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"Nimby" Or Citizen Participation?, Bruce Clary
"Nimby" Or Citizen Participation?, Bruce Clary
Maine Policy Review
Bruce Clary has written on citizen participation and its role in democratic societies for more than two decades. In the Margaret Chase Smith Essay, he writes about the NIMBY (“Not in My Backyard”) phenomenon and his own experiences as a citizen participant in land-use siting issues in Maine and elsewhere.
Why Sprawl Is A Problem: Interview With Evan Richert, Evan Richert, Laurie Lachance
Why Sprawl Is A Problem: Interview With Evan Richert, Evan Richert, Laurie Lachance
Maine Policy Review
A recent report of the Maine State Planning Office entitled "The Cost of Sprawl" (May 1997) begins with the observation.... "We are spreading out. Over the last 30 years, the fastest growing towns in Maine have been "new suburbs" 10 to 25 miles distant from metropolitan areas....These high growth communities have accounted for virtually all of the state's population growth. From town square to the countryside, from Main Street to the mall, we are dispersing.... This outward movement has had unanticipated and unintended consequences...." Such consequences are the focus of this interview with Evan Richert, director of the Maine State …