Land Use and Society, Third Edition : Geography, Law, and Public Policy /

Land Use and Society, Third Edition : Geography, Law, and Public Policy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Platt, Rutherford H. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Subjects:
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Urban planning.
City planning.
Urban geography.
Regional planning.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.
Urbanism.
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Geography, Law, and Landscape: Reflections from 30,000 Feet
  • PART I Preliminaries: Land, Geography, and Law
  • 1. Land Use and Society: Fundamentals and Issues
  • 2. Shaping the Human Landscape: The Interaction of Geography and Law
  • PART II From Feudalism to Federalism: The Social Organization of Land Use
  • 3. Historical Roots of American Land Use Institutions
  • 4. Building a Metropolitan Nation: 1900-1940
  • 5. The Polarized Metropolis: 1945-2010
  • PART III Discordant Voices: The Land Use Decision Process
  • 6. Property Rights: The Owner as Planner
  • 7. The Patchwork of Local Governments
  • 8. Zoning, Regionalism, and Smart Growth
  • 9. Land Use and the Courts
  • 10. Congress and the Metropolitan Environment
  • Epilogue
  • Common Acronyms
  • Notes
  • Index.

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