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Greenways are open space corridors, often along streams, and generally with trails; see studies, plans, regional concepts, and local projects involving conservation, river restoration, recreation facilities, and trail development:

• AK: Anchorage trails system adds to quality of life
• AZ: The Grand Canyon Greenway-- A Model for America's National Parks
• CA: Redding, California builds a trail system
• CA: Case Study: Northern Delaware Greenway Council
• CO: Sand Creek Greenway is a trail through industrial landscape
• CO: The evolution of Denver's Platte River Greenway system; by Bob Searns
• CT: Connecticut town's trail system began with one man's vision
• DE: Delaware Greenways News
• FL: Suwannee River Wilderness Trail (Florida)
• MO: Toussaint Dardenne Linear Park & Trail System Proposal
• MO: Trail creates new regional asset along Missouri River in Riverside, MO
• MO: St. Louis 2004 proposes 200 miles of greenways
• NC: Little Sugar Creek Greenway, Charlotte: from a barrier to a community connection (pdf 6.8 mb)
• NY: New York City plans greenway expansions
• NY: Black River Rediscovery Project, City of Watertown, New York (pdf 292 kb)
• NY: Hoosick Falls Greenway Feasibility Study (pdf 2.3 mb)
• OR: Willamette River Greenway
• OR: Opinion by Commissioner Charlie Hales on the Willamette River Greenway
• PA: Pennsylvania Greenways: an Action Plan for Creating Connections
• PA: Schuylkill River Greenway Stewardship Study
• TN: Tennessee Riverwalk helped spur revitalization in Chattanooga
• TN: New Greenways in Chattanooga Center on the Tennessee River
• TN: Tennessee Riverpark and Greenways System Plan
• TN: Nashville Riverfront Redevelopment Master Plan public meeting (pdf 6.7 mb)
• TX: San Antonio River Walk: Community Perseverance Pays Off
• TX: Trinity Trails System will be major Texas greenway
• Asia: Urban trail solutions on the Pacific Rim: a sampler by Bob Searns

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• Greenway planning, criteria, and strategies for implementation, from Lawrence Co., PA
• A Case of Mistaken Identity: Striving for a Common Greenway Concept
• The New Generation of Greenway Planning: More Sustainable Forms for the City, by Annaliese Bischoff
• Relationship between urban sustainability and greenway networks, Auckland, NZ (pdf 660 kb)
• TN Greenways & Trails Citizen Action Guide
• Maintenance Checklist for Urban Trails
• Lessons from the Midwest floods: floodplain open space makes economic sense
• Green threads in the urban fabric

• Creating Connections Manual: the process for acquiring, constructing, and managing Pennsylvania Greenway
• New England Greenway Vision Plan envisions 19,300 miles of greenways and trails for CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT
• Creating a Statewide Greenways System: "For People, for Wildlife, for Florida
• Broward Urban River Trail in the Ft. Lauderdale area
• Loxahatchee Regional Greenways System
• South Dade Greenway Network Master Plan, Florida (PDF 22 mb)
• Neuse River Corridor Master Plan, Raleigh, NC will protect flood plain, connect parks with greenways
• Detroit Greenways study (pdf 3.5 mb)
• Michigan coalition releases publication on 14 greenway projects along the Detroit River
• Southeastern Michigan begins GreenWays Initiative
• Lake Ontario Greenway Strategy
• Public Choices and Property Values: Evidence from Greenways in Indianapolis (pdf 410 kb)
• Greenway Proximity Study: A Look at Four Neighborhoods in Surrey, BC (pdf 1.6 mb)
• How Greenways Work: A handbook on ecology by Jonathan Labaree

• Preface and Introduction
• Chapter One: Impacts of Development
• Chapter Two: Greenway Functions
• Chapter Three: Greenways and Wildlife (Habitat, Design, Guidelines)
• Chapter Four: Greenways and Water Resources
• Chapter Five: Other Design Considerations

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