Links

The Great Communities initiative -- which is comprised of the collective efforts of 4 different Bay Area organizations including Greenbelt Alliance -- focuses on the crucial need for transit-oriented development in the context of social and environmental justice. You can find out about the GCI at the Transportation and Land use Coalition website:

http://www.transcoalition.org/c/gci/gci_home.html

You can also read about it on the other member-organizations' individual websites:

http://urbanhabitat.org/node/345

www.greenbelt.org

http://www.nonprofithousing.org/knowledgebank/index.atomic

See also Urban Ecology's Walkable Streets Toolkit:

http://www.urbanecology.org/walkable.htm

http://www.newecology.org/GCDCI.htm

New Ecology Inc.

www.greenaffordablehousing.org

The Green Affordable Housing Coalition

www.live-work.com

http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/theoryia/

Theory in Action, Smart Growth Case Studies in the Bay Area

http://www.smartgrowth.org/about/default.asp

Smart Growth Network: outlines the "principles of smart growth." When you click on a "principle," in addition to a brief discussion of that principle, if you scroll down, you will also find links to case studies and other resources.

www.ultraoakland.org

info@ultraoakland.org