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Growth management principles and practices
| Author: |
Nelson, Arthur C.; Duncan, James B.; with Mullen, Clancy J.; Bishop, Kirk R. |
| Date: |
1995 |
| Periodical: |
American Planning Association. Chicago, IL: Planners Press |
| Abstract: |
This book provides an overview of various local, regional, and state approaches to growth management and an analysis of the applicability of selected growth management techniques. Chapter 1 begins with a review of the theoretical underpinnings of growth management, including the need for public intervention into the land market, the economic purposes of growth management, and issues of efficient urban form.
Chapter 2 presents a discussion of what many believe to be a prerequisite for successful growth management at the local level-a state or regional planning framework. It highlights a number of policies designed to ensure that communities tackle growth issues in a comprehensive manner and coordinate their activities with surrounding communities and regional agencies. The next six chapters focus on growth management techniques. Chapter 3 reviews the role of resource land preservation as the backbone of urban growth management. Chapter 4 presents techniques for protecting special areas of public concern, another pillar of urban growth management. Chapter 5 discusses rural growth management as integral to both urban growth management policies and resource land preservation. Chapter 6 reviews techniques that are used to contain urban development in an effort to prevent urban sprawl and encourage more compact development, stressing the roles of infill, redevelopment, and new communities. Chapters 7 and 8 detail the role of public facilities planning and finance in achieving desired development patterns. The final two chapters pull the material together. Chapter 9 presents the administration of growth management programs, which we believe is the key to effective growth management. Chapter 10 summarizes the key ingredients of successful growth management, culled from reviews of state and regional growth management initiatives. This chapter also develops an effectiveness continuum; wherein each growth management technique reviewed in preceding chapters is assessed for its effectiveness, both in isolation from and in combination with other techniques. While an attempt has been made to organize various growth management techniques according to their purpose and effect, we must clarify at the outset 'that any given technique may have consequences and effects that make precise categorization difficult. Little attempt has been made here to dismiss or promote growth management approaches on the basis of past success or failure.
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