Managing Community Growth

Name: Managing Community Growth
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ISBN: 9780275978143

ISBN-10: 0275978141

ISBN-13: 9780275978143

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Eric Kelly

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Despite roughly 30 years of experience with growth management programs, which are basically land-use planning tools, most U.S. communities do not plan for how best to limit or manage rapid growth; in fact, most communities do not plan at all. In the absence of planning, land-use boards, regulators, and other governing bodies simply react to initiatives from the private sector. The result is predictably haphazard and does not allow communities to achieve such goals as protecting quality of life, attracting certain types of businesses while discouraging others, conserving wildlife or preserving open spaces, and so forth. In contrast, planning by managing growth can help a town or city achieve…

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List price: $45.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 12/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English




Introduction



Growth management in context



Early growth management activity



Types of contemporary growth management regulations



Non-regulatory techniques to manage growth



Statewide efforts to manage growth



Fighting sprawl : growth management and urban form



Growth management and the natural environment



Growth management and the cost and availability of public services



Growth management and the diversity of housing opportunities



Is growth management a good idea?