Big Places, Big Plans

Authors

Mark Lapping, University of Southern MaineFollow
Owen J. Furuseth

Files

Document Type

Book

Description

With origins in the late 1960s, a 'quiet revolution' in land use planning and control has taken hold across North America. First seen as a manifestation of the environmental movement, the revolution prompted governments at several levels to attempt to protect critical areas and vulnerable natural resources. Many of the most dramatic and far-reaching shifts in planning regimes have occurred in large-scale, environmentally unique or sensitive regions. It is these big places, looming large in the American and Canadian psyches, that are the focus of this edited volume. Each of the chapters reflects on the contemporary challenge of environmental and land use planning. Ten leading distinguished scholars here provide thoughtful analyses and critical insights into the processes and contexts shaping the innovative planning and policy schemes in seven regional landscapes.

ISBN

978-0754635864

Publication Date

8-30-2004

Publisher

Ashgate Pub Ltd

City

Burlington, VT

Keywords

Land use, Rural -- Planning

Disciplines

Business

Recommended Citation

Lapping, Mark B., and Owen J. Furuseth. Big Places, Big Plans. Ashgate, 2004.