Making Sense of Place Film Series A documentary film and educational outreach project launched by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Phoenix: The Urban Desert
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A Sense of Place - Planning and Making Communities
Urban Development and Central City Revitalization
Desert Environment and Preservation
Regional Planning
Water and Growth
State Trust Land
Tribal Land Planning and Development
Immigration and Economic Development
Traffic Congestion and Development Patterns
Designing Phoenix's Future
Lessons for Middle and High School Classrooms
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Making Sense of Place – Phoenix: The Urban Desert
State Trust Land
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Quotes From the Film
"Much of the growth is going to occur on land that is owned by the state. And much of that land that is owned by the state is still native desert, and so there is a significant amount of that land, and because it is still native desert it has higher market value. People want to live on houses around native desert. So, it's a real dilemma because the land that has the highest value for its financial value is also the land with the highest conservation values.""In order to reform state trust land we need some real leadership - whether that comes from elected officials, or from stakeholders sitting down together in a collaborative way working things out. We need some leadership that recognizes the current system is dysfunctional and that we can do better." Lincoln Institute PublicationsUsing Assisted Negotiation to Settle Land Use DisputesAuthor(s): Susskind, Lawrence and the Consensus Building Institute Publication Date: July 1999 Mediating Land Use Disputes Author(s): Susskind, Lawrence, Mieke van der Wansem and Armand Ciccarelli Publication Date: April 2000 A Methodology for Valuing Town Conservation Land Author(s): Brown, Pamela J. and Charles J. Fausold Publication Date: January 1998 Can Leasing Public Land Be An Alternative Source of Local Public Finance? Author(s): Hong, Yu-Hung Publication Date: January 1996 Public Values and Conservation Land Author(s): Fausold, Charles J. Publication Date: September 1999 Visualizing Density A Author(s): Campoli, Julie and Alex S. MacLean Publication Date: December 2002 The Economic Value of Open Space Conservation Publication Date: March 1998 |
"Much of the growth is going to occur on land that is owned by the state. And much of that land that is owned by the state is still native desert, and so there is a significant amount of that land, and because it is still native desert it has higher market value. People want to live on houses around native desert. So, it's a real dilemma because the land that has the highest value for its financial value is also the land with the highest conservation values."