Growth Management Principles and Practices

by Duncan; James

• ISBN13: 9780918286925
• ISBN10: 0918286921
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1995-07-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This practical book is the first comprehensive introduction to managing community development at the local, county, regional, and state levels. It presents an overview of the reasons for controlling growth and examines the implementation of management policies from capital gains taxes to farmland preservation projects.The authors explain the advantages of coordinated planning among different levels of government and across regions. They also help planning professionals understand the way in which different management techniques fit into a broad policy framework in order to facilitate balanced growth.Bringing together studies of growth trends, profiles of regulations in states from California to New Jersey, and numerous tables and graphs, this volume illustrates the impact a wide range of government and non-government decision makers have on growth and outlines opportunities for them to take an integrative approach to planning.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Preface	xi
The Purposes of Growth Management	1	(18)
Prevention of Urban Sprawl	1	(7)
Taxpayer Protection	8	(2)
The Economic Purposes of Growth Management	10	(2)
Issues of Efficient Urban Form	12	(5)
Relation to Quality of Life	17	(2)
State And Regional Growth Management Approaches	19	(18)
State Approaches	19	(11)
Regional Growth Management Approaches	30	(5)
Concluding Observations	35	(2)
Resource Land Preservation	37	(19)
Overview	37	(3)
Resource Land Preservation Techniques	40	(14)
Summary Comment	54	(2)
Special-Area Protection	56	(10)
Public-Good Protection	56	(10)
Rural Growth Management	66	(7)
Importance of Rural Growth Management	66	(5)
Concluding Thoughts	71	(2)
Urban Containment	73	(21)
Urban Containment Principles	73	(2)
Urban Containment Techniques	75	(17)
Parting Comments	92	(2)
Facility Planning, Adequacy, and Timing	94	(18)
Overview	94	(1)
Categories of Systems	95	(16)
Parting Concerns	111	(1)
Facility Financing	112	(22)
Principles of Efficient Facility Pricing	113	(5)
Financing Techniques	118	(14)
The Financial Smorgasbord	132	(2)
Administrative Considerations: The Key to Effective Growth Management	134	(9)
Principles of Administrative Efficiency	135	(7)
Concluding Observations	142	(1)
Pulling It All Together	143	(10)
Ingredients of Effective Growth Management Policies	143	(4)
Effectiveness of Growth Management Technique	147	(3)
A Challenge for Planners	150	(3)
References	153	(13)
Index	166