RECOMMENDED READING

Publications

(Click on the links to go to websites)

• Strongly recommended: Rural Character
• Arthur C. Nelson et al., The Link between Growth Management and Housing Affordability: The Academic Evidence (Brookings,2002).
• Barbara Wells, Smart Growth at the Frontier: Strategies and Resources for Rural Communities (Northeast Midwest Institute,2002).
• Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Berkshire Planning Tools (2001):
• “Scenic Mountains”(sorry, no link)
• “Redesigning Traditional Town Centers”
• “Maintaining Unpaved Roads”
• Bolton Affordable Housing Partnership, “Bolton Affordable Housing Plan” (2003).
• Boxford Housing Partnership, “Town of Boxford Community Housing Plan” (2004).
• Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, “Hunting and Fishing: Bright Stars of the American Economy ~ A Force as Big as All Outdoors” (2006).
• Harvard Housing Partnership, “Town of Harvard Affordable Housing Plan” (2004).
• Jeffrey Lacy, “Growth Management Tools: A Summary for Planning Boards in Massachusetts“ (MDC, 2002).
• Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, “Model Right to Farm Bylaw” (2004).
• Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, "Acton Reconnaissance Report: Freedom's Way Landscape Inventory" (2006).
• National Neighborhood Coalition, Affordable Housing & Smart Growth: Making the Connection (Smart Growth Network, 2001).
• Trust for Public Land, Land & People (Spring/Summer 2008): (you must sign up to download)
• “The Economic Benefits of Land Conservation”
• “The Health Benefits of Parks"
• “Protecting the Source”
• Richard Louv, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder" (2008) (Available for order at a cost of $14.95)
• Randall Arendt, et al., Growing Greener: Putting Conservation into Local Codes (National Lands Trust, 1997).
• Robert Burchell, et al., “A National Perspective on Land Use Policy Alternatives and Consequences” (Farm Foundation,1998).
• Robert Burchell, et al., The Costs of Sprawl – 2000 (Transportation Research Board, National Academies Press,2002).
• Weston Planning Board, "Preserving Weston's Rural Character" (1998)