One of the aims of the Borderlands Project is to share ideas that relate to the issues facing our communities today. As part of this effort, we offer you the following publications for your reference. In addition to these resources, we recommend that you check out the websites for the author organizations listed below as they often have a variety of other reports of interest.
If you would like to suggest a publication to add, please contact us.
Financing Brownfield Redevelopment in Small Towns and Rural Areas:
Helpful Hints and Examples
Charles Bartsch
and Barbara Wells (PDF Document)
This short report discusses the challenge of redeveloping brownfield sites in rural areas and provides examples of rural brownfields projects.
Cooperating Across Boundaries
USDA, Forest Service (PDF Document)
This report describes the benefits of working across boundaries to protect our rural places and includes a number of success stories from around the US.
This is Smart Growth
Smart Growth Network (PDF Document)
This report describes smart growth strategies and case studies from across the US.
Transboundary Conservation Planning for Ecological and Human Values: A Case-Study of the Moosup River Watershed
Amy Lerner (PDF Document)
This graduate student thesis examines different ways to prioritize lands for conservation, using the Moosup River Watershed as a case study. The Moosup River Watershed is located along the CT-RI border, including portions of five towns.
Protecting Water Resources with Higher Density Development
U.S. EPA (PDF Document)
This report describes the impacts of development on water quality and tests different development scenarios to measure their impacts.
Rural Voices: Rural Housing Goes Green
Housing Assistance Council (PDF Document)
An issue of the Housing Assistance Council's magazine, which focuses on green building strategies.
Working Across Boundaries: A Framework for Regional Collaboration
Matthew McKinney, John Parr & Ethan Seltzer (PDF Document)
This article on regional collaboration appeared in the July 2004 Land Lines, a publication of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Housing A Region In Transition, An Analysis of Housing Needs in Southeastern Connecticut, 2000-2005
Southeastern CT Council of Governments (Word Document)
This report analyzes issues and trends surrounding southeastern CT's affordable housing need.
Smart Growth at the Frontier: Strategies and Resource for Rural Communities
Barbara Wells (PDF Document)
This report discusses a number of smart growth strategies that apply in a rural context. It was prepared by the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
Model Land Use Ordinances
Mark Browboski & Andrew Teitz (PDF Document)
This report provides a number of model land use ordinances. It was commissioned by RI DEM as part of the South County Watersheds Technical Planning Assistance Project.
South County Design Manual
Peter Flinker (External Website)
This online report provides a number of creative design scenarios for different growth areas typical in New England towns. It was commissioned by RI DEM as part of the South County Watersheds Technical Planning Assistance Project.
Transfer of Development Rights Report
Rick Taintor (PDF Document)
This report describes the mechanics of TDR and key issues pertaining to it. It was commissioned by RI DEM as part of the South County Watersheds Technical Planning Assistance Project.
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