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Saving The World Through Zoning: The Sustainable Development Code, Regeneration, And Beyond, Jonathan Rosenbloom, Chris Duerksen
Saving The World Through Zoning: The Sustainable Development Code, Regeneration, And Beyond, Jonathan Rosenbloom, Chris Duerksen
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
The land use and planning community began to address sustainability at the local level in the 1990s, but in reality, state-of-the-art development codes drafted in the 1990s and early 2000s did little to address climate change, energy conservation, community health, loss of biodiversity, shifting biochemical cycles, racial justice, food supply, and other key sustainability issues. This article reviews past challenges that had to be overcome for sustainable development codes to become mainstream. The good news is that an increasing number of local governments are adopting ambitious sustainable development codes that hold great promise to not only protect the environment and …
It's Been A Long Time Coming: A Short Manifesto For Urgently Needed Change In Land Use Law & Regulation, Colin Crawford
It's Been A Long Time Coming: A Short Manifesto For Urgently Needed Change In Land Use Law & Regulation, Colin Crawford
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Affordable Housing, Zoning And The International Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights: Some Lessons From The Spanish And South African Experiences, Juli Ponce
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
China's Polycentric Regional Growth: Shanghai's Satellite Cities, The Automobile, And New Urbanism With Chinese Characteristics, Edward H. Ziegler
China's Polycentric Regional Growth: Shanghai's Satellite Cities, The Automobile, And New Urbanism With Chinese Characteristics, Edward H. Ziegler
Georgia State University Law Review
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Local Government Conflict Of Interest In Zoning Actions: Provide For Disqualification Of A Zoning Official When There Is A Conflict Of Interest And Expand Rezoning Applicants' Political Contribution Disclosure Requirements, Bentley Greg Cline
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act provides for disqualification of a zoning official from voting on a rezoning application where there is a conflict of interest. The Act expands a rezoning applicant's reporting requirements of political contributions to zoning officials. A rezoning applicant's agents (including attorneys) must disclose their contributions. The Act provides for disclosure of political contributions by opponents of rezoning applications.
Conservation And Natural Resources Environmental Protection: Metropolitan Rivers, Georgia State University Law Review
Conservation And Natural Resources Environmental Protection: Metropolitan Rivers, Georgia State University Law Review
Georgia State University Law Review
This Act amends the Metropolitan Rivers Protection Act to require that local governments seeking to override the recommendations of planning commissions in regard to developments in protected river corridors must obtain a finding from the Director of the Environmental Protection Division that the application is consistent with the corridor land and water use plan or will provide protection equivalent to the corridor use plan.
Judicial Review Of Georgia Zoning: Cyclones And Doldrums In The Windmills Of The Mind, James S. Altman, Paul Bolster, James L. Bross
Judicial Review Of Georgia Zoning: Cyclones And Doldrums In The Windmills Of The Mind, James S. Altman, Paul Bolster, James L. Bross
Georgia State University Law Review
No abstract provided.