Author: Maryland. Department of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Effects of Large Lot Zoning on the Depletion of Agriculture Land
Author: Maryland. Department of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
University of Baltimore Law Review
Author: University of Baltimore. School of Law
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Smarter Growth
Author: John H. Spiers
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812295137
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Suburban sprawl has been the prevailing feature—and double-edged sword—of metropolitan America's growth and development since 1945. The construction of homes, businesses, and highways that were signs of the nation's economic prosperity also eroded the presence of agriculture and polluted the environment. This in turn provoked fierce activism from an array of local, state, and national environmental groups seeking to influence planning and policy. Many places can lay claim to these twin legacies of sprawl and the attendant efforts to curb its impact, but, according to John H. Spiers, metropolitan Washington, D.C., in particular, laid the foundations for a smart growth movement that blossomed in the late twentieth century. In Smarter Growth, Spiers argues that civic and social activists played a key role in pushing state and local officials to address the environmental and fiscal costs of growth. Drawing on case studies including the Potomac River's cleanup, local development projects, and agricultural preservation, he identifies two periods of heightened environmental consciousness in the early to mid-1970s and the late 1990s that resulted in stronger development regulations and land preservation across much of metropolitan Washington. Smarter Growth offers a fresh understanding of environmental politics in metropolitan America, giving careful attention to the differences between rural, suburban, and urban communities and demonstrating how public officials and their constituents engaged in an ongoing dialogue that positioned environmental protection as an increasingly important facet of metropolitan development over the past four decades. It reveals that federal policies were only one part of a larger decision-making process—and not always for the benefit of the environment. Finally, it underscores the continued importance of grassroots activists for pursuing growth that is environmentally, fiscally, and socially equitable—in a word, smarter.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812295137
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Suburban sprawl has been the prevailing feature—and double-edged sword—of metropolitan America's growth and development since 1945. The construction of homes, businesses, and highways that were signs of the nation's economic prosperity also eroded the presence of agriculture and polluted the environment. This in turn provoked fierce activism from an array of local, state, and national environmental groups seeking to influence planning and policy. Many places can lay claim to these twin legacies of sprawl and the attendant efforts to curb its impact, but, according to John H. Spiers, metropolitan Washington, D.C., in particular, laid the foundations for a smart growth movement that blossomed in the late twentieth century. In Smarter Growth, Spiers argues that civic and social activists played a key role in pushing state and local officials to address the environmental and fiscal costs of growth. Drawing on case studies including the Potomac River's cleanup, local development projects, and agricultural preservation, he identifies two periods of heightened environmental consciousness in the early to mid-1970s and the late 1990s that resulted in stronger development regulations and land preservation across much of metropolitan Washington. Smarter Growth offers a fresh understanding of environmental politics in metropolitan America, giving careful attention to the differences between rural, suburban, and urban communities and demonstrating how public officials and their constituents engaged in an ongoing dialogue that positioned environmental protection as an increasingly important facet of metropolitan development over the past four decades. It reveals that federal policies were only one part of a larger decision-making process—and not always for the benefit of the environment. Finally, it underscores the continued importance of grassroots activists for pursuing growth that is environmentally, fiscally, and socially equitable—in a word, smarter.
Checklist of State Publications
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Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Preserving Agricultural Lands
Author: Thaddeus C. Trzyna
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Agricultural Land Preservation Bibliography
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Category : Agricultural conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
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Category : Agricultural conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Maryland Documents
Author: Maryland. General Assembly. State Department of Legislative Reference. Library and Information Services Division
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Livestock's Long Shadow
Author: Henning Steinfeld
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251055717
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251055717
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.
EPA-600/3
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
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Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Vol. 25, no. 1 contains the society's Lincoln Chapter's Resource conservation glossary.
Publisher:
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Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Vol. 25, no. 1 contains the society's Lincoln Chapter's Resource conservation glossary.