Big Places, Big Plans : Regional Land Use Planning in Rural North America

by Lapping, Mark B.; Furuseth, Owen J.

• ISBN13: 9780754635864
• ISBN10: 0754635864
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-30
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

With origins in the late 1960s, a 'quiet revolution' in land use planning and control has taken hold across North America. Many of the most dramatic and far-reaching shifts in planning regimes have occurred in large-scale, environmentally unique or sensitive regions. Ten leading distinguished scholars provide thoughtful analyses and critical insights into the processes and contexts shaping the innovative planning and policy schemes in seven regional landscapes.

Author Biography

Andrew Fisk, formerly with the Maine Land Use Regulatory Commission, is the Aquaculture Coordinator for the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Augusta, Maine, USA Owen J. Furuseth is Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Hugh J. Gayler is Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada Glenn R. Harris is Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA Michael G. Jarvis is Research Assistant for the Delaware State Energy and Transit Committee, a graduate student at the University of Delaware, and a graduate of St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA Mark B. Lapping is Professor of Public Policy and Planning, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, USA Robert J. Mason is Director of the Environmental Studies Program and Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Robert M. Sanford is Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine, USA Robert H. Twiss is Professor of Emeritus of Environmental Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA Jaap Vos is Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vi
List of Tables	vii
List of Contributors	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
Mark B. Lapping
Owen J. Furuseth
The Beckoning Country: Act 200, Act 250 and Regional Planning in Vermont	5	(24)
Robert M. Sanford
Mark B. Lapping
The Pinelands	29	(26)
Robert J. Mason
The Niagara Fruit Belt: Planning Conflicts in the Preservation of a National Resource	55	(28)
Hugh J. Gayler
Planning and Land Regulation at Lake Tahoe: Five Decades of Experience	83	(14)
Robert H. Twiss
The Everglades: Where Will All the Water Go?	97	(18)
Jaap Vos
Unorganized Maine: Regional Planning Without Local Government	115	(24)
Andrew Fisk
The History of Planning in the Adirondack Park: The Enduring Conflict	139	(40)
Glenn R. Harris
Michael G. Jarvis
Lessons for the Future	179	(6)
Owen J. Furuseth
Mark B. Lapping
Index	185