Class Notes at Villanova University

Three Important Movements: Public Health and Safety, Conservation, Environment The romantic movement (18 and 19 century) concept of nature changes, pleasure and enjoyment, bringing the landscape back into the cities USA 18...

Modern case law o 1987: Nollan v. Cal Coastal council o 1992: Luca v. south carolina o 1994: Dolan v. city of Tigard o 2001: Palazzolo v. Rhode Island The supreme court took critical look at the takings issue: more favorab...

Dillon Rule Judge j=John f Dillon 1868 The substate unit of a government has only those powers expressly granted to it by the state Or those powers that are directly or unarguably implied by those powers expressly granted ...

Atlantic Yards, Constitutional Amendments at Risk The Atlantic Yards project is controversial for many reasons, one of those being the constitutionality of the project itself through the lens of eminent domain. Many peopl...

Land Use Planning January 17 What is Land Use Planning? Physical development, architecture, buildings, streets, includes environmental factors like air quality, open space, conservation of resources, socia...

Protection of Wetlands Act (executive order 11990) Enacted 1977 Purpose: establish basic protection for wetlands on federal lands Provisions and funding for restoration Establish management pla...

Limitations on Land Ownership Not absolutists 1782 William Blackstone sole and despotic dominion but limited by common law duty and public law entitlements 1846 Commonwealth v. Tewksbury (MA) ...

Land Use Planning Allodial tite The government Grants Title (to you) Fee Simple you have the absolute ownership Eminent domain o The governmental entity may pass laws which allow it to exercise the r...

Land Use Planning The legal basis for land use planning and management Understanding the role of the us constitution and the us federal government in the planning process Understanding the concept of public po...

Land Use January 31st Relict Landscapes Relict: a thing that has survived from an earlier period or in a primitive state Interesting land use challenge Generally left unchanged Fairmont Philadelphia o Adjacent to the museu...

Land Use Planning 12418 Why is land use an issue in the United States? Complex and interconnected The problem: change and impact The seminal problem: scope of N American development = unprecedented, Canada, Australia, Euro...

Land Use Planning Environmental law Selected Major Federal Environmental Laws NEPA and understand It CERCLA Native American graves protection Migratory bird act Sikes act Clean water act Some tend to affect land use planni...

Geography of a Globalizing World January 23 Poverty increases vulnerability Ways likelack of sturdy housing, shelters, lack of constructed emergency structures, slower lines of communication, no coast guard, organized emer...

Globalization For and Against 1. Controversial: outsourcing labor, expensive, environmental impact 2. For: primarily positive; MNC (multinational corporations) western consumers, freetrade advocates, growth for economy, la...

Geography of a Globalizing World January 18 Questions: Whereare different religions practiced? Flooding? Deforestation? Why? Why here, what is driving this? Can we explain the maps? So what? What are the consequences of th...