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Turned On Teachers Help Students Tune In To Geography, Chester Smolski
Turned On Teachers Help Students Tune In To Geography, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"If you hear your youngster just home from school talking about some local issues related to transportation, land use, natural resources, air quality, water pollution, zoning, population growth or economic development, you can bet that she has been turned on by her geography teacher."
Rhode Island, The Rosetta Stone Of Comparisons, Chester Smolski
Rhode Island, The Rosetta Stone Of Comparisons, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"Unique among the states because of being the smallest of the fifty, Rhode Island thus often serves as the measure of size when talking about other places. Most recently it was Lake Champlain."
A Build-Out Study Of The Mid-Connecticut Valley Of Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
A Build-Out Study Of The Mid-Connecticut Valley Of Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This is a study of growth potential in seven towns located along an east-west axis in the mid Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts. It employs a planning method commonly described as a build-out analysis in which lands are identified that are both physically suitable and available for future development. Zoning regulations, population growth projections, land conservation trends, and other constraints are then used to project different growth scenarios that result in estimations of the number of new residences that can be accommodated over time and the increases in population that would be likely based on those. The results of …