Issue Areas

Environmental Issues: Sustainable Communities

Developments and Dollars An Introduction to Fiscal Impact Analysis in Land Use Planning Report: This guide provides citizens, planners, local officials and others concerned with sprawling development and growth issues with tools they need to examine the likely impacts of development proposals on local taxes and municipal budgets. It also offers advice on accounting practices sometimes used to make development appear more attractive to local governments than it really is.

For additional policy documents, see the NRDC Document Bank.

Kaid Benfield writes about development, community and the environment on Switchboard.

Whither intelligent vehicles and automated highways? (with Lee Epstein): posted by Kaid Benfield, 6/17/13
How LEED-ND standards reduce driving and associated emissions: new research: posted by Kaid Benfield, 6/12/13
As we remake suburbs, should we guard against "commercial gentrification"?: posted by Kaid Benfield, 6/11/13

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