and movement in time and space, 60-62

and place-scale definition, 18

space-time paths, 61

Timeliness, of federal government data, 141-142

Trade-offs, 6, 11

Transportation and Equity Act for the

Twenty-First Century (TEA-21), 109, 118

Transportation planning, 139, 164

actors in decision making, 115-119

assessing impacts on livability, 110-111

changes in process, 107-112

current process employed, 106

environment and quality of life, 111

government roles in, 8-9

Travel, personal, 72

Tucson, Arizona, pedestrian-oriented,

mixed-use development in, 27

U

Uncoordinated data, 142-143

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 35, 158-159

“Natural Amenities” Index, 35

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 141, 158-159,164

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), 154-156

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 156-157

Research Maps, 156

Urban Research Monitor, 157

USER database, 157

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), 157

U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), 161-162

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1, 14, 118, 142, 149, 157-158, 164

Intermodal Transportation Database, 157-158

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 39, 116, 118, 159-160

Envirofacts database, 160

Information Resources Center, 159

Integrated Risk Information System, 160

Window to My Environment, 160

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 161

National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), 139, 161

U.S. Forest Service (USFS), 176

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 141-142, 161-162

Digital Aerial Images, 135

Digital Line Graph hydrography data, 165

Hydrology Division, 162

National Atlas, 161-162

National Water Information System, 162

U.S. Global Charge Research Program (USGCRP), 163

U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (SDI Group), 165

U.S. White House Task Force on Livable Communities, 24, 27, 34

V

Vertical characteristics of place, 56

W

Weighted indicators, 50-51

Weighting, areal, 90

Western Governors’ Association, 144, 149

Wilderness Society, The, 80

Window to My Environment, 160

Z

Zoning, 5