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Land use and society : geography, law, and public policy / Rutherford H. Platt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1996.Description: xvi, 507 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1559634359 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
DDC classification:
  • 346.73045 21
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: Reflections on a Cross-Country Flight -- 1. Land Resources and Issues in the United States -- 2. The Interaction of Geography and Law -- 3. English Roots of Modern Land Use Controls -- 4. Property Rights: The Owner as Planner -- 5. Local Governments in the United States -- 6. Urban Reforms of the 19th Century -- 7. Land Use Zoning: Origins and Practice -- 8. Constitutional and Policy Issues of Urban Planning -- 9. Beyond Zoning: Urban Land Use Control by Other Means -- 10. State and Regional Land Use Programs -- 11. Federal Lands: Policies in Conflict -- 12. Congress and Land Use -- Conclusion: Successes, Failures, and Fundamentals.

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