Reviews and Articles

Although it pains us to say it, people and organizations other than NEMO do, on occasion, produce things of value. We have provided, below, a list of reading materials that come highly recommended by the NEMO Team. If you leave our cozy confines to order other reading materials, remember to tell them NEMO sent you!

Articles
Bibliographies
Books
Editorials
Email Updates
Press Releases
Reports

Articles

This section of the Reviews contains links to articles of, about or pertaining to NEMO, currently posted on the web. The subject matter alone puts us in mind to highly recommend them, and some of them we wrote ourselves. Check 'em out!

10/02 - Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture
Written by Patrick L. Barry; Written for Science @ NASA. Earth-orbiting satellites are collecting valuable data that reveal the environmental impact of fast-growing cities.

7/02 - Internet Mapping Helps Local Communities
Written by By Yongjun Lei, Emily Wilson, Jeff Bolton, Daniel Civco and Sandy Prisloe; Published in Earth Observation E-Magazine. An article by our NAUTILUS team on high-tech interactive map serving and other tools developed as part of that project.

5/02 - Project Spotlight: Changing Land Use Decision Making One Town at a Time: The NEMO Project at the Ten Year Mark
Written by Laurie Giannotti, Connecticut NEMO Coordinator, and Chet Arnold, Co-Director, NEMO Project; Published in NWQEP Notes, the NCSU Water Quality Group E-Newsletter.

4/02 - Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO): Successful Connecticut Project Used as Model Nationwide
Publised in EPA's Section 319 Success Stories, Vol. III E-News.

10/29/01 - NEMO Provides Technical Assistance to Local Officials
Written by James Davenport, Research Associate; Published in the County Environmental Reporter.

8/01 - This Land Is Your Land
Written by Tod Newcombe; Published in Government Technology E-News. With the help of the Internet and GIS, local officials are learning how to control land use for future generations.

3/01 - New Tools for Communities are Needed if NPS Regulation is to Succeed
Written by Chester L. Arnold, Co-Director, University of Connecticut NEMO Program and Tom Schueler, Director, Center for Watershed Protection, Written for EPA NPS News-Notes.

2/01 - NEMO Program Provides Tech Assistance
National Association of Counties (NACO) County News Online 33(4).

2/01 - Educating Local Land Use Decision Makers to Improve Water Quality in Connecticut
January/February 2001 issue. Coastal Services magazine, published by the NOAA Coastal Services Center.

12/00 - Land Use Is the Issue, But Is Land Grant the Answer?
Written by Chet Arnold, Co-Director, University of Connecticut NEMO Program; Journal of Extension 38(6).

2000 - Sprawl: What Can We Do About It in Connecticut? ( PDF 158K) Written by Christopher J. Smith of the law firm of Pullman and Comley, this article appeared in the October/November issue of the American Planning Association/CT Chapter newsletter.

Bibliographies

2002 - Open Space Planning Bibliography - (PDF 26K) Compiled by John Rozum, CT NEMO Director.

2000 - The Remedial Bibliography for Land Use Planning - (PDF 39K) Compiled by John Rozum, CT NEMO Director (o.k., so we snuck a NEMO generated pub, or two, in here).

2000 - Selected NEMO References - (PDF 47K) Compiled by NEMO Co-founder Jim Gibbons.

Books

2000 - The Practice of Watershed Protection. Written by Tom Schueler and Heather Holland. This book is a very complete compendium of material from a NEMO partner, the Center for Watershed Protection, drawn mostly from past issues of their great journal Watershed Protection Techniques (see cover art) . Order from the Center For Watershed Protection website.

Editorials

2004 - Where Should Growth Occur? National NEMO Soap Box Editorial #1 (PDF 28K)
Written by John S. Jacob, Director, Texas Coastal Watershed Program, our Texas NEMO affiliate.

The debate over the primacy of the central city versus the suburbs has been around some time, but it is at the heart of the debate about what our cities and regions will look like in the future. Where is most of our future growth going to occur? Does it make a difference where it occurs, and could we do anything about changing where it occurs if we wanted to?

Email Updates

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05/04 - Email Update
01/04 - Email Update
10/03 - Email Update
02/02 - Email Update
06/01 - Email Update
05/01 - Email Update

Press Releases

March 22, 2004 - The Hartford Courant, Editorial
Maps Tell Sprawl Story (PDF 27KB)

March 21, 2004 - The Hartford Courant, Commentary by Chester Arnold
Sprawl: A Birds-eye View (PDF 27KB)

January 4, 2004 - The Hartford Courant, Article By Mike Swift
Satellite Pinpoints State's Sprawl - New Computer Maps Show Loss Of Land In Every Town To Development Over Decades (PDF 33KB)

• Or read the original electronic article posted on The Hartford Courant's ctnow.com website. Satellite Pinpoints State's Sprawl (you may need to sign up for a free e-subscription to access the article.

April 22, 2002 - Land Use/Water Quality Program Draws Audience Of 45 - Published in the Groton Open Space Association's E-News

Reports

6/04 - NEMO Highlighted in the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy's Preliminary Report

ABSTRACT
"Released by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy on April 20, 2004, this document presents the Commission’s preliminary findings and recommendations for a new, coordinated, and comprehensive national ocean policy. Mandated by the Oceans Act of 2000, the Preliminary Report is now available for review and comment by the nation’s Governors and interested stakeholders." NEMO is highlighted in Section V, chapter 14: Addressing Coastal Water Pollution, page 170.

Visit the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy website. View full report.

2/03 - Implementing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Mandate to Engage Coastal Users: Opportunities for National Sea Grant Outreach Growth.

Report of the Sea Grant Outreach Growth Committee, National Sea Grant College Program, February 2003.

In response to one of the suggestions in the Byrne Report, A Mandate to Engage Coastal Users, the Assembly of Sea Grant Extension Leaders established a Growth Committee in March 2002, subsequently joined by Sea Grant’s National Communications Network and the Sea Grant Educators Network. This committee was charged with critically looking at opportunities to develop or expand Sea Grant outreach. The committee selected seven issues from among the many currently facing coastal America. This list included "sustainable coastal communities," and the subsequent discussion calls for support of state-based NEMO programs, among other related items.

http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/onlinepubs/q03002.pdf

8/02- Paving Our Way to Shortages: How Sprawl Aggravates Drought
A Report by American Rivers, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Smart Growth America.

An interesting and sober look at how impervious surfaces affect groundwater recharge.

ABSTRACT
Over the past decade, Americans from coast to coast have been suffering through one of the worst droughts in decades. Many blame erratic weather conditions for water shortages, while others point to population growth. But that's not the whole story. Another major contributor to our water problems is the way we develop land. As we pave over more and more wetlands and forests, this new report shows that we are depleting our water supplies. It's not only the arid West that is facing critical shortages. The rapidly suburbanizing Southeast, blessed with a seemingly inexhaustible water supply, is now in serious trouble, as are many other formerly water-rich regions of the country.

10/31/01 - Environmental Protection: Federal Incentives Could Help Promote Land Use That Protects Air and Water Quality. - Go to "GAO Reports/Find Reports" and type in report number GAO-02-12.A report making a strong case for increased assistance to, and education of, local land use decision makers.

ABSTRACT
Americans have become increasingly concerned about the downside of growth and development--increasing dependence on automobiles; worsening traffic congestion; and the loss of farmland, forests, and open space. Some are also concerned that "urban sprawl" can increase air and water pollution, endanger their health, and even threaten their livelihood. Most local transportation planners and state air quality managers do not consider the effects of different land use strategies on air quality. They do not do so principally because nonpoint sources are diffuse and difficult to identify and measure. According to local transportation planners and state air quality managers, federal agencies could help remove barriers to, and provide incentives for, assessing and mitigating the environmental impacts of land use. They proposed actions in the following three key areas: (1) financial incentives for transportation, environmental, and local decision makers to collaborate on land use strategies that limit adverse impacts on air and water quality; (2) technical capacity to assess and mitigate land use impacts; and (3) educating the public and local officials about the environmental impacts of their transportation and land use decisions and alternative development strategies that better protect air and water quality.

4/02 - Coastal Sprawl: The Effects of Urban Design on Aquatic Ecosystems in the United States - Pew Oceans Commission

A very NEMO-esque focus on the coast (although we're not mentioned!).

ABSTRACT
With more than half the nation living along the coast, changes are needed to preserve aquatic habitats. In his report for the independent Pew Oceans Commission, Dana Beach of the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League details the effects of urban design and land-use practices on aquatic ecosystems in the United States. Beach presents new strategies and tools that communities may use to preserve the same ecosystems that attract residents, tourists, and businesses to the coasts.

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