This article tells the story of the town of Warwick, a rapidly developing town in Orange County, New York, made up of three separate villages. Warwick’s proactive measures to prevent the sprawl development phenomenon through the use of an intermunicipal compact was met with much opposition by the three individual village governments, as well as individual citizens. Through the use of mediation, a popular alternative resolution dispute method, representatives from the villages negotiated an intermunicpal plan that satisfied the needs all three villages, while still meeting the original objectives of preserving open space, scenic views, and agricultural lands
The question raised by this article is whether these statutes and this experience provide an opportu...
State governments vest great authority in local governments to decide how and where private developm...
The “smart growth” movement has had a significant influence on land use regulation over the past few...
This article tells the story of the town of Warwick, a rapidly developing town in Orange County, New...
This article explores the concept of smart growth, which promotes development in central city distri...
The proliferation of sprawl development patterns across the United States causes several problems su...
Municipalities battle over the use of adjacent lands as land use border wars erupt all over New York...
Bounded growth, a concept that encourages focused development into compact areas such as preexisting...
Regional land use control has long been a difficult issue in New York as most localities refuse to a...
The idea that local land use law can intelligently shape settlement patterns was not a familiar conc...
This article provides the background for the adoption of the Ramapo ordinance, explains its precocio...
Over thirty years ago The United States Court of Appeals upheld municipal efforts to control growth ...
Land use oriented border wars occur all over the United States, especially in areas with concentrate...
Smart growth involves two main principles, creating incentives to increase compact development in so...
The smart growth movement that emerged in the late 1990\u27s seeks to change the way Americans think...
The question raised by this article is whether these statutes and this experience provide an opportu...
State governments vest great authority in local governments to decide how and where private developm...
The “smart growth” movement has had a significant influence on land use regulation over the past few...
This article tells the story of the town of Warwick, a rapidly developing town in Orange County, New...
This article explores the concept of smart growth, which promotes development in central city distri...
The proliferation of sprawl development patterns across the United States causes several problems su...
Municipalities battle over the use of adjacent lands as land use border wars erupt all over New York...
Bounded growth, a concept that encourages focused development into compact areas such as preexisting...
Regional land use control has long been a difficult issue in New York as most localities refuse to a...
The idea that local land use law can intelligently shape settlement patterns was not a familiar conc...
This article provides the background for the adoption of the Ramapo ordinance, explains its precocio...
Over thirty years ago The United States Court of Appeals upheld municipal efforts to control growth ...
Land use oriented border wars occur all over the United States, especially in areas with concentrate...
Smart growth involves two main principles, creating incentives to increase compact development in so...
The smart growth movement that emerged in the late 1990\u27s seeks to change the way Americans think...
The question raised by this article is whether these statutes and this experience provide an opportu...
State governments vest great authority in local governments to decide how and where private developm...
The “smart growth” movement has had a significant influence on land use regulation over the past few...