WHO'S SOLVING SPRAWL?The Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club got busy, and using 17 indicators to judge how well-positioned states are to manage growth--through open space protection, land use planning
Land use planning is the term used for a branch of public policy which encompasses various disciplines which seek to order and regulate the use of land in an efficient and ethical way. , community revitalization and transportation planning--it ranked the 50 states from Oregon on top to North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). on the bottom. After Oregon, the next nine are Maryland, Vermont, Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. , Minnesota, New Jersey, Maine, Georgia, California and Illinois. The overall rankings do not reflect the wide disparity in the scores for individual factors. For instance, Georgia with an overall ranking of 8 was 24th in transportation planning. |
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