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Bay Area Smart Growth Scorecard

by Carey Knecht; Elizabeth Stampe; Kevin Shively; Natalie DuMont

Jun 28, 2006
  • Energy and Environment
  • Government Reform
  • Housing and Homelessness

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The Bay Area Smart Growth Scorecard is a landmark assessment of the planning policies of all 110 cities and counties of the San Francisco Bay Area. Although a city's current development is apparent to anyone who visits it, the policies that guide a city's future development are not so obvious. The Smart Growth Scorecard provides the first view into these policies and the first comparison among them. The Smart Growth Scorecard evaluated 101 cities in seven policy areas: preventing sprawl; making sure parks are nearby; creating homes people can afford; encouraging a mix of uses; encouraging density in the right places; requiring less land for parking; defining standards for good development. On average, Bay Area cities scored 34% (of a possible 100%), meaning cities are doing only a third of what they could be to achieve smart growth. The Smart Growth Scorecard evaluated eight counties (San Francisco is treated as a city) in five policy areas: managing growth; permanently protecting open space; preserving agricultural land; conserving natural resources; and offering transportation choices. On average, Bay Area counties scored 51%. The scores are low overall. But in every policy area, at least one city or county is doing well, whether it is a city that is encouraging walkable neighborhoods, or a county that is preserving its agricultural land. The Association of Bay Area Governments estimates that Bay Area will have one million additional residents by 2020; the Smart Growth Scorecard evaluates how well all the region's jurisdictions are planning for that growth, and how they can do better.

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  • Greenbelt Alliance

Funded By

  • Skoll Foundation
  • San Francisco Foundation
  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
  • Bella Vista Foundation
  • Resources Legacy Fund
  • Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund

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  • Copyright 2006 Greenbelt Alliance. All rights reserved.

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  • CaseStudy
  • Evaluation
  • Issue/Policy Brief
  • Text

Language

  • English

Geography

  • North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco
  • North America / United States (Western) / California (San Francisco Bay Area)
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Title: Bay Area Smart Growth Scorecard
Publication date 2006-06-28
Publication Year 2006
Authors Carey Knecht , Elizabeth Stampe , Kevin Shively , Natalie DuMont
Copyright holder(s) Greenbelt Alliance
Geographical Focus North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco , North America / United States (Western) / California (San Francisco Bay Area)
Keywords growth , scorecard , bay area cities , policies , policy area
Document type CaseStudy , Evaluation , Issue/Policy Brief , Text
Language English
URL: https://www.issuelab.org/resource/bay-area-smart-growth-scorecard.html
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