CHAPTER 2, ATTEMPTS TO MODIFY CONVENTIONAL LAND-USE PRACTICES
Zoning
New Urbanism
Traditional Neighborhood Development
CHAPTER 3, PROTECTING DIVERSITY THROUGH LAND-USE PLANNING
Composition, Structure, and Function of Habitat
The Effect of Modifying Habitat
Cumulative Effects, Thresholds, and Lag Periods
Constraints: The Building Blocks of Sustainable Planning
Open Space
Transportation
Population
CHAPTER 4, MODELING THE PLANNING PROCESS AFTER NATURE
Fluidity
Bioengineering versus Natural Processes
Listening, Really Listening, to the Citizens
Or only Pretending to Really Listen
Eliminating Unwelcome Voices Within
Non-linearity
Diversity and Self-organization
Eliminating the Concept of "Waste"
Interdependency
CHAPTER 5, AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO COMPREHENSIVELAND USE PLANNING
Land-use Planning and the Notion of Supply and Demand
How Does the Three-Part Environmental-Economic Model Guide the Way We Alter Landscapes to Meet Our Perceived Necessities?
What do We Mean by Human Necessities?
Understanding "Demand" in Terms of a More Complex Array of Perceived Human Necessities Will Help Us Find Alternative Ways to Deliver the Desired Services
Structural Components of the Comprehensive Plan
Overall Structure
The Role of Values
Elements of the Comprehensive Plan
Developing a Comprehensive Plan
Setting the Stage for Planning
Step 1: Mining for Meaning--Obtaining Community Values
Step 2: Creating a Community Vision
Step 3: Sample Comprehensive Plan Element
Sample Comprehensive Plan Elements: Transportation
Composition and Structures
Functions
Services
Current Status and Analysis of Structures, Functions, and Services
Critical Issues Yield Goals, Objectives, and Policies
Checklist to Evaluate Goals, Objectives, and Policies
Sample Comprehensive Plan Elements: Land Use
Community Structures
Functions and Services
Checklist
Sample Comprehensive Plan Elements: Community Facilities and Services
Sample Comprehensive Plan Elements: Cultural Resources
Sample Comprehensive Plan Elements: Economic Development
Paradigm Warning
CHAPTER 6, IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Zoning Ordinances
Zoning Ordinances and Greed
Content of the Zoning Ordinance Preface
Redesigning Zoning Ordinances
Other Regulatory Approaches to Land-use Control
Preservation of Farmlands
Population Growth Rate and New Construction
Preventing Traffic Congestion
Non-regulatory Methods of Controlling Land Use
Incentive-Based Tools
Incentives Themselves
Development Review
Citizen-initiated development review
Obstacles to development review
Referenced in the "Kerala [India] Land Use Bill, 2002."
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"LAND-USE PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Jane Silberstein, Chris Maser. The first book to incorporate land-use planning with sustainability. Reviews the foundations of current land use practices from historical, constitutional, economic, ecological, and societal perspectives. Analyzes the results of these practices and suggests alternative methods for guiding and controlling the ways in which we modify the landscape. Readers will discover an array of ideas for modifying conventional planning for and regulation of the development of land."
