Land use and society : geography, law, and public policy / Rutherford H. Platt.
2014
KF5698 .P588 2014 (Map It)
Available at Cellar
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS |
Items
Details
Title
Land use and society : geography, law, and public policy / Rutherford H. Platt.
Published
Washington : Island Press, [2014]
Call Number
KF5698 .P588 2014
Edition
Third Edition.
ISBN
9781610914536 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1610914538 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781610914543 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1610914546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1610914538 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781610914543 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1610914546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xi, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)862066444
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction: Geography, Law, and Landscape: Reflections from 30,000 Feet
1
pt. I
Preliminaries: Land, Geography, and Law
ch. 1
Land Use and Society: Fundamentals and Issues
13
ch. 2
Shaping the Human Landscape: The Interaction of Geography and Law
41
pt. II
From Feudalism to Federalism: The Social Organization of Land Use
ch. 3
Historical Roots of American Land Use Institutions
67
ch. 4
Building a Metropolitan Nation: 1900--1940
95
ch. 5
The Polarized Metropolis: 1945--2010
119
pt. III
Discordant Voices: The Land Use Decision Process
ch. 6
Property Rights: The Owner as Planner
151
ch. 7
The Patchwork of Local Governments
173
ch. 8
Zoning, Regionalism, and Smart Growth
191
ch. 9
Land Use and the Courts
213
ch. 10
Congress and the Metropolitan Environment
237
Epilogue
265
Common Acronyms
269
Notes
271
Index
295