Main entry:

Cullingworth, J. B.

Title & Author:

The political culture of planning : American land use planning in comparative perspective / J. Barry Cullingworth.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1993.

Description:

xvii, 350 pages ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-334) and index.
pt. I. Zoning. Ch. 1. The institutional framework. Planning and Zoning. The Local Managers of Zoning. The Constitutional Framework. The Role of the Courts. Ch. 2. Historical background. Early Land Use Controls. Immigration and Urbanization. The Movement for Planning. The New York Zoning Ordinance of 1916. The Standard State Zoning Enabling Act. Euclid. Ch. 3. The objectives and nature of zoning. The Traditional Techniques of Zoning. The Single-Family Zone: What is a Family? The Single-Family House: Should there be a Minimum Size? Large Lot Zoning: Maintaining Community Character. Apartments and Mobile Homes. Ch. 4. Zoning with a difference. Special Exceptions or Conditional Uses. Variances. Spot Zoning. Downzoning. Conditional or Contract Zoning and Site Plan Review. Cluster Zoning and Planned Unit Development. Floating Zones. Nonconforming Uses. Zoning Amendments. Special District Zoning -- pt. II. Planning control, charges, and agreements. Ch. 5. Exclusionary zoning and affordable housing.
The Pervasiveness of Exclusionary Zoning. Mount Laurel I. Mount Laurel II. The New Jersey Fair Housing Act. Mount Laurel III. Arlington Heights and the Fair Housing Act. Inclusionary Zoning. California in the Lead. Ch. 6. Development charges. Paying for the Costs of Development. Impact Fees. The Nollan Case. The Incidence of Charges. Existing v New Homeowners. Linkages. Ch. 7. Planning by agreement. Development Agreements. Incentive Zoning. The Negotiation Syndrome. The Dangers of Bonusing. Purposes for Bonusing. Day-Care Facilities. The Future of Linkage Provisions -- pt. III. The quality of development. Ch. 8. Aesthetics. Billboards. Rural Signs. Urban Signs. Architectural Design Review. Ch. 9. Historic preservation. The Early Days of Heritage Preservation. With Heritage So Rich and Subsequent Legislation. The National Register of Historic Places. Statewide Comprehensive Historic Preservation Planning. Highways and Historic Preservation. The National Environmental Policy Act.
Finance for Historic Preservation. State and Local Programs. The Roanoke Vision. Historic Preservation and Tourism. The Widening Scope of Historic Preservation -- pt. IV. Urban growth and urban policy. Ch. 10. Growth management and local government. Ramapo and Petaluma. Growth Management and Infrastructure. Safeguarding Agricultural Land. Ch. 11. Urban growth management and the states. Hawaii. Vermont. Florida. California. Oregon. New Jersey. Ch. 12. The federal government and urban policy. Implicit National Urban Policies. Urban Renewal. The War on Poverty. Regional Planning. The New Federalism. Community Development Block Grants. Carter's "New Partnership" National Agenda for the Eighties: Urban America. The Reagan Years. Enterprise Zones. National Land Use Policy -- pt. V. American planning in comparative perspective. Ch. 13. Cross-cultural perspectives. Some Major Points of Comparison. The Constitutions. Ideas and Images. Ch. 14. Local government systems. British Local Government.
Canadian Local Government. From Convention to Corruption. Ch. 15. Land use planning systems. The British Planning System. Nationalized Development Rights. The Canadian Planning System. Discretionary Planning Controls in Canada. The Role of Discretion. Underlying Attitudes to Land and Property -- pt. VI. Conclusion. Ch. 16. Prospects for reform. Reforms That Will Not Work: Marketable Zoning. Houston: The Fallacy of a City Without Zoning. Withdrawing Zoning From Local Government? Certainty v Flexibility: Further Foreign Evidence. Toward a Reform. Policies Reserved to the States. Making Plans Happen. Profits From Land -- Appendix 1: Resuscitation of the Common Law? Haar and Fessler's "Revolutionary" Rediscovery of the Common Law Tradition -- Appendix 2: Extracts from the 5th and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415088127
9780415088121

Subject:

Land use United States Planning.
Land use Law and legislation United States.
Land use Canada Planning.
Land use Great Britain Planning.
Utilisation du sol États-Unis Planification.
Utilisation du sol Droit États-Unis.
Utilisation du sol Canada Planification.
Utilisation du sol Grande-Bretagne Planification.
Land use Law and legislation
Land use Planning
Landgebruik.
Ruimtelijke ordening.
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Environment planning

Holdings:

Location: Library main 108501
Call No.: ID HD205.C85; ID:94-B302
Status: Available