Handbook on Smart Growth: Promise, Principles, and Prospects for Planning

This timely Research Handbook examines the evolution of smart growth over the past three decades, mapping the trajectory from its original principles to its position as an important paradigm in urban planning today. Critically analysing the original concept of smart growth and how it has been embedded in state and local plans, contributions from top scholars in the field illustrate what smart growth has accomplished since its conception, as well as to what extent it has achieved its goals. Providing an overview of the history of smart growth, the book further examines its changing governance over time, and the new horizons for smart growth, exploring ways to confront contemporary challenges in urban planning. Illuminating key issues in the field, from urban sprawl to gentrification, that the original principles failed to address, this insightful Handbook advocates for the expansion of smart growth principles to meet the emerging challenges of the modern world, concluding with an agenda for a “smart growth 2.0”.  Informative and comprehensive, this Handbook will prove to be essential reading for researchers, academics and students of urban planning. Its proposals for the future evolution of smart growth will also serve as an accessible and up-to-date reference point for urban planning professionals, activists and policymakers.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface xvii Introduction xix PART I SMART GROWTH HISTORY, PERFORMANCE, AND GOVERNANCE 1 Smart growth: introduction, history, and an agenda for the future 2 John D. Landis 2 Smart growth governance in historical context: the rise and fall of states 35 Martin A. Bierbaum, Rebecca Lewis, and Tim Chapin PART II SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE LOCATION OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT 3 Urban containment as smart growth 60 John I. Carruthers, Hanxue Wei, and Lucien Wostenholme 4 Farmland and forest conservation: evaluation of smart growth policies and tools 75 David A. Newburn, Lori Lynch, and Haoluan Wang 5 Redevelopment and the smart growth movement: definitions, consequences, and future considerations 92 Bernadette Hanlon PART III SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT 6 Promoting mixed land uses for smart growth: implications and recommendations for research and practice 111 Yan Song 7 The urban design requirements of smart growth 128 Emily Talen 8 Smart growth and housing choice 145 Casey Dawkins and Jinyhup Kim PART IV SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES: THE TRANSPORTATION-LAND USE CONNECTION 9 A step ahead for smart growth: creating walkable neighborhoods 168 Kelly J. Clifton 10 Transportation: a facilitator of and barrier to smart growth 188 Timothy F. Welch and Steven R. Gehrke PART V NEW HORIZONS FOR SMART GROWTH: HEALTH AND EQUITY 11 Planning for opportunity: linking smart growth to public education and workforce development 207 Ariel H. Bierbaum, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Jonathan P. Katz 12 Smart growth and public health: making the connection 228 Andrea Garfinkel-Castro and Reid Ewing 13 Smart growth’s misbegotten legacy: gentrification 245 Nicholas Finio and Elijah Knaap 14 Growing together or apart? Critical tensions in charting an equitable smart growth future 259 Willow Lung-Amam and Katy June-Friesen PART VI NEW HORIZONS FOR SMART GROWTH: CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY 15 Community resilience to environmental hazards and climate change: can smart growth make a difference? 277 Marccus D. Hendricks and Philip R. Berke 16 Tale of two sprawls: energy planning and challenges for smart growth 291 Jacob Becker and Nikhil Kaza 17 Leveraging the promise of smart cities to advance smart growth 307 Robert Goodspeed PART VII UNFINISHED BUSINESS: WHERE DOES SMART GROWTH GO FROM HERE? 18 Toward a “Smart Growth 2.0” 324 Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Rebecca Lewis, Arnab Chakraborty and Katy June-Friesen Index

About the Author :
Edited by Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Director, National Center for Smart Growth, Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland, Rebecca Lewis, Associate Professor, Planning, Public Policy and Management, Co-Director, Institute for Policy Research and Engagement, University of Oregon, Arnab Chakraborty, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Katy June-Friesen, Ph.D. candidate, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Editor, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland, US

Review :
‘Too often when a new and transformational movement emerges, we do not take time to contemplate and evaluate its achievements and shortcomings. This crucial and comprehensive volume on smart growth gives us a much-needed critical reflection on how the movement unfolded and how it continues to impact urbanization as new challenges arrive in the 21st century. A must-read for every urbanist, whether professional or armchair!’ ‘Full of counter-intuitive and often sobering insights, this volume is not just incredibly timely, it's indispensable as a reference on the past, present and uncertain future of the smart growth ideal.’ ‘The Handbook is a sobering assessment of the movement’s progress over its first generation. While its success has been too elusive for many advocates, this book shows that Smart Growth’s progress over just a generation is impressive, nonetheless. Using lessons from the first generation, the Handbook is the platform that will guide research, policy, and practice over the next generation.’