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Preserving and Enhancing Communities: A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Policymakers
Hamin
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Description for Preserving and Enhancing Communities: A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Policymakers
Paperback. Based on the premise that each community chooses its future every day, through the incremental decisions made by planning and zoning boards and other citizen volunteers. This work shows how residents can be empowered to become involved in local decision-making, building coalitions and expressing their views on a range of issues. Editor(s): Hamin, Elisabeth M.; Geigis, Priscilla; Silka, Linda. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 colour & 23 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 712.
This book starts from the premise that each community chooses its future every day, through the incremental decisions made by planning and zoning boards and other citizen volunteers, as well as professional staff. The challenge is to ensure that these decisions support the preservation of what is special about the community, while still fostering necessary and appropriate growth. In this volume, twenty-nine experts from a variety of fields describe in very practical terms the ""community preservation"" approach to these issues. As opposed to the top-down regulatory mechanisms that are sometimes used to manage growth, the contributors favor a more flexible, ... Read more
This book starts from the premise that each community chooses its future every day, through the incremental decisions made by planning and zoning boards and other citizen volunteers, as well as professional staff. The challenge is to ensure that these decisions support the preservation of what is special about the community, while still fostering necessary and appropriate growth. In this volume, twenty-nine experts from a variety of fields describe in very practical terms the ""community preservation"" approach to these issues. As opposed to the top-down regulatory mechanisms that are sometimes used to manage growth, the contributors favor a more flexible, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
720g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558495647
SKU
V9781558495647
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99-15
About Hamin
ELISABETH M. HAMIN is assistant professor of regional planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. PRISCILLA GEIGIS is director of state parks and recreation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. LINDA SILKA is University Professor of regional economic and social development at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
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