EPA-Smart Growth: Principles and Strategies for Sustainable Community Development

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data on Smart Growth principles and tools for economically strong, environmentally sustainable, and socially equitable community development. The dataset focuses on strategies like transit-oriented development, infill development, green infrastructure, form-based zoning, and complete streets design. It was last updated on May 4, 2026, by the Connecting Health Outcomes Research and Data Systems (CHORDS) organization.

Use Cases

• Modeling urban form and density based on principles like transit-oriented development.
• Analyzing environmental impact of development strategies such as green infrastructure.
• Policy evaluation for zoning and land-use regulations like form-based codes.
• Assessing community design features, including walkability and complete streets.

Strengths

• Authored by the authoritative U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
• Description outlines specific strategies like transit-oriented development and green infrastructure.
• Last update timestamp (2026-05-04 15:37:48) is provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic and temporal coverage of the underlying data is unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 15:37:48; freshness should be verified.