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Preface To Protecting The Environment Through Land Use Law: Standing Ground, John R. Nolon
Preface To Protecting The Environment Through Land Use Law: Standing Ground, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Protecting the Environment Through Land Use Law: Standing Ground takes a close look at the historical struggle of local governments to balance land development with natural resource conservation. This book updates and expands on his four previous books, which established a comprehensive framework for understanding the many ways that local land use authority can be used to preserve natural resources and environmental functions at the community level. Standing Ground describes in detail how localities are responding to new challenges, including the imperative that they adapt to and help mitigate climate change and create sustainable neighborhoods. This body of work emphasizes …
Losing Ground: Nation On Edge, John R. Nolon
Losing Ground: Nation On Edge, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The primary objective of our book is to refocus attention on the mitigation element of this enduring debate. The chapters in this edited volume grow out of our multiyear program entitled Nation on Edge. The purpose of this program was to draw together leading scholars and practitioners in a collective conversation on the subject of disaster mitigation; that is, on questions of how government can better manage private and public decisionmaking and can more effectively regulate the use of private property in order to curtail damage from inevitable disasters. Our book stands alongside the expanding collection of government reports, essays, …