promoting Low Impact Development in Your Community (#06-05).
Regional Landscape Conservation in Maine (#08-05).
The Role of Open Space in Urban Planning (#04-07).

Selected Low Impact Development Projects in New England (#07-01).
South Kingstown RI: New Zoning for an Historic Mill (#06-06).
South Burlington VT: Mixed-Use Comes to O'Dell Parkway (#09-02).
South Burlington VT: New Urbanist South Village (#09-03).

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Smart Growth
Financial Incentives for Developers Initiating Smart Growth Projects (#03-04).
Policy Tools for Smart Growth in New England (#06-04).
Roundtable Series on Innovative Approaches to Land Conservation and Smart Growth (#02-01).
Smart Growth and Conservation Land Acquisition Priorities (#02-03).
Smart Growth, State Policy and Public Process in Maine: the Dunstan Crossing Experience (#04-04).
 

Water
Stormwater Utility Fees: Considerations and Options (#05-01).
Wastewater Treatment Charrette (#00-02).

 

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