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Regionalism on Purpose
Enfoques en políticas de sueloAgosto 2001Kathryn A. FosterIn the past decade, interest in and experience with U.S. metropolitan regionalism have mushroomed as public officials, civic leaders, and metropolitan residents seek to address complicated regional...
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Mediating Land Use Disputes
Pros and ConsEnfoques en políticas de sueloAbril 2000Lawrence Susskind, Mieke van der Wansem, and Armand CiccarelliLand use planning in America began with a concern for the efficient allocation of land, but has shifted to a concern for procedural fairness in allocating public resources, which requires increased...
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State Property Rights Laws
The Impacts of Those Laws on My LandEnfoques en políticas de sueloAbril 1999Harvey M. JacobsThe conservative land use movement that emerged in the 1990s to promote the interests of private property owners has pursued a vigorous legislative agenda at all levels of government. All 50 state...
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Open Space Conservation
Investing In Your Community's Economic HealthEnfoques en políticas de sueloFebrero 1998John TibbettsThis report describes several techniques of delineating the economic value of open space, explaining their strengths and limitations. The report also analyzes the effectiveness, practicality, and...
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Risks and Rewards of Brownfield Redevelopment
Enfoques en políticas de sueloAbril 1997James G. WrightBrownfields are abandoned or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination that may present direct...
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The New Urbanism
Hope or Hype for American Communities?Enfoques en políticas de sueloNoviembre 1996William FultonSince the early 1980s, a group of planners, architects, and developers have been rebelling against “conventional” suburban development as practiced in the United States since the end of...
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On Borrowed Land
Public Policies for FloodplainsEnfoques en políticas de sueloJunio 1996Scott FaberFlooding is a natural hydrologic occurrence, but flood-related damage to property and the risks to human life are exacerbated by urban growth and other intensive development in floodplains. The...
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Alternatives to Sprawl
Enfoques en políticas de sueloDiciembre 1995Dwight YoungSprawl is not a recent phenomenon. There is general agreement that it began in the construction boom of the post-World War II years and really came into its own with the initiation of the Interstate...
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Managing Land as Ecosystem and Economy
Enfoques en políticas de sueloNoviembre 1995Edited by Alice E. IngersonEnvironmentalists and resource users have banded together behind the common goal, or at least the common slogan, of “sustainable development.” What are the economic, political, and social...
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Land Policy and Boom-Bust Real Estate Markets
Enfoques en políticas de sueloSeptiembre 1994Edited by Jonathan D. CheneyU.S. land and real estate markets went on a roller coaster ride in the 1980s and early 1990s. The combination of economic growth, demographic change, and federal tax and banking policies that...
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