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Books

Better Together: Restoring the American

Community by Robert D. Putnam

Comeback Cities by Paul S. Grogan

Designing the City by Adele Bacow

House by House, Block by Block by Alexander Von Hoffman

Neighborhood Recovery by John Kromer

Project for Public Spaces: How to Turn a Place Around

Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work

Suburban Nation: the Rise of Sprawl & the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany

Superbia: 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods by Dan Chiras & Dave Wann 

Taking Back Our Neighborhoods by Mary Wachter

The Twenty-First Century City by Stephen Goldsmith

Reports: Davenport, Iowa

Davenport Riverfront Conceptual Development Plan  [SC 307.12 Dav]

River Renaissance on the Mississippi  [SC 307.12 Dav]

Riverfront Housing Report: Quad Cities, Illinois & Iowa: a Study of Existing Riverfront Buildings Suitable for Conversion to Housing  [SC 363.58 Riv]

Riverfront Sewer System Study  [SC 628.3 Dav]

Schools & Park Facilities and the Riverfront Area, Davenport, Iowa [SC 711 Sch]

Government Documents

The 10-Year Planning Process to End Chronic Homelessness in Your Community   [Y 3.H 75.8 P 69]

Agricultural & Rural Community Issues  [Y 4.AG 8/3:2.HRG.107-254]

Basic Laws on Housing & Community Development  [Y 4.B 22/1:H 81/62/998]

Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act  [Y 4.F 49/20:107-59]

Community Character Act of 2002  [Y 1.1/5:107-290]

Community Development & Venture Capital Act of 1999  [Y 1.1/5:106-383]

Comparing Methodologies to Assess Transportation & Air

Quality Impacts of Brownfields & Infill Development  [EP 1.2:M 56/16]

Compilation of Basic Laws on Housing and Community Development [Y 4.F 49/20:108-C]

Environmental Quality & Community Growth: How to Avoid Flooding, Traffic Congestion, and Higher Taxes in Your Community  [EP 1.2:Q 2/19/2000]

The Future of Round II Empowerment Zones  [Y 4.SM 1:106-56]
Gateway Communities Cooperation Act of 2002 
[Y 1.1/8:107-653/PT.1]

Honor the Past; Imagine the Future  [PR 43.8:M 61/H 75/FINAL]

HUD's Community Builders Program  [Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG.106-989]

Impact of Federal & Community-Based Programs on Main Street America  [Y 4.SM 1:106-55]

Millennium Communities Handbook  [PR 42.8:M 61]

Neighborhood Networks: Delivering Technology Access to America's Communities   [HH 13.16/4:C 73]

Proposals to Promote Affordable Housing  [Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG.106-1076]

Review of the Current Status of Empowerment Zones & Renewal Communities   [Y 4.F 49/20:107-65]

Revitalizing Rural America  [Y 4.SM 1/2:2.HRG.107-339]

Strengthening America's Communities  [Y 4.F 49/20:108-14]

Tax Incentives to Assist Distressed Communities  [Y 4.W 36:106-80]

Thriving Together: Connecting Rural School Improvement & Community Development    [ED 1.310/2:451020]

Urban Renewal in Minority Communities  [Y 4.ED 8/1:106-126]

Journals, Magazines & Newsletters

Big River Magazine

Community Development Journal

Inner City 100 Magazine

Journal of Public Transportation

Mass Transit Magazine

Metro Magazine's Transit-Center

New Urban News -- projects, trends & ideas

The Next American City -- focuses on a new generation of urban thinkers and leaders

Planning Commissioners Journal

Rural Development Perspectives

ShelterForce -- community development

Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments

The Town Paper -- lots of links

 

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