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Superstition Vistas One-Sheet
Sonoran Institute

An initiative to create a model for sustainable desert communities is in the works for the Superstition Vistas, 275 square miles of state trust land in the path of metro Phoenix growth. A committee of public and private entities, including the Sonoran Institute-Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Joint Venture, is driving a visioning and planning process for the area to demonstrate the principles and benefits of smart growth. Download the one sheet [PDF, 1 MB]>>

The Treasure of the Superstitions
Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy

The Sonoran Institute/Lincoln Institute of Land Policy State Trust Lands Project, in collaboration with Salt River Project, Pinal County, Town of Queen Creek, City of Apache Junction, City of Mesa, and Central Arizona Project with support from East Valley Partnership and the Arizona State Land Department asked Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy to think about the urban development of Superstition Vistas in new and exciting ways. This report sets the stage for a continuing dialogue about the potential for Superstition Vistas and all of Arizona’s trust lands with three conceptual scenarios that illustrate how today’s choices will impact tomorrow’s results. Download the full report [PDF, 3.4 MB]>>

Megapolitan – Arizona’s Sun Corridor
Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy

Arizona is one of the nation’s most urban states, and now it includes one of 20 “megapolitan” areas in the U.S. People have predicted for 50 years that Phoenix and Tucson would grow together into a giant desert conglomerate. That possibility has been seen as exciting, intriguing, and distressing. While a solid city along Interstate 10 is unlikely given the diverse land ownership in central and southern Arizona, the two metro economies are already merging.

Megapolitan: Arizona’s Sun Corridor, one of the first reports on a single megapolitan area, recognizes a more sophisticated technique for analyzing urban growth—that shared economic and quality of life interests are more important than physically growing together. Download the full report from the Morrison Institute >>