Urban containment in the United States : history, models and techniques for regional and metropolitan growth management by Nelson, Arthur C., author, Dawkins, Casey J., author; Porter, Douglas R., writer of supplementary textual content instant download

Urban containment in the United States : history, models and techniques for regional and metropolitan growth management by Nelson, Arthur C., author, Dawkins, Casey J., author; Porter, Douglas R., writer of supplementary textual content instant download

ix, 130 pages : 28 cm, This report explores urban containment as a framework that regions and communities can use for managing growth. Growth management techniques can be time-related (such as phasing development through infrastructure management), place-related (such as defining the qualities of specific areas), and function-related (such as relating uses and ensuring housing affordability). When urban containment is the framework underlying growth management, it provides growth management with a rationale for phased development, steers the direction and form of development, and identifies central places within the urban fabric. This report reviews the history and central characteristics of urban containment, discusses the authors' evaluation of more than 100 urban containment plans, and presents their four-framework typology. It also offers case studies of each of the four frameworks and summarizes the implications for planners. Includes appendices, as well as a compilation of principal techniques for growth management and the elements of urban containment frameworks, Cover title, Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-82), The objectives of urban containment -- Urban containment framework analysis -- Weak-restrictive urban containment framework -- Strong-restrictive urban containment framework -- Weak-accommodating urban containment -- Strong-accommodating urban containment framework -- Findings and implications for planning -- Appendix A: list of references -- Appendix B: containment framework summary -- Appendix C: summary of plans reviewed -- Appendix D: key urban containment policies -- Appendix E: excerpts from the American Planning Association Policy Guide on Smart Growth