Challenge of the Land
Open Space Preservation at the Local Level
Published on 22. October 2013
164 pages
978-1-4831-5537-1 (ISBN)
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Challenge of the Land: Open Space Preservation at the Local Level deals with the challenge of the land at the municipal level and how it can be addressed using proven techniques of open space preservation. Focusing primarily on the New York metropolitan region, this book describes actions that a municipal government can take to help control rampant urbanization and discusses the benefits of open space preservation. This book is comprised of eight chapters and opens with an overview of how municipal officials and civic leaders have had to come to grips with urbanization throughout the United States. The economic implications of population growth and the function of suburbia are considered. The next chapter outlines the benefits of open space preservation, including the establishment of recreational opportunity; the establishment of attractive community design and a visually pleasant landscape; and the maintenance of natural processes (that is, conservation). The following chapters explore the reconciliation of subdivision and open space; the use of basic acquisition techniques having to do with purchase, green space development, and the donation of land in fee or easement; and the approaches used by municipalities to preserve open space. The economic consequences of preserved open space are also considered, along with how the municipal government copes with the increasing forces of urbanization. This monograph will be a useful resource for everyone in or out of government, including county and municipal officials, as well as civic leaders concerned with the use of open spaces.
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Charles E. Little
Challenge of the Land
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12/1969
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ForewordPrefaceChapter I. Coming to Grips What Happened in Ramapo Population Growth Economic Penalty of Growth The Function of Suburbia Land is the Key. Open Space: The Environmental FocusChapter II. The Case for Open Space Preservation The Three Functions of Open Space Outdoor Recreation The Statistics of Recreational Demand The Case for Amenity Natural Processes How to Establish Priorities Systems and Chunks How Much Open Space Gross Minimum Calculation Acres per Thousand Natural Processes as a DeterminantChapter III. Direct Acquisition A Big Acquisition: New Canaan Strategy of Persuasion A Piecemeal Effort: Cortlandt Need for a Civic Base Shifting Attitudes Grant Programs Land and Water Conservation Fund HUD's Open-Space Program State Aid Grantsmanship Westchester's Acquisition Procedure Private GrantsChapter IV. Open Space and Subdivision Clustering as a Conservation Measure "Block Plan" Technique One-Step Reduction Technique Mandating Cluster A Question of Nomenclature Who Should Sponsor Clustering Setting Standards Permanence as an Issue Who Should Own the Open Space Will Clustering Stimulate Development The Question of Design Clustering GuidelinesChapter V. Land Donation: Fee and Easement Using a Range of Recipients Respecting the Landowner's Motives Land Trusts Conditions and Restrictions Wildlife vs. People Financial Motivations Estate Planning Donation of Development Rights Gifts of Easements Guidelines for Easement AcquisitionChapter VI. More Tricks in the Bag "Design" Zoning Need for Permanence Tax Inducements "Open Space Gestalt" The Demarest Open Space System Using the Whole Bag of TricksChapter VII. Economic Effects The New Municipal Math The Agent of Reversal: Open Space Positive Results of Preservation Methods of Determining Positive Economic Effects Direct Revenues and RatablesChapter VIII. The Action Process Need for New Machinery New Official Groups Initial Research The First Project Continuing ProgramsSelected BibliographyAppendix
