Florida Wildlife Habitat Planning - Case Studies
This section of Floridahabitat.org discusses real world examples of habitat planning and wildlife friendly design at the landscape and site level. Local, Florida examples and successes displayed.

“Smart Growth” publication examines planning issues
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program has announced the publication of “Smart Growth,” an 18-page document that explores smart-growth planning strategies and analyzes the zoning ordinance in Dauphin Island, Ala. The publication uses a checklist generated by the American Planning Association to help the Dauphin Island community identify ways to maximize its smart growth potential. The concepts in this publication are applicable other towns and cities across the country.

Alternatives for Coastal Development
Coastal communities need tools to help them analyze, visualize, and make decisions about growth and development along the coast. This need is the basic premise behind the development of "Alternatives for Coastal Development." Featuring coastal Georgia as its example, this project illustrates results and provides information applicable to any coastal area.

Harmony Community, Florida
Harmony is a Central Florida community that used many smart growth principles in design, planning and execution. Take a closer look at how Harmony became a sustainable community. Provided by the NOAA Coastal Service Center.

Economic Development and Smart Growth
Highlights the connections between smart growth and economic outcomes such as job growth, occupancy rates, tax base, and private investment. The report, supported with funding from EPA, uses detailed case studies to illustrate economic outcomes in places that have incorporated smart growth development strategies. The case studies profile diverse projects in Lakewood, Colorado; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Paducah, Kentucky; Indianapolis, Indiana; Portland, Oregon; Burlington, Iowa; Silver Spring, MD; and Columbus, Ohio.

Jordan Cove Urban Watershed
Section 319 National Monitoring Program Project
The Jordan Cove urban watershed/low impact development (LID) demonstration project is located in Waterford, Connecticut along the coast of Long Island Sound. The study began in 1995, and was designed to determine water quantity and quality benefits of using pollution prevention Best Management Practices (BMPs) in a residential subdivision. Monitoring took place for 10 years.