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References and Links GIS Links and References Geographic
Information Systems - GIS ESRI's site for Schools. http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/k-12.html. Envirofacts-Data Warehouse and Applications. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html The Rutgers University Center
for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA) Online Mapping Tools: FEMA and ESRI. http://www.esri.com/hazards/index.html. National Geographic Map Machine. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/ Terra Server. http://terrserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp. This software allows you to look at digital orthophotos online. US Census Bureau on line mapping. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet. EPA Maps on Demand. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/mod/index.html Sites that have GIS data with free downloads. Many offer interactive mapping that can be done over the web. National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse is a component of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. http://nsdi.usgs.gov US EPS Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. http://www.epa.gov/nsdi/. California Geospatial Information Library. http://www.gis.ca.gov/. Geographic Information North Carolina. http://www.cgia.state.nc.us Massachusetts Geographic Information System. http://www.state.ma.us/mgis/ Texas Natural Resource Information System. http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/digital.htm.Arkansas Geographic Information System. http://www.gis.state.ar.us/defaultntscp.htm. New York State GIS Clearinghouse. http://www.ctg.albany.edu/gisny.html. Iowa GIS Clearinghouse. http://www.gis.state.ia.us/. Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. http://www.sscgis.state.or.us/. Georgia Spatial Data Infrastructure. http://www.gis.state.ga.us/. State of Kansas Geographic Systems initiative’s Data Access and Support
Center. http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/. Links on Community Planning Sprawl Guide. http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/home.html Sprawl Watch Clearing House http://www.sprawl/watch.org/ Sustainable Communities Network http://www.sustainable.org Center for Liveable Communities http://www.lgc.org/clc/ Smart Growth Network http://www.smartgrowth.org/org/index2.html American Planning Association: Growing Smart Initiative http://www.planning.org/plnginfo/GROWSMART/html
References on Environmental Planning Jackson, K. Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States. 1985, Oxford University Press, N.Y. Kunstler, J.H., The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape., 1994, Simon and Schuster, New York. McHarg, I.L. Design With Nature, 1969. The Natural History Press, Garden City, NY. Nelessen, Anton Clarence, Visions for a New American Dream: Process, Principles and Ordinance to Plan and Design Small Communities Poiani, Karen A., "Biodiversity Conservation at Multiple Scales: Functional Sites, Landscapes and Networks". Feb, 2000, Bioscience Pulliam, H.R., "Sources, Sinks and Population Regulation", 1988 American Naturalist, #132: P1246-1256 Steiner,F.R. The Living Landscape: An
Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning, 2000 McGraw Hill, New York. References for Academic Applications of GIS National Science Education Standards http://nap.edu/html/nses/html/index.html Ball State University http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/burris/iwonder Stickel, G. "Inquiry and Use of Questions". Handout at WWF Environmental Inst. Princeton, NJ. June 2001.
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