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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.

 

Greenhouse Gas Allowances through RGGI: How to Use the Revenue? (#07-04).

Climate Change
Putting Wind Power in its Place (#08-01).
Energy Efficiency (#08-02).
Sustainable Portland (#08-04).
The Effects of Climate Change on Economic Activity in Maine: Coastal York County Case Study (#09-01).
Planners and Climate Change Action: An Approach for Communities (#09-02).

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

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).
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).

Planning
Landscape Ecology for Planners ( .ppt presentation) (#03-02).
Needs Assessment for Establishment of the NE/EFC (#00-01).
Promoting Low Impact Development in Your Community (#06-05).
The Role of Open Space in Urban Planning (#04-07).

Selected Low Impact Development Projects in New England (#07-01).

Regional Landscape Conservation in Maine (#08-05).

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

GIS Applications
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 Conservation Lands: Perpetual Data Maintenance and Distributed Data ( #05-03).

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

 

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