The mission of the Smart Growth Coalition is to inform the public about the future impacts of growth and land-use decisions, and to advocate policies that build a quality community and a healthy economy. Smart Growth Coalition began in 1993 when individuals from various sectors became concerned about lack of planned growth. New Study for Public View Compiled by Marie Tapp, a Managing Partner at Buckley Smith, this is a power point presentation on the Growth Indicators of Metropolitan Bakersfield. Learn about the links between public sentiment and the changing demographics of our city. Growth Indicators Study - presentation (ppt format) Please be patient, as this is quite a large file. Additionally, you may choose to view a smaller version of the presentation in Pdf format here: Growth Indicators Study - Full Report (ppt format) Cost of Residential Development: A Case Study of Bakersfield, California Upon request, the studies of Sriram Khé, Ph.D. and Abbas Grammy, Ph.D. have been uploaded for viewing. This May of 2002 study was sponsored by Department of Economics California State University, Bakersfield 9001 Stockdale Highway Bakersfield, California 93311-1099 Download the word files from the following links. cover 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | references 9 Alternative Metropolitan Governance Structures: Managing Land Use in Bakersfield This extensive report was put together by: Sriram Khé, PhD Associate Professor of Geography Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR 97361 It addresses issues involving Bakerfield's land use, with alternative structures to present codes. Here is a short excerpt... A hundred years ago, in 1900, Bakersfield was a small city with a population of less than 5,000 and an area of about seven square miles. At the end of the century, Bakersfield had recorded a 50-fold population growth and a 16-fold area expansion, and become the second largest city in the San Joaquin Valley. By 2040 the population of metropolitan Bakersfield could be as much as 800,000. Land use that accommodates such a growth has region-wide impacts; but it appears that local and regional agencies refuse to understand land use from regional perspectives. The few state-wide attempts to institutionalize changes in metropolitan land use and governance processes appear to have little chances of succeeding. Perhaps attempts to initiate an institutional overhaul rarely take off primarily because regionalism has always been eyed with a great deal of suspicion... Download the zip file here If you have trouble unzipping the files, please contact the webmaster. View past Smart Growth Coalition of Kern County postings here