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Advanced introduction to U.S. land use law [electronic resource] / Stephen R. Miller.

By: Series: Elgar advanced introductionsPublisher: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025Description: 1 online resource (190 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781800884311 (PDF ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 346.73045 23
LOC classification:
  • KF5698 .M5 2025
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents -- 1 Introduction to Land Use Law -- 2 Authority to Engage in Land Use Regulation -- 3 The Comprehensive Plan -- 4 Zoning and its Alternatives -- 5 Land Use Administration -- 6 Subdivisions -- 7 Land Use and the Structure of Local Government -- 8 Land Use and the Environment -- 9 Special Topics in Land Use -- 10 Federal Interests in Land Use -- 11 Constitutional Limitations on Land Use Controls -- 12 Ethics
Summary: This incisive and approachable book presents an overview of land use law and policy in the United States. Stephen R. Miller examines the legal processes that empower and restrict professional urban planning practice, through a narrative that brings together classic cases, innovative codes, and constitutional law. Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This incisive and approachable book presents an overview of land use law and policy in the United States. Stephen R. Miller examines the legal processes that empower and restrict professional urban planning practice, through a narrative that brings together classic cases, innovative codes, and constitutional law.Key land use planning tools, decision making processes and power structures are highlighted in chapters that stress both new alternatives as well as legal limitations. The book also outlines common constitutional claims in land use law while exploring solutions to many of urban planning's most challenging problems.Key Features:Explores all three legal systems for land use control in the USA: common law, private agreements, such as restrictive covenants, and public regulation, such as zoningAnalyzes traditional zoning and its alternatives, as well as tens of related concepts such as comprehensive plans, subdivisions, and impact feesPresents new solutions to challenging problems like affordable housing, climate change, environmental justice, and universal design within statutory and constitutional limitationsInformative and engaging, the Advanced Introduction to U.S. Land Use Law is a necessary resource for students and academics in law, urban planning, and environmental studies. It will also benefit city council members, local government staff, architects, and environmental consultants involved in planning and zoning matters.
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Contents -- 1 Introduction to Land Use Law -- 2 Authority to Engage in Land Use Regulation -- 3 The Comprehensive Plan -- 4 Zoning and its Alternatives -- 5 Land Use Administration -- 6 Subdivisions -- 7 Land Use and the Structure of Local Government -- 8 Land Use and the Environment -- 9 Special Topics in Land Use -- 10 Federal Interests in Land Use -- 11 Constitutional Limitations on Land Use Controls -- 12 Ethics

This incisive and approachable book presents an overview of land use law and policy in the United States. Stephen R. Miller examines the legal processes that empower and restrict professional urban planning practice, through a narrative that brings together classic cases, innovative codes, and constitutional law. Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This incisive and approachable book presents an overview of land use law and policy in the United States. Stephen R. Miller examines the legal processes that empower and restrict professional urban planning practice, through a narrative that brings together classic cases, innovative codes, and constitutional law.Key land use planning tools, decision making processes and power structures are highlighted in chapters that stress both new alternatives as well as legal limitations. The book also outlines common constitutional claims in land use law while exploring solutions to many of urban planning's most challenging problems.Key Features:Explores all three legal systems for land use control in the USA: common law, private agreements, such as restrictive covenants, and public regulation, such as zoningAnalyzes traditional zoning and its alternatives, as well as tens of related concepts such as comprehensive plans, subdivisions, and impact feesPresents new solutions to challenging problems like affordable housing, climate change, environmental justice, and universal design within statutory and constitutional limitationsInformative and engaging, the Advanced Introduction to U.S. Land Use Law is a necessary resource for students and academics in law, urban planning, and environmental studies. It will also benefit city council members, local government staff, architects, and environmental consultants involved in planning and zoning matters.

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