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Smart Growth in the Context of Climate Change
Smart growth, a concept encompassing a range of development and conservation strategies that help protect the natural environment and make communities more attractive, economically stronger, and more socially diverse, can contribute to efforts to make coastal communities more resilient to climate change. The resources below, some of which focus specifically on how smart growth can mitigate climate change and help communities adapt to impacts, provide more information.
EPA’s Smart Growth Portal
EPA’s smart growth portal provides research, tools, partnerships, case studies, grant information, and technical assistance for communities interested in smart growth.
Smart Growth America
Smart Growth America is a coalition of national, state, and local organizations working to improve the ways towns, cities, and metro areas are built. The Energy and Climate section of this website provides information on the climate and energy benefits of smart growth development.
Smart Growth And Climate Change: Regional Development, Infrastructure and Adaptation
This book covers the topics of smart growth, climate adaptation and mitigation; stakeholder involvement; modeling, indicator development and decision support; and methods and cases.
Smart Growth: Estuary Protection and Improvement
This page, on EPA's National Estuary Program site, explains why smart growth is important for estuary protection and improvement, primarily through its positive effects on runoff. It provides links to detailed examples of how some National Estuary Programs are using smart growth to protect and improve their estuaries.
Smart Growth Network
In 1996, EPA joined with several nonprofit and government organizations to form the Smart Growth Network. The Network's partners include environmental groups, historic preservation organizations, professional organizations, developers, real estate interests, and local and state government entities.
This is Smart Growth (PDF) (32 pp, 2.5MB)
This Smart Growth Network publication, produced by the International City/County Management Association and EPA, profiles communities around the country that are protecting the environment through smart growth development.