This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...

Machine generated contents note: 1. Land-Use Planning: An Overview of the Issues -- Randall G. Holcombe and Samuel R. Staley -- Public Concern About Sprawl -- The Issues -- The Political Response -- Market Mechanisms -- The Market Order -- Conclusion -- 2. An Overview of U.S. Urbanization and...

Public interest in the use of private lands / Marion Clawson and Benjamin C. Dysart III -- Multi-media aspects of waste management -- Raymond C. Loehr -- Effective toxics management / David L. Morrell -- Biotechnology and thoroughbred agriculture / Jack Doyle -- Maintaining agricultural land as...