CIRPS is now a project of The Carsey Institute

CIRPS has a new home at the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. The Carsey Institute supports interdisciplinary research that informs policy makers and practitioners working to broaden opportunities for upward mobility and to achieve healthy sustainable communities.

The Changing Face of New Hampshire

CIRPS and NH GRANIT have partnered to collect and present historic indicators of ecological, human, and community health with aerial photography taken over the NH seacoast to present a rich story of how land use change can be associated with certain ecological and social impacts. We have gathered available information on regional population growth,changing roadways and traffic patterns, decline of farmland, shifts in social capital, and other indicators over the period of forty years documented through the aerial photographs. This information and related graphs and charts will serve as educational and outreach aides for community decision-makers and for conservation and community development efforts in the seacoast region.

We have developed an educational video on "The Changing Face of the Seacoast." Copies of the video are available.

Resource Clearinghouse for Rapidly Growing Communities

This project involves three parts, 1) Establishing a central on-line site for access to expertise in interdisciplinary areas relating to the top issues of rapidly growing communities in New England, 2) Building an on-line database of organizations and programs working to reduce the impacts of rapid growth and offering direct access to their publications and tools, and 3) Offering access to community success stories.

The Clearinghouse for Growing Communities is now coordinated by UNH Cooperative Extension.