Partnerships For Smart Growth: University Community Collaboration For Better Public Places (Cities and Contemporary Society)

Contents......Page 5
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 9
Introduction......Page 13
The Role of Universities......Page 14
Summary......Page 22
References......Page 24
Part 1 SMART GROWTH IN THE CURRICULUM......Page 25
1 Using a Studio Course for Provision of Smart Growth Technical Assistance: The University of Maryland’s 1999 Community Planning Studio in Perryville, Maryland......Page 27
Overview of the Planning Studio Course and Perryville......Page 28
How the Students Approached the Studio Report......Page 31
Findings and Recommendations of the Final Studio Report......Page 35
Perryville’s Utilization of the Report......Page 36
Student Reactions to the Studio Experience......Page 40
Lessons Learned......Page 42
References......Page 43
2 Freeway Demolition on the Road to Smart Growth: A University-Community Partnership for Infill and Economic Development......Page 44
The Issue......Page 45
The Partnership: Program Activity Planning and Collaboration......Page 47
The Planning-Learning Feedback Process......Page 49
Smart Growth Outcomes......Page 50
Challenges......Page 54
Themes of the UWM–City of Milwaukee Linkages......Page 55
Conclusion......Page 56
References......Page 57
3 Fostering Smart Growth Through Long-term Partnerships: The University of Oregon’s Community Planning Workshop......Page 59
The History of the Community Planning Workshop......Page 60
Implementing the Vision: The Structure of CPW......Page 61
Institutional Structure......Page 65
Leveraging Limited Resources: The Power of Partnerships......Page 66
Coping with a Dual Mission: Engaging Students in Service Learning......Page 68
The Reality of Managing Student Researchers: It’s Hard Work!......Page 69
Lessons Learned: Practical Advice for Academics and Practitioners......Page 71
References......Page 73
4 Applying Clinical Legal Education to Community Smart Growth: The University of Florida Conservation Clinic......Page 74
A Brief Overview of Clinical Environmental Law Education......Page 75
The University of Florida Conservation Clinic: Origins and Development......Page 77
Some Clinic Smart Growth Projects and Their Legal Context......Page 80
References......Page 89
Part 2 SMART GROWTH AT RESEARCH CENTERS......Page 91
Overview of the National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment......Page 93
New Jersey’s Smart Growth Strategy......Page 94
Study Area: Somerset County and Designated Centers......Page 95
Project Implementation......Page 97
Reflections on the Project......Page 102
Lessons for Future Smart Growth......Page 103
References......Page 104
6 Encouraging Smart Growth in a Skeptical State: University-Stakeholder Collaboration in Central Indiana......Page 105
Program Activity Planning and Collaboration......Page 106
Program Activity Implementation......Page 110
The Nature of Collaboration......Page 118
Outcomes......Page 120
Conclusion......Page 122
Central Indiana Bibliography......Page 123
Part 3 SMART GROWTH BY COLLABORATION......Page 125
Designing the Community Preservation Institute......Page 127
Program Design and Implementation......Page 130
Feedback, Evaluation, and Changes......Page 134
Institutional Challenges and Outcomes......Page 138
Conclusion......Page 139
Program Planning and Collaboration......Page 141
Organizing Process and Goals......Page 144
Program Activity Implementation......Page 145
Introducing Conservation Planning and Smart Growth Concepts......Page 148
Outcomes......Page 152
Conclusions......Page 154
References......Page 156
9 United Growth: Michigan State University’s Rural and Urban Land Use Strategy in West Michigan......Page 157
Urban Sprawl in West Michigan......Page 158
Organizational History of United Growth and Role of MSU......Page 160
United Growth’s Three-Tier Approach......Page 162
United Growth’s Key Projects......Page 166
Conclusion......Page 171
Appendix. United Growth for Kent County Project Partners......Page 172
References......Page 174
10 Promoting Smart Growth Through Participation and Partnership: The Community Design Team in Rural West Virginia......Page 175
Program Origins, Approaches, and Evolution......Page 176
Program Implementation: Positive Outcomes and Collaborative Activity......Page 178
Program Activities: Hard Lessons Along the Way......Page 181
The CDT and Smart Growth Principles: A Closer Look......Page 182
Conclusion......Page 187
References......Page 189
Part 4 SMART GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY......Page 191
The Carolina Community and the Challenges of Growth......Page 193
Development of the Carolina Master Plan......Page 195
The UNC Development Ordinance and Master Plan Implementation......Page 202
Conclusion......Page 206
References......Page 208
12 A King’s Ransom: Chattanooga’s University Invests in Partnerships for Smart Growth in the Historic Martin Luther King District......Page 209
Program Activity, Planning, and Collaboration......Page 211
Program Activity Implementation......Page 212
Challenges That Arose During Implementation......Page 216
Nature of the Collaboration......Page 221
Conclusion......Page 223
References......Page 224
13 Universities as Participants in Planning Enabling Statute Reform......Page 226
The Wisconsin Idea Context......Page 227
Program Activity Planning and Collaboration......Page 231
Program Activity Implementation......Page 233
Outcomes......Page 236
References......Page 243
Contributors......Page 247
About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy......Page 251
Index......Page 253