197 Pages
by
Routledge
197 Pages
by
Routledge
197 Pages
by
Routledge
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With origins in the late 1960s, a 'quiet revolution' in land use planning and control has taken hold across North America. First seen as a manifestation of the environmental movement, the revolution prompted governments at several levels to attempt to protect critical areas and vulnerable natural resources. Many of the most dramatic and far-reaching shifts in planning regimes have occurred in... Read more
Contents: Introduction, Mark B. Lapping and Owen J. Furuseth; The beckoning country: Act 200, Act 250 and regional planning in Vermont, Robert M. Sanford and Mark B. Lapping; The Pinelands, Robert J. Mason; The Niagara fruit belt: planning conflicts in the preservation of a national resource, Hugh J. Gayler; Planning and land regulation at Lake Tahoe: five decades of experience, Robert H. Twiss; The Everglades: where will all the water go?, Jaap Vos; Unorganized Maine: regional planning without local government, Andrew Fisk; The history of planning in the Adirondack Park: the enduring conflict, Glenn R. Harris and Michael G. Jarvis; Lessons for the future, Owen J. Furuseth and Mark B. Lapping; Index.
Biography
MARK B. LAPPING University of Southern Maine. OWEN J. FURUSETH University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
