CARI: Center for Applied Rural Innovation
Date of this Version
Spring 2000
Document Type
Article
Citation
Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0949 United States
Abstract
Editors' Introduction and Executive Summary 2
Table of Contents 3
Other Volumes in Series and Ordering Information 4
Syllabus, Spring 2000 5
Principles of Planning for Lincoln and Lancaster County, Student Reports, 2000 9
Recommended Amendments to the 1994 Comprehensive Plan, Student Report, 1999 35
Course Evaluations, Spring 2000, by students and faculty evaluators 45
Resource Materials, some with Student Summaries (with permission of the publishers) 50
Stevens Creek study heralds new era for city, Lincoln Journal-Star 50
Developer, city closer on north Lincoln project, Lincoln Journal-Star 51
Study outlines new vision for Lincoln-Omaha corridor, Lincoln Journal-Star 53
Smart growth advocates seek support, urge Nebraskans to get on board, State Paper, Nebraska 54
County "making progress' in water fight with Lincoln, Wahoo Newspaper 57
Department of Water Resources hears county's objections, Wahoo Newspaper 58
Urban sprawl curbs food production, study shows, ENN News 59
Dreaming big in Coffee Creek, Conservation Voices 62
Economic benefits of open space: bibliography market for open space, Trust for Public Land 66
Using ecological systems for alternative storm water management, Applied Ecol. Services 71
The Prairie Crossing Project, Applied Ecol. Services 77
APA's Growing Smart project and tbe nuts and bolts of smart growth, American Planning Association 83
Centers propose education on conservation buffers: the rural/urban interface, CSAs 90
Community strategies for preserving farms and farmland, Applied Ecological Associates 92
Green building at Oberlin is a dream house for environmental studies, Chronicle of Higher Education 106
Landscape design and erosion control, Erosion Control, Forrester Communications 107
How cities green the planet, City Journal III
The fiscal impacts of different land uses: the Pennsylvania experience, Penn State University 118
Population and land use, European Environment Agency 122
The role of landscapes in storm water management, United States Environmental Protection Agency 126
On conservation developments and their cumulative benefits, Applied Ecological Association 132
Open space as a resource, Montgomery County Planning Commission, Pennsylvania 140
Land preservation: old challenges new ideas, Montgomery County Planning Commission, Pennsylvania 177
Pilot conservation development evaluation system, The Conservation Fund 20I
The Upper Des Plaines River Basin: an inventory of the region's resources, State of Illinois 212
Reinventing rural zoning, Woodlea Associates 236
Principles of rural zoning, Woodlea Associates 247
Rural zoning versus conventional zoning, Woodlea Associates 249
'lnfill' may fill bill in bid to end sprawl, Denver Post On-Line 250
Feedlot counters $40 million suit, Lincoln Journal-Star, Associated Press 253
Midwest lawmakers: cooperation needed to keep farms on land, Lincoln Journal-Star, Associated Press 255
Platte levee proposal threatens cabin life, Omaha World-Herald 256
It keeps coming, coming, and coming, Omaha World Herald 258
School leaders eye new solutions, Omaha World Herald 260
Acreage owners fight developer to preserve tranquility, Omaha World Herald 262
Consequences of sprawl, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission 267
Other Published Resources: title page, information for ordering 278
Additional Resource Materials from Students, Spring 2000 291
A Balloon Ride Exercise: Vision of the Future 309
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Agriculture Commons, Development Studies Commons, Environmental Design Commons, Environmental Studies Commons, Other Architecture Commons, Rural Sociology Commons, Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons
Comments
Copyright 2000, the author. Used by permission