Land use and society : geography, law, and public policy / Rutherford H. Platt.
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
[2004]
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- PART I : PRELIMINARIES : LAND, GEOGRAPHY, AND LAW: The meanings and uses of land
- The interaction of geography and law
- PART II : FROM FEUDALISM TO FEDERALISM : THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF LAND USE: Historic roots of modern land use institutions
- City growth and reform in the nineteenth century
- Building a metropolitan nation : 1900-1945
- The polarized metropolis : 1945-2000
- PART III : DISCORDANT VOICES : PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE COURTS: Property rights : the owner as planner
- The tapestry of local governments
- Local zoning and growth management
- Land use and the courts
- PART IV : BEYOND LOCALISM : THE SEARCH FOR BROADER LAND USE POLICIES: Land programs : regional, state, federal
- Congress and the metropolitan environment.