Preserving and Enhancing Communities A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Policymakers

Name: Preserving and Enhancing Communities A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Policymakers
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ISBN: 9781558495647

ISBN-10: 1558495649

ISBN-13: 9781558495647

Edition: 2007

Authors: Elisabeth M. Hamin, Priscilla Geigis, Linda Silka

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This book starts from the premise that each community chooses its future every day, through the incremental decisions made by planning and zoning boards and other citizen volunteers, as well as professional staff. The challenge is to ensure that these decisions support the preservation of what is special about the community, while still fostering necessary and appropriate growth. In this volume, twenty-nine experts from a variety of fields describe in very practical terms the "community preservation" approach to these issues. As opposed to the top-down regulatory mechanisms that are sometimes used to manage growth, the contributors favor a more flexible, locally based approach that has…

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List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 255
Size: 8.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Preserving and Enhancing Communities




Gathering Perspectives and Getting Involved



Getting Involved: Local Residents and the Planning Process




Building Consensus: Coalitions for Policy Change




Diversity: Multiple Cultures Forming One Community




Thinking Like a Developer: Partners, Adversaries, or Competitors?




Developing a Vision



Comprehensive Planning: Bringing It All Together




Creative Zoning: Putting the Teeth in Your Planning




Current and Future Land Use: GIS Applied




Preserving Natural Resources



Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Protection




Watershed Planning: Securing Our Water Future




Natural Land: Preserving and Funding Open Space




Enhancing Community Strengths



Transportation: Linking Land Use and Mobility




Housing and Community Preservation: A Home for All




The New Economy: Thriving amidst Change




Keeping the Best



Brownfields Redevelopment: Reconnecting Economy, Ecology, and Equity




Adaptive Reuse of Buildings: If It Is Already Built, Will They Come?




Historic Landscape Preservation: Saving Community Character




Community Preservation: Residents, Municipalities, and the State Collaborating for Smarter Growth




Indicators of Community Preservation



Contributors


Index