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Nob Hill, Albuquerque, NM

Neighborhoods and Communities

1. The New Rules Project, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)
2. Ohm, Brian W. Guide to Community Planning in Wisconsin. Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison / Extension, 1999.
3. Meredith, Judith C. and Catherine M. Dunham. Real Clout: A How-To Manual for Community Activists [Download 222-page PDF file], The Public Policy Institute, 2005.
4. Partners for Public Spaces (PPS)
   1. Walljasper, Jay. The Great Neighborhood Book. PPS, 2007
5. American Planning Association (APA)
   1. Great Places in America 2008 (great neighborhoods)
   2. Bookstore
6. Community Building Tools, Community Toolbox, University of Kansas
7. Building Living Neighborhoods (Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander)
8. Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago
   1. Smart Growth in Older Communities
9. Conservation Economy
10. Center for Neighborhood Technology
11. Center for Livable Communities
12. Office of Neighborhood Involvement, City of Portland, Portland, Oregon
13. Congress for the New Urbanism

Sociology

1. Better Together, Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, Harvard University
   1. Putnam, Robert D. and Lewis Feldstein. Better Together: Restoring the American Community. Simon & Schuster , 2003. View on Amazon.
   2. Putnam, Robert D. and Lewis Feldstein. Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Simon & Schuster, 2001. View on Amazon
2. Green, Gary Paul and Anna Haines. Asset Building and Community Development. Sage Publications, Inc., 2001. View on Amazon.
3. Mattessich, Paul and Barbara Monsey. Community Building: What Makes It Work : A Review of Factors Influencing Successful Community Building. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1997. View on Amazon.

Resources

1. Growing Together: Consensus Building, Smart Growth and Community Change. New England Environmental Finance Center, Portland , Maine. DVD: link to purchase and resources.
2. Jackson, Kenneth T. Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. View on Amazon.
3. Nelson, Robert H. Private Neighborhoods And the Transformation of Local Government, Urban Institute Press, 2005. View on Amazon.
4. New Urban News
   1. New Urbanism: Comprehensive Report & Best Practices Guide. New Urban Publications, Inc., 375 pages. View on New Urban Publications.
   2. SmartCode Version 9 and Manual
5. TND Neighborhoods by State and Country, The Town Paper