Land Use and Planning in the Central Valley

Here are just a few sites and articles. Additional information can be obtained from our newspaper databases and periodical databases.

General Sites

Highly recommended, especially the American Farmland Trust.

• American Farmland Trust
• California Department of Conservation

Central Valley and Other Articles (Full-Text)

• Alternatives for Future Urban Growth in California's Central Valley (Summary Report)
• Beyond Sprawl: New Patterns of Growth to Fit the New California
• Farmland Policy in California's Central Valley
• Farmland Preservation and Ecological Footprints: A Critique (USC)
• Growing Smarter: Fighting Sprawl and Restoring Community in America
• Report of the Agricultural Task Force on Resource Conservation and Economic Growth in the Central Valley (1998)
  This is a land use report of the Central Valley published by the California Farm Bureau Federation.
• A Statistical Tour of California's Great Central Valley
• Urbanization vs. Environment (UC Davis)
• Vanishing Farmland: A Bee Special Report (Sacramento Bee)

Prepared by Laura M. Boyer, Reference Coordinator, California State University, Stanislaus
April 1, 1999