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Land use and society : geography, law, and public policy / Rutherford H. Platt.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Platt, Rutherford H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land use--Law and legislation--United States.
- Land use.
- Land use--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Land use--United States.
- Physical geography--United States.
- Physical geography.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 455 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Island Press, [2004]
- Contents:
- The meanings and uses of land
- The interaction of geography and law
- Historic roots of modern land use institutions
- City growth and reform in the nineteenth century
- Building a metropolitan nation: 1900-1945
- The polarized metropolis: 1945-2000
- Property rights: the owner as planner
- The tapestry of local governments
- Local zoning and growth management
- Land use and the courts
- Land programs: Regional, state, federal
- Congress and the metropolitan environment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 155963684X
- 1559636858
- OCLC:
- 53441370
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