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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"land use controls"”.
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Regional land use controls in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. B.S.
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The Mis/Alignments of Land Use Controls with Perceived Local Preferences in Porter County, Indiana
… preference and the other claiming that local land use controls exclusively require low-density development. Informed by literature on the urban development process and substantive landscapes, this dissertation presents a case study examining how well land use controls in the Chicago exurb of …
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Regulatory Utilization: A Novel Measure of Public Land Use Controls Comparable Across Space and Time and Calculable from Open-Source Data
… activist circles is the restrictive effect of land use regulation on housing supply. Although economic theory generally accords with this explanation, attempts to quantify the effects of land use regulations on housing supply have faced significant conceptual and practical challenges. …
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The receptivity to housing policy initiatives: adequate and affordable housing in the rural south
… funding for housing assistance and support for land use controls also were examined. The study analyzed data from the Southern Regional Research Project, S-194, "Barriers and Incentives to Affordable Housing." Responses from 786 housing actors living and/or working in 28 communities in seven …
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Planning and agriculture : the impact of planning controls on agriculture in the Shire of Bass
This thesis examines the impacts of planning controls on agriculture and rural land use in the Shire of Bass. The systems approach to planning has been used to provide a context for examining the past and emerging policy base, both explicit and implicit, for the introduction and administration of …
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The relationship between religiosity and rational thinking among college students
The role of the state in land use control was examined in general, and in relation to the land use context of Alaska. The study provides a brief overview of the history of land ownership and land control in Alaska as well as the particular difficulties attendant to the control and management of …
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Land use and landscapes: the future of Alaska land use control
The role of the state in land use control was examined in general, and in relation to the land use context of Alaska. The study provides a brief overview of the history of land ownership and land control in Alaska as well as the particular difficulties attendant to the control and management of …
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Resource Protection: a Model For National Parks
As development of lands around national parks increases it will be important for land use controls to be in place to protect park resources. This study resulted in the development of a model that can be used to refine a protection plan for park resources using a geographic information system. This …
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Knowing no boundaries : stemming the tide of urban sprawl in several southern Connecticut towns and the lessons for other strong home rule areas
Land use regulations and development patterns of several southern Connecticut towns and cities were studied in order to determine how the individual municipal land use controls in each town have contributed to urban sprawl in Southern Connecticut. Additionally, the historical foundations for the …
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Agricultural land: will localities act to preserve it?: an exploration into the conditions that cause local governments to protect agricultural land
… which increase the likelihood of enacting farmland protection programs in urban fringe counties of the Southeast is the vehicle used to determine whether localities, in general, are likely to enact such programs. The 90 Southeastern counties used in the study were compared to 55 counties which …
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A Methodology For Considering Physiographic Characteristics in Making Land Use Decisions in Southwest Missouri
… consider the relationships which exist between land usage, the physiographic qualities of an area, and the local water resources. Such evaluation is especially important when the use of the land and the combination of physiographic characteristics may result in contamination of these water …
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"Keep it rural": the politics of planning for smart growth in South Fulton County, Georgia
… agriculturally and biologically important land, political and institutional barriers to their implementation remain strong. A more robust understanding of the political environment in which plans with strong growth management are enacted and implemented is necessary if we are to find …
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The Impact of Public Investment on Urban Revitalization: A Case Study on the Redevelopment of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia 1935-1985
<p>This study focuses on downtown revitalization. It examines the effect of public investment in Downtown Norfolk in relation to various theories that have been developed to explain the growth of the central cores of cities.</p> <p>A chronology is presented of the events that marked the beginning …
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Use-value taxation in Virginia: administrative practices and problems
… horticultural, forest, and open-space lands went into effect. The purpose of this statute was to slow the conversion of agricultural lands to non-agricultural uses and to provide tax equity for farmers. Four localities approved use-value assessment ordinances for 1973; by 1976, …
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The Legitimacy of Selected Watershed Organizations in the Midwestern United States
… prevented better control of non-point, or diffuse, pollution off the landscape and into streams and lakes. One of the most cited requirements for legitimacy in natural resource collaborations is inclusive representation. An exploratory study of several watershed groups in Wisconsin and Illinois …
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Essays in Local Governance: Studies of Policy Choices, Resource Management, and Community Impacts
… communities. The topics addressed range from land use and real estate development, to police response and crime prevention, to county jails, decarceration, and local labor markets. These far-reaching policies share a fundamental commonality: local decision makers allocating resources in a way …