Irish Hills Natural Reserve Conservation Plan Update

<p>The Irish Hills Natural Reserve Conservation Plan is a unique component of the City<br />of San Luis Obispo’s green belt that provides a number of hiking and mountain biking<br />trails within a short distance from the downtown core as well as ensures that valuable<br />habitat be preserved into the future. As the subject of my thesis project, IHNR presented the opportunity to pursue an aspect of city planning that can often be over-looked and, conservation planning. Conservation planning is an important element of the planning profession in that it incorporates such elements into the future growth of cities. With proper planning it is possible to foresee future development patterns and thus be able to designate and protect high value natural resource areas as open space, in order to preserve and protect their resources. In addition to setting the guidelines for preserving and protecting the natural resources and important habitats of Irish Hills, the conservation plan has a secondary effect of ensuring the future health of the surrounding habitats.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of City and Regional Planning

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

City and Regional Planning

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Riley, Bijan N

Contributors dc:contributor

• Adrienne Greve

• Natural resources
• conservation plan
• open space
• hiking trail
• Agency
• Land Use Law
• Property Law and Real Estate

Identifier

10.15368/theses.2011.126

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-1593