Urban Infrastructure

The Center is designed to serve as a resource for transportation professionals seeking technical assistance, training, information exchange, partnership-building opportunities, and quick and easy access to environmental tools.

A partnership of megacities across the globe pledged to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency. Contains example of best practices.

This web site provides an overview of the scientific evidence of human health and well-being benefits provided by urban forestry and urban greening.

Publications devoted to the design and governance of sustainable communities.

Empowers practitioners in the business, government, and non-profit sectors to collaborate to solve problems that cannot be solved by one sector alone. Free tools and case studies.

The Lincoln Institute seeks to improve the dialogue about urban development, the built environment, and tax policy in the United States and abroad. An extensive library of online publications is available with free registration.

Information on brownfields and incentive programs for developers.

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is a regional planning agency serving the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns of Metropolitan Boston. Its mission is promoting smart growth and regional collaboration. It offers free access to reports on local planning issues.

Information on effective growth, development, and preservation practices.

Provides access to reports and guidelines on making communities greener and more compact.

Resources to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields.

Planning codes and guidelines for making communities more compact and sustainable.

Useful links to recent publications on urban development, housing, transportation, and land use. Also provides free access to Urban Land Magazine.