Ebook: Land use and society: geography, law, and public policy

The intersection between geography and law is a critical yet often overlooked element of land-use decisions, with a widespread impact on how societies use the land, water, and biodiversity around them. This is a guide to the role of law in shaping patterns of land use and environmental management;Land use and society : fundamentals and issues -- Shaping the human landscape : the interaction of geography and law -- Historical roots of American land use institutions -- Building a metropolitan nation : 1900-1940 -- The polarized metropolis : 1945-2010 -- Property rights : the owner as planner -- The patchwork of local governments -- Zoning, regionalism, and smart growth -- Land use and the courts -- Congress and the metropolitan environment