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Land Use Development: Proper Planning Creates Smart Growth, Prevents Sprawl, John R. Nolon
Land Use Development: Proper Planning Creates Smart Growth, Prevents Sprawl, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The proliferation of sprawl development patterns across the United States causes several problems such as degradation of forests, farmland, and natural resources, plus the declining health of central cities. Sprawl is a well-documented phenomenon among environmentalists, politicians, taxpayers, and others. Many alternative “smart growth” solutions exist to mitigate the damages of sprawl. Government focus on more restrained development patterns such as traditional urban neighborhoods, and other solutions exist, and are waiting to be implemented. This article reviews municipal efforts in New York in the application of comprehensive smart growth methods
Mediation As A Tool In Local Environmental And Land Use Controversies, John R. Nolon
Mediation As A Tool In Local Environmental And Land Use Controversies, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This article dedicates itself to highlighting the benefits of alternative dispute resolution. Through the use of mediation and other flexible alternative dispute resolution methods, many conflicts can be resolved without the use of expensive and timely litigation. In turn, court workloads are relieved and cooperation is fostered among neighbors, companies, and other groups or organizations that would have otherwise resorted to litigation to solve a dispute. Negotiations that involve process experts, such as mediators and facilitators, often diffuse disputes by introducing a cooperative, rather than an adversarial attitude. Government is beginning to embrace alternative dispute resolution and legislatures are passing …
Intermunicipal Compacts; Regional Land Use Strategies Work At The Grassroots Level, John R. Nolon
Intermunicipal Compacts; Regional Land Use Strategies Work At The Grassroots Level, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Regional land use control has long been a difficult issue in New York as most localities refuse to acknowledge responsibility for problems extending beyond their own borders. New York law enables municipalities to cooperate among one another to devise improved solutions to land use, and other issues. This article studies the state history of regional land use and provides several successful examples of how grassroots regionalism can change the way municipal governments think about land use and solve problems.