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Publications

The Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities' publications contain information to guide readers along the path to Bay Area sustainability.

Regional Livability Footprint/Smart Growth Strategy

From 2000 to 2002, the Bay Area Alliance and the Bay Area's five regional agencies engaged in a regional dialogue to reach consensus on how the Commitments to Action in the Draft Compact relate to land use. This consensus was accepted as a "regionwide smart growth vision" for the Bay Area that is the starting point for the development of policy-based projections that may be used in future transportation and other regional plans. View the Smart Growth Strategy

In 2006, the Smart Growth Strategy has been revisited through the process called Focusing Our Vision. Learn more about it here