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Arthur C. Nelson. 2014. Washington, DC: Island Press.

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This book provides the know-how the public sector needs to work successfully with developers. – Joe Molinaro, National Association of Realtors. 

This text will be shown to be the invaluable, go-to, how-to book for practitioners, students, and the private sector on redevelopment of our built environment to meet the needs of future generations. – Christopher B. Leinberger, Brookings Institute and George Washington University.

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Arthur C. Nelson. 2013. Washington, DC: Island Press.

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Nelson paints a vivid picture of an America physically transformed in the next twenty years. – Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution. 

Nelson invented the big-picture understanding of how we are building metropolitan America. (H)e has once again shown why urbanists throughout the country turn to him to see the future of the built environment. – Christopher B. Leinberger, author, The Option of Urbanism. 

This is a must-read for planners and policymakers. – Ellen Dunham-Jones, author, Retrofitting Suburbia. 

Finally, we have a comprehensive view of how the American Dream is changing and why. – Peter Calthorpe, author, Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.

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Arthur C. Nelson, Richard Pruetz and Doug Woodruff. 2012. The TDR Handbook: Planning and Designing Transfer of Development Rights Programs. Washington, DC: Island Press. Testimonial: 

The TDR Handbook will be the primary source on the topic for years to come. – Frederick Steiner, Dean, School of Architecture, University of Texas.

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Arthur C. Nelson. 2011. The New California Dream. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute.

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Robert W. Burchell, William Dolphin, Arthur C. Nelson and Reid Ewing. 2011. Transportation Costs of New Development: Procedural Guide. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board.

Arthur C. Nelson and Robert E. Lang. 2011. Megapolitan America: A New Vision for Understanding America’s Metropolitan Geography. Chicago: American Planning Association. Testimonial: 

This is an extraordinary book. It completely and … correctly reorients our thinking about where our cities and communities are going both physically and in terms of actual living. What an extraordinary contribution to our thinking on these issues. This should be required reading … for every governor, mayor, legislator, city council member, Chamber of Commerce member, and, indeed, citizen! --Michael K. Young, President, University of Washington

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Arthur C. Nelson, James C. Nicholas and Julian C. Juergensmeyer. 2009. Impact Fees: Principles and Practice of Proportionate-Share Development Fees. Chicago: American Planning Association. Testimonial: 

In this single, comprehensive text, the leading triumvirate of impact-fee theory and practice shows us how to bring fundamental fairness and justice to impact fees with their transcendent guide to proportionate-share development fees – Dwight Merriam, past president, AICP.

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Arthur C. Nelson and Robert E. Lang, 2009. The New Politics of State Planning. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute.

Arthur C. Nelson, John Randolph, Joseph Schilling, Jonathan Logan, James McElfish, and Newport Partners, 2009. Environmental Regulations and Housing Costs. Washington, DC: Island Press. Testimonial: 

In this book Arthur C. Nelson, John Randolph et al. provided reasoned analysis for decision makers in the public and private sectors about the effect of environmental regulations on housing affordability – Earl Blumenauer, Member of Congress.

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Arthur C. Nelson, Liza Bowles, Julian C. Juergensmeyer and James C. Nicholas. 2008. A Guide to Impact Fees and Housing Affordability. Washington, DC: Island Press. Testimonial: 

In a revenue-constrained world, impact fees will not disappear. The challenge is to ensure that such fees do not undermine a balanced community, Nelson et al. lay out a clear, fact-filled road map to address that challenge. Communities and developers should take heed. – Nicholas P. Retsinas, Director, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University.

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Robert Burchell, Arthur C. Nelson, et. al. 2007. Calculating the Transportation Cost Impacts of New Development: Literature Review. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences.

Arthur C. Nelson, Thomas W. Sanchez, Casey J. Dawkins. 2007. Second, revised printing 2008. The Social Impacts of Urban Containment. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate. Nominated for the Paul Davidoff Award. Book is in second printing. Testimonial: 

Nelson, Dawkins and Sanchez extend the exploration of the effects of containment beyond urban form and housing prices, providing new insights into its consequences for broad array of social and economic issues. As such, the authors break new ground and provide a comprehensive assessment of the thinking on these issues to date. – Gerrit Knaap, National Center for Smart Growth Director, University of Maryland.

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Newport Partners and Arthur C. Nelson (lead author). 2007. Impact Fees and Housing Affordability Guidebook. Washington, DC: Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Arthur C. Nelson, Barbara L. Allen, David Trauger. 2006. Toward a Resilient Metropolis: A New Role for State and Land Grant Universities. Alexandria, VA: Metropolitan Institute Press.

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Arthur C. Nelson and Casey J. Dawkins. 2004. Urban Containment in the United States. Chicago: American Planning Association.

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Arthur C. Nelson. 2004. Planners Estimating Guide: Projecting Land-Use and Facility Needs. Chicago: American Planning Association. Testimonial: 

This is a gem of a book that deserves a place on every planner’s reference shelf. It superbly delivers on its objective to present a straightforward method and framework for estimating future land-use and facility needs for a variety of growth scenarios. – David Listokin, Co-Director, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, in Journal of the American Planning Association 71(4): 460-61.

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Susan M. Wachter, J. Leo Penne, and Arthur C. Nelson, eds. 2000. Bridging the Divide: Making Regions Work. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC.

Office of Policy Development and Research. 2000. State of the Cities 2000. Washington: Department of Housing and Urban Development.

William Drummond and Arthur C. Nelson. 1998. Handbook for Economic Development Geographic Information Systems. Washington, DC: Economic Development Administration.

Arthur C. Nelson and James B. Duncan. 1995. Growth Management Principles and Practice. Chicago: American Planning Association. Recognized as one of the top 25 books in the first 25 year history of the American Planning Association.

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Arthur C. Nelson. 1995. Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater System Development Charges. Boca Raton, FL: CRC and Lewis Publishers.

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Gerrit J. Knaap and Arthur C. Nelson. 1993. The Regulated Landscape: Lessons of Statewide Planning From Oregon. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Several printings. Translated into Chinese in 2003.

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James C. Nicholas, Arthur C. Nelson, and Julian C. Juergensmeyer. 1991. A Practitioner's Guide to Development Impact Fees. Chicago, IL: American Planning Association.

Arthur C. Nelson, ed. 1988. Development Impact Fees: Theory, Issues, and Practice. Chicago, IL: American Planning Association.