Community Design Resources

• http://www.lgc.org/freepub/community_design/index.html

ARTICLES

• The Ahwahnee Principles: Toward more livable communities. By Judith Corbett, Executive Director—Local Government Commission and Joe Velasquez, Councilmember—City of Cathedral City.
• Building Livable Communities with Transit - Elements of Good Transit-Oriented Development. By Paul Zykofsky, AICP
• Development and Public Health: Could our development patterns be affecting our personal health? By Richard E. Killingsworth and Jean Lamming.
• Energy and the Human Environment: Toward Better Neighborhood Design. By Judy and Michael Corbett.
• Shaping the Tools of Re-Invention: Good Citizens, Better Communities. By Dave Davis
• Ten Keys to Walkable/Livable Communities. By Dan Burden
• Why Build Near Transit? - The economic and social benefits of transit oriented development. By Paul Zykofsky, AICP

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FACT SHEETS

• Cultivating Community Gardens Fact Sheet
• Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: School and Local Government Collaborations — Fact Sheet
• Emergency Response and Traditional Neighborhood Street Design Fact Sheet
• Form-Based Codes: Implementing Smart Growth Fact Sheet
• Neighborhood-Scale Planning Tools to Create Active, Livable Communities Fact Sheet
• Emergency Response and Narrow Streets: Traffic Calming and Street Design — Fact Sheets
• Community Design Fact Sheets for Safe Streets and Healthy Communities Fact Sheets and Resources (In Spanish and English)
• "Designs and Codes that Reduce Crime around Multifamily Housing" Fact
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• "Calles Más Seguras para Familias y Niños" Fact Sheet (In Spanish)
• "Geographic Information Systems: A Tool For Improving Community Livability" Fact Sheet
• Overcoming Obstacles to Smart Growth through Code Reform – An Executive Summary for Smart Growth Zoning Codes: A Resource Guide (PDF, 210 KB)
• "Compact Development for More Livable Communities" Fact Sheet
• "Designing Safe Streets and Neighborhoods" Fact Sheet
• "The Economic Benefits of Walkable Communities" Fact Sheet
• "Land Use Planning for Safe, Crime-Free Neighborhoods" Fact Sheet
• "Livable Communities and Urban Forests" Fact Sheet (In English and Spanish)
• "New Thinking for a New Transportation Age" Fact Sheet and Resources
• "Safe Routes to Schools" Fact Sheet and Funding Information
• "Transportation Tools to Improve Children's Health and Mobility" Fact Sheet
• "US DOT Policy Supports Walking and Bicycling" Fact Sheet
• "Why People Don't Walk and What City Planners Can Do About It" Fact Sheet

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GUIDEBOOKS AND GUIDELINES

Guidebooks:
• Ahwahnee Principles for Smart Economic Development: An Implementation Guidebook
• Better Models For Development in California: Ideas for Enhancing Small Towns and Suburban Communities
• Building Livable Communities: A Policymaker's Guide to Infill Development
• Building Livable Communities: A Policymaker's Guide to Transit-Oriented Development
• Compact Development CD (CD²)
• Creating Great Neighborhoods: Density in Your Community
• Emergency Response: Traffic Calming and Traditional Neighborhood Streets
• Real Towns: Making your Neighborhood Work
• Smart Growth Zoning Codes: A Resource Guide and CD
• Street Design Guidelines for Healthy Neighborhoods
• Streets and Sidewalks, People and Cars: The Citizen's Guide to Traffic Calming
Guidelines:
• 20 Questions to Ask Your Staff
• Building More Livable Communities: Design Guidelines for Multifamily Housing
• Designs and Codes that Reduce Crime around Multifamily Housing

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NEWSLETTERS

Back issues of our monthly Livable Places Update, a report of progress made by local

Archived issues of the Leadership for Healthy Communities: San Joaquin Valley Update. A newsletter for local policy-makers that includes discussion on active living & healthy eating policies.

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PARTICIPATION TOOLS

Participation Tools for Better Community and Land Use Planning

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PRESENTATIONS

Speaker presentations given at workshops, conferences, or meetings.

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REPORTS

• Healthy Communities in California's San Joaquin Valley: Community Design Toolkit (PDF; 42.1 MB)
• 2003 Governor's Environmental Goals and Policy Report (PDF, 3.5 MB) November 10, 2003:Memo
• Creating Great Neighborhoods: Density in Your Community (PDF, 4 MB) September 2003
• Ballot Box Planning and Growth Management (PDF, 1 MB) By William Fulton, et al., August 2002
• Growth Management Ballot Measures in California (PDF, 1 MB) By William Fulton, et al., June 2002
• New Schools for Older Neighborhoods: Strategies for Building Our Communities' Most Important Assets (PDF, 2.9 MB) January 2002
• Strategies for Revitalizing Our Downtowns and Neighborhoods: Evaluating California Main Street Programs, By Eichenfield and Associates, July 2002
  • Task 1. The Impact of a Main Street Program on a Local Economy (PDF, 253 KB)
  • Task 2. Reasons Communities Leave the State Program (PDF, 35 KB)
  • Task 3. Capacity of the California Main Street Program to Serve California Communities(PDF, 46 KB)
• Revitalizing Older Suburbs
  • Companion Report: Older Suburbs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area: Decline, Revitalization, and Lessons for other Communities (PDF, 616 KB) By Strategic Economics, July 2002