Major land uses in the United States

1967 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Land Uses

scholarly journals “QEP”–A New Method of Rural Planning

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Frederic O. Sargent
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Rural Planning ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
The Past ◽  
Country Planning

Since its emergence in the early part of this century, planning in the United States has been predominantly urban. Regional planning of watersheds, has received some attention but planning for rural areas has not been widely practiced, nor has it been taught in planning schools. Support for this generalization may be found in planning texts which consider 50,000 population a “small” municipality. Further evidence is found in town plans prepared through support of federal “701” funds during the past decade. These plans are usually for expansion of urban facilities and services and ignore exclusively rural land uses. Planning in England presents a contrast. It is appropriately referred to as “town and country planning” as it covers the range of land use intensities from agricultural to the highest value urban block as interrelated and interconnected parts of a single fabric.

Zoning Law, Health, and Environmental Justice: What’s the Connection?

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 572-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Maantay
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Character ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Zoning Regulations ◽  
Human Health Impacts

Zoning laws determine what types of land uses and densities can occur on each property lot in a municipality, and therefore also govern the range of potential environmental and health impacts resulting from the land use. Zoning regulations are the most ubiquitous of the land use laws in the United States, as well as in many other countries. As such, they have far-reaching effects on the location of noxious uses, and any concomitant environmental or human health impacts.Zoning has enormous implications, in general, for shaping our environment, and because changes to zoning are made through a political process, it has possibilities for abuse. One zoning expert stated:I suppose what really disturbs me is that because zoning is the most universal of the legal tools for shaping the character of the municipality, any unwise use of the process has a far greater impact upon our national character than does the abuse of a less widely employed device.

Mapping urban land uses in the United States by census zone using nationally available data

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Falcone ◽  
David W. Wong
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Land Uses

COMPILATION OF MEASURED NUTRIENT LOAD DATA FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND USES IN THE UNITED STATES

2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1163-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daren Harmel ◽  
Steve Potter ◽  
Pamela Casebolt ◽  
Ken Reckhow ◽  
Colleen Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nutrient Load ◽  
Land Uses

scholarly journals Government Programs for Commercial Redevelopment in Poor Neighborhoods: The Cases of Spitalfields in East London and Downtown Brooklyn, NY

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
S S Fainstein
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
New York ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The United States ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
Office Development

Since the economic crisis of the mid-1970s, urban governments in the United States and Great Britain have used programs to stimulate office development as their main vehicle for encouraging economic growth. Two cases of government-sponsored redevelopment are compared: Spitalfields in East London and downtown Brooklyn, New York. Both are in impoverished peripheral areas and involve the creation of large projects that require a transformation of land uses; each involves the activity of a public-private partnership. Despite some differences in types of governmental activity that result from different ideological and institutional traditions, the elements of the two projects are strikingly alike.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document