Lending Library
In addition to Fact Sheets and Guidebooks, NRPC's Integrated Planning program offers communities even more reference materials through the Lending Library. Residents, elected officials, and community board members can check out books from our collection on a monthly basis. Below you will find a list of the publications currently available through the iTRaC Lending Library program.
To check out an iTRaC book, please contact Karen Baker at karenb@nashuarpc.org or 603-424-2240 x11. We can mail materials to you or please feel free to drop by the Nashua Regional Planning Commission office to browse our selection for yourself.
Community Participation | Energy & Green Building | Land Use | Landscaping/Streetscaping | Population | Rural Planning
Smart Growth | Smart Growth/Housing | Traffic Calming/Transportation | Water
Title ~ Defining WE in Environmental Advocacy
Author ~ Dick Brooks & Michael Goldberg, 2004
Title ~ Growing Together: Consensus Building, Smart Growth, & Community Change
Author ~ Melissa Paly, New England Environmental Finance Center, 2006
*Note: this is a DVD
Title ~ Green Building
Products
Author ~ GreenSpec Guide, 2005
Links ~ GreenSpec
Title ~ Green Building: Project Planning & Cost Estimating
Author ~ R.S. Means, 2002
Title ~ Low Impact Development Design Strategies
Author ~ Dept. of Environmental Resources, Prince Georges Co. MD, 1999
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Residential Green Building Guide: A Web Source Book for New England
Author ~ US EPA, 2006
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ From Traditional to Reformed: a review of land use regulations in the nation's 50 largest metro. areas
Author ~ Brookings Institution, 2006
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ The Old Neighborhood: what we lost in the great suburban migration 1966-1999
Author ~ Ray Suarez
Title ~ Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead
Author ~ UNH Cooperative Extensionl, 2007
Title ~ Communities & Consquences: the unbalancing of NH's human ecology & what we can do about it
Author ~ Peter Francese & Lorraine Stuart Merrill, 2008
Title ~ Above & Beyond
Author ~ Campoli, Humstone, & MacLean; 2002
Title ~ Managing Development in Small Towns
Author ~ Brower, Carraway, Pollard, & Propst; 1984
Title ~ The Small Town Planning Handbook
Author ~ Daniels, Keller, & Lapping; 1988
Title ~ Conserving Your Land: Options for New Hampshire Landowners
Author ~ Brenda Lind; 2005
Title ~ Best Development Practices: a Primer for Smart Growth
Author ~ Reid Ewing
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Getting to Smart Growth
Author ~ International City/County Management Assoc.; January 2002
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Getting to Smart Growth II
Author ~ International City/County Management Assoc.; October 2003
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Integrating Planning & Public Health: Tools & Strategies to Create Healthy Places
Author ~ American Planning Association, 2006
Title ~ The Limitless City
Author ~ Oliver Gillham; Island Press, 2002
Title ~ Making Smart Growth Work
Author ~ Douglas R. Porter, 2002
Title ~ Our Built & Natural Environments
Author ~ US EPA, January 2001
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ SmartGrowth: Transportation Guidelines
Author ~ Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2003
Title ~ Smart Growth Zoning Codes: A Resource Guide
Author ~ Steve Tracy, 2003
Title ~ This Is Smart Growth
Author ~ Smart Growth Network, 2006
Title ~ When City & Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe
Author ~ Tom Daniels, 1999
Title ~ Why Smart Growth: A Primer
Author ~ International City/County Management Association
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Affordable Housing & Smart Growth: Making the Connection
Author ~ Smart Growth Network, 2001
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Smart Growth for Neighborhoods: Affordable Housing & Regional Vision
Author ~ National Neighborhood Coalition, July 2001
Traffic Calming & Transportation
Title ~ A Toolbox for Alleviating Traffic Congestion & Enhancing Mobility
Author ~ Michael D. Meyer; Institute of Transportation Engineers; 1997
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ At Road's End: Transportation and Land Use Choices for Communities
Author ~ Carlson, Wormser, Ulber; 1995
Title ~ Flexibility in Highway Design
Author ~ US Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Innovative Traffic Control: Technology & Practice in Europe
Author ~ US DOT, Federal Highway Administration; Aug. 1999
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Streets & Sidewalks, People & Cars
Author ~ Dan Burden; April 2000
Title ~ Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities
Author ~ Southworth & Ben-Joseph; 1997
Title ~Traffic Calming
Author ~ Cynthia L. Hoyle, 1995
Title ~ Protecting Water Resources with Higher Density Development
Author ~ US EPA, January 2006
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Protecting Water Resources with Smart Growth
Author ~ US EPA
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices
Author ~ US EPA, December 2005
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ The Practice of Low Impact Development
Author ~ US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
Link ~ Online document
Title ~ Landscaping at the Water's Edge
Author ~ UNH Cooperative Extension, 2007
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Nashua Regional Planning Commission
9 Executive Park Drive, Suite 201
Merrimack, NH 03054
Phone ~ 603.424.2240 | Fax ~ 603.424.2230