Obesity, asthma and nutrition are just three public health challenges facing children and adults that can be addressed through land use planning and zoning. States must take a leadership role in providing statutory authority and guidance for local governments to enact and implement laws and ordinances designed to promote active living. Land use policies, transportation policies, redevelopment policies and open space and recreation policies are key areas where reform is needed. This paper highlights existing examples from various states and offers lawmakers, policymakers and advocates options for reforming state laws to incentivize and influence local actions
Members of planning and zoning boards and local legislative bodies constantly make decisions that ma...
State governments vest great authority in local governments to decide how and where private developm...
Under the 10th Amendment, the United States Constitution allows states to control land use within th...
Obesity, asthma and nutrition are just three public health challenges facing children and adults tha...
Local land use boards, made up of volunteers from the community, decide a majority of the land use i...
With almost ten years of nationwide dialogue and experimentation with the legal implementation of sm...
There has never been a more challenging time to practice land use planning and zoning law in New Yor...
This article first examines the role local governments play in four states that have constitutional ...
Over thirty years ago The United States Court of Appeals upheld municipal efforts to control growth ...
This article is devoted to an examination of local land use regulation in the context of the use of ...
This article discusses the rules and roles of land use boards, including planning boards, and zoning...
PurposeTo investigate individual- and city-level factors associated with municipal officials\ue2\u20...
The practical lesson learned from a review of New York case law on land use planning is straightforw...
Linking land use with climate change and sustainability topped state legislative land use reform age...
This article will deal with the enlarged role of the comprehensive plan in the local land use contro...
Members of planning and zoning boards and local legislative bodies constantly make decisions that ma...
State governments vest great authority in local governments to decide how and where private developm...
Under the 10th Amendment, the United States Constitution allows states to control land use within th...
Obesity, asthma and nutrition are just three public health challenges facing children and adults tha...
Local land use boards, made up of volunteers from the community, decide a majority of the land use i...
With almost ten years of nationwide dialogue and experimentation with the legal implementation of sm...
There has never been a more challenging time to practice land use planning and zoning law in New Yor...
This article first examines the role local governments play in four states that have constitutional ...
Over thirty years ago The United States Court of Appeals upheld municipal efforts to control growth ...
This article is devoted to an examination of local land use regulation in the context of the use of ...
This article discusses the rules and roles of land use boards, including planning boards, and zoning...
PurposeTo investigate individual- and city-level factors associated with municipal officials\ue2\u20...
The practical lesson learned from a review of New York case law on land use planning is straightforw...
Linking land use with climate change and sustainability topped state legislative land use reform age...
This article will deal with the enlarged role of the comprehensive plan in the local land use contro...
Members of planning and zoning boards and local legislative bodies constantly make decisions that ma...
State governments vest great authority in local governments to decide how and where private developm...
Under the 10th Amendment, the United States Constitution allows states to control land use within th...