Useful Links

Issues

1. The “Sprawl” Controversy

· Special Brookings Issue, Summer 2000, “Reinventing the City”

· Planning Commissioners Journal. Web site on city planning issues with a lot of stuff about urban sprawl.

· Sprawl-Busters. An organization that tries to prevent the expansion of Wal-Mart and other superstores.

2. Education

· Hoover Institution publications on K-12 issues (a think tank with a pro-voucher slant)

· Proceedings from National Symposium

Links to Agencies and Goverments and Organizations

1. Minneapolis

· Metropolitan Council

· Minnapolis Planning Department.Contains a number of planning documents.

2. Minnesota

· State of Minnestota Department of Trade and Economic Development

3. Other Governments

· States and Local Governments on the Net

Sites with Data

1. Census Data

· Homepage for U.S. Dept. of Census (main source for the latest USA regional data)

· County Business Pattern data via MAP

· City and County Data Book (via GeoStat)

2. National Center for Education Statistics

3. Mumford Center, Census 2000 segregation measures.

4. GeoStat: Geospatial and Statistical Data Center

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