Land use in America /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1996. |
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| Description: | xx, 351 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2473986 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Laurance S. Rockefeller
- Healthy Land Makes Healthy Communities. Today's Land Use Challenges. Good Land Use Is Achieved by Good Planning
- Making More Efficient Use of the Land. Florida: A Status Report. Long Island (1973-1995)
- California (1973-1995). State Planning and Growth Management. Colorado (1973-1995). New Regional Groupings. Local Initiatives. Cost of Sprawl
- New Issues Awaken, New Strategies Emerge, New Problems Arise. New Stakeholders. Transportation. Greenways. Hudson River Greenway: A Regional Success Story / David S. Sampson. Historic Preservation. New Designs for Communities and Neighborhoods. Metropolitan Growth Patterns: A Homebuilder's Perspective / W. Joseph Duckworth. Farmlands. Affordable Housing. Assessing Environmental Impacts. Further Environmental Progress. The Land and Water Nexus. Backlash. Whose Property Is It Anyway? / John C. Shanahan
- More Growth and Change Are Coming. The Changing Economy Also Means More Pressures on the Land. Social Values in Transition Are Changing How Land Is Used
- A Land Use Agenda for 21st Century America. The Agenda. Sustainable Communities
- Knoxville Center City Business Park Brownfields Redevelopment Project / Victor Ashe
- Loxahatchee Greenways Project / Elizabeth Shields and Matthew Sexton
- Growth Management Plans / Howard Dean
- Ecosystem Management: An Organizing Principle for Land Use / Douglas P. Wheeler
- Transportation: A Key Element in Sustainable Communities / James Lighthizer
- Across the Barricades / William K. Reilly
- Metropolitan Development Trends of the Late 1990s: Social and Environmental Implications / Christopher B. Leinberger
- Our Critical Forest Resources / John A. Georges
- Land Use Planning: A Farmer's Perspective / Ken Buelt
- Patience, Problem Solving, and Private Initiative: Local Groups Chart a New Course for Land Conservation / Jean W. Hocker
- Sustainability and Social Justice: The Changing Face of Land Use and Environmentalism / Charles Jordan
- Science and the Sustainable Use of Land / Norman L. Christensen, Jr.
- Private Property Rights, Government Regulation, and the Constitution: Searching for Balance / Jerold S. Kayden
- An Economic Perspective on the Sustainable Use of Land / John A. Baden.
