{"product_id":"regional-planning-for-a-sustainable-america-how-creative-programs-are-promoting-prosperity-and-saving-the-environment-9780813551326","title":"Regional Planning for a Sustainable America How","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegional Planning for a Sustainable America is the first book to represent the great variety of today's effective regional planning programs, analyzing dozens of regional initiatives across North America.   The American landscape is being transformed by poorly designed, sprawling development. This sprawland its wasteful resource use, traffic, and pollutiondoes not respect arbitrary political boundaries like city limits and state borders. Yet for most of the nation, the patterns of development and conservation are shaped by fragmented, parochial local governments and property developers focused on short-term economic gain. Regional planning provides a solution, a means to manage human impacts on a large geographic scale that better matches the natural and economic forces at work. By bringing together the expertise of forty-two practitioners and academics, this book provides a practical guide to the key strategies that regional planners are using to achieve truly sustainable growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The combination of thorough analysis and the contributors' specificity make this an extremely valuable resource for planners seeking ways to promote regionalism.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Planning *\u003cbr\u003e\"an emporium of regional planning initiatives and concepts, well organized for people who suspect a regional initiative would facilitate sustainable human communities or adaptive natural environments in their region. \u003ci\u003eRegional Planning for a Sustainable America\u003c\/i\u003e offers a broad look at a phenomenon that has many contexts and variations, and it delivers a valuable chronicle and assessment of an experiment that is half-finished and still ongoing.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Journal of Regional Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: Mandatory Plans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Regional Growth Management in the Portland Metropolitan Area\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Regional Planning for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Restoring the Tahoe Region with Comprehensive Regional Planning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Ontario’s Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Adirondack Park: The Great Conservation Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Pinelands National Reserve: Saving a Unique Ecosystem in the Nation’s Most Densely Developed State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Planning for Tomorrow in the Highlands of New Jersey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Restoration, Conservation, and Economy in the New Jersey Meadowlands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Changing the Land Use Paradigm to Save New York’s Central Pine Barrens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Cape Cod: Protecting a Land of Sand and Water\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: Collaborative and Voluntary Planning Initiatives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Integrated Planning for a Sustainable Future in Puget Sound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Integrated Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Planning in Sacramento\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Envision Utah: Building Communities on Values\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Regional Planning in Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Regional Planning for Livable Communities in Atlanta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. From the Mountains to the Sea: Maryland’s Smart Growth Program\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. Raising the Bar at the Chesapeake Bay Program\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18. The Political Dead Zone in Chesapeake Bay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19. Regional Planning at a County Scale in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. Land Use and Infrastructure Planning in the Greater Philadelphia Region\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21. Regional Planning for the Delaware River\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e22. Planning for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, and Biodiversity in Maine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: Society, Economics, and Regional Planning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e23. Regions for Climate Resiliency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e24. Megaregion Planning and High-Speed Rail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e25. The Economic Benefits of Regional Planning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e26. Serving the Environment and Economy through Regional Planning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27. Promoting Fiscal Equity and Efficient Development Practices at the Metropolitan Scale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e28. But Where Will People Live? Regional Planning and Affordable Housing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV : Land Acquisition and Regional Planning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e29. Ecoregional Conservation: A Comprehensive Approach to Conserving Biodiversity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e30. Saving the Chesapeake Bay through Regional Land Conservation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e31. Creating Synergy with Regional Planning and Conservation Easements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V: Envisioning the Region\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e32. Creating a Regional Vision for Regional Planning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e33. Visioning Sacramento\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Fulfilling the Promise of Regional Planning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eOnline Resources\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405781934423,"sku":"9780813551326","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813551326.jpg?v=1730493596","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/regional-planning-for-a-sustainable-america-how-creative-programs-are-promoting-prosperity-and-saving-the-environment-9780813551326","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}