Building Livable Communities: Sustaining Prosperity, Improving Quality of Life,Building a Sense of Community (Revised). A Report from the Clinton-Gore Administration

摘要

The Administration has launched an effort to help all communities meet thesechallenges--the Livable Communities Initiative. Its aim is to provide communities with tools, information, and resources they can use to enhance their residents' quality of life, ensure their community's economic competitiveness, and build a stronger sense of community. Our goal is to help build livable communities for the 21st century to develop places where older neighborhoods thrive once again; where you can walk safely on the streets; where historic neighborhoods as well as farms, forests, and other green spaces are preserved; where Americans spend less time in traffic and more time with their children, spouses, and neighbors; where homes are safe and secure from natures forces; and all can share in our prosperity. We want to develop places with good schools, clean environments, and public and private spaces that help foster a spirit of community. Federal policies can influence patterns of growth often, inadvertently and their possible contribution to sprawl is a matter of some debate. With the Livable Communities Initiative, the Administration seeks to ensure that the federal government works with communities to build futures that: Sustain prosperity and expand economic opportunity; Enhance the quality of life; and Build a stronger sense of community.