Planning Resources
The Division of Statewide Planning has compiled the following list of planning resources on topics that may be of interest to Rhode Island residents focused in planning. The resource list contains publications from a variety of sources; however the Division of Planning is only responsible for the content of its own publications.
- Community Guidance to Maintain Working Farms and Forests – RI Department of Environmental Management
- Five Year Strategic Plan for Agriculture in Rhode Island
- Promoting Food Access with Comprehensive Planning and Ordinances – Design for Health, August 2007
- Policy Guide on Community and Regional Food Planning – American Planning Association, 2007
- Community Food Assessment Toolkit – USDA, July 2002
- Policy Guide on Agricultural Land Preservation – American Planning Association, 1999
- Sea Level Rise Mapping and Data Tools – Rhode Island Sea Grant
- Adapting to Climate Change in the Ocean State: A Starting Point – A Report of the Rhode Island Climate Change Commission, May 2012
- Policy Guide on Planning and Climate Change – American Planning Association, April 2011
- Climate Change in Rhode Island: What’s Happening Now and What You Can Do – URI Climate Change Collaborative, March 2011
- The Rhode Island Climate Risk Reduction Act of 2010
- Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Urban Regions – Center for Clean Air Policy Urban Leaders Initiative, June 2009
- Addressing Climate Change with Comprehensive Planning and Ordinances – Design for Health, July 2008
- Storm Smart Coasts, Rhode Island
- Active Design Guidelines – New York City, Department of City Planning, 2010
- Influencing Health through Comprehensive Planning and Ordinances – Design for Health:
- Understanding the Relationship Between Public Health and the Built Environment – A Report Prepared for the LEED-ND Core Committee, May 2006
- Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl – Smart Growth America, September 2003
- Planning and Community Health Research Center – American Planning Association
- The Healthy Development Measurement Tool
- Washington County Transit Oriented Development Planning Study, 2005
- Why Transit Oriented Development and Why Now? – Reconnecting America and the Center for TOD
- Station Area Planning: How to Make Great Transit-Oriented Places – Reconnecting America and the Center for TOD
- Mixed-Income Housing Near Transit: Increasing Affordability with Location Efficiency – Reconnecting America and the Center for TOD
- Transit + Employment: Increasing Transit’s Share of the Commute Trip – Reconnecting America and the Center for TOD
- Rhode Island Ports and Commerical Harbors, 2010
- Promoting Accessibility with Comprehensive Planning and Ordinances – Design for Health, August 2007
- Rhode Island Travel Corridors: Integrating Land Use and Transportation Planning – Division of Planning, December 2003
- Coordinated Plan for Human Services Transportation in RI, 2008
- The State of Rhode Island Highway Functional Classification System, 2014 - Technical Paper 165