Land Use and Society Geography, Law, and Public Policy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Platt, Rutherford H. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
• Έκδοση: Third Edition.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Urban geography.; City planning.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Urbanism.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

The intersection between geography and law is a critical yet often overlooked element of land-use decisions, with a widespread impact on how societies use the land, water, and biodiversity around them. Land Use and Society, Third Edition is a clear and compelling guide to the role of law in shaping...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.