Alameda Sites

• City of Alameda
  • Contact Mayor & City Council
• Alameda Education Foundation
• Twin Towers United Methodist
• First Congregational Church
• Christ Episcopal Church
• Temple Israel
• Mike McMahon
• Alameda Museum

Alameda Point

• SunCal Alameda Point Site
• Alameda Point Redevelopment Site
• alamedapointvision.org

Local Newspapers

• Alameda Daily News
• Letters to the Editor
• Alameda Journal
• Letters to the Editor
• Alameda Sun
• Letters to the Editor
• Alameda Times-Star
• Letters to the Editor

Local Blogs

• laurendo.com
• alameda.wordpress.com
• johnknoxwhite.wordpress.com

Regional Sites

• Urban Ecology
• Bay Area Census
• The Rose Foundation
• Great Communities Collaborative
• The Greenbelt Alliance: Reports
• Transportation and Land Use Coalition

The Other POV

• KeepMeasureA.org
• Action Alameda

Concepts In New Urbanism

• New Urbanism
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Prospect new Town
• Orenco Station

Publications

• Elizabeth Stampe:
  "Turning Up the Heat on Urban Sprawl"
  An article on how to fight global warming with better land use that includes data on how certain types of design can influence people's transit habits.
• Seth A. Brown:
  "Why Building Smart is So Hard"
  An article on the economic, political and legal challenges to building sustainable projects.
• Urban Land Institute:
  "Higher-Density Development:
  Myth and Fact"
  Study highlighting common myths and actual facts related to higher density development. Great source for additional studies on development and land-use issues.
• ABAG:
  "Myths and Facts About Affordable
  and High-Density Housing"
  More myths and facts about higher density development. Includes many case studies.
• Chris Taylor:
  "The Next Real Estate Boom"
  Article on the growing popularity of "new villages" where dense settlements, not sprawling ranch houses, are the future of housing.