National Center for Smart Growth

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The National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG) works to advance the notion that research, collaboration, engagement and thoughtful policy development hold the key to a smarter and more sustainable approach to urban and regional development. NCSG is based at the University of Maryland, College Park, housed under the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, with support from the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, the A. James Clark School of Engineering, the School of Public Policy, and the Office of the Provost.

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Hotspots for Growth: Land Use Change and Priority Funding Area Policy in a Transitional County in the U.S.

Hanlon, Bernadette; Howland, Marie; McGuire, Michael (2010)

This paper uses a logit model to estimate whether and to what extent Maryland’s Priority Funding Area (PFA) program steers urban growth to locations inside targeted growth area boundaries of an ex-urban county in the outer ...
A Joint Travel Demand and Environmental Model To Incorporate Emission Pricing For Large Transportation Networks

Mishra, Sabyasachee; Welch, Timothy (2012)

Emission reduction strategies are gaining greater attention to support the national objective for a sustainable and green transportation system. A large percent of emission contribution that arises from transportation modes ...
Assessing the impact of urban form measures in nonwork trip mode choice after controlling for demographic and level-of-service effects

Rajamani, Jayanthi; Bhat, Chandra R.; Handy, Susan; Knaap, Gerritt; Song, Yan (2003)

The relationship between travel behavior and the local built environment continues to be a contentious issue, despite several research efforts in the area. The current paper investigates the significance and explanatory ...
BWI-Patapsco Greenway

Dalal, Avantika; Franklin, Joshua; Poole, Jason; Ren, Jen; Robinson, Laura (Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2016)

The proposed Patapsco Greenway Exchange would serve to connect the Patapsco Valley State Park, the BWI Transportation Zone, and the Baltimore Metropolitan. It is designed to do so for users of all ages and abilities while ...
Farm to Fork: Opportunities and Constraints

DiBernardo, Danielle; Lin, Jiawen; Luo, Zidan; Mishra, Satvik; Sanchez, Nick; Wang, Di (Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2017)

Our team devised a three-stage system to implement a food distribution network to serve Anne Arundel County clients including private retailers, public institutions such as schools and hospitals, and eventually privately-owned ...