11:374:279 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Urban Growth Boundary

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior
• Course: 11:374:279
• Professor: Schoolman

Document Summary

Gov of a few states are directly involved in land use law (what gets built where: local law: local gov have by far the most say over how private land is used. Land use law (zoning, permits) is maybe the most important thing that local gov does. What does the state government require of the master plans drawn up by local governments: development cannot cross the white line portland is preventing urban development from happening- the growth machine has been tamed. Why would this have crippled the ability of localities to protect open space and natural resources through strong constraints on. Growth machine development: required localities to compensate land owners when land use control hurt the value of their land, forces localities to regulate less so they don"t have to spend as much money. Claimed they were cheated out of their money. Molotch (and also drawing on some topics from lecture)