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Open Space Preservation

by The Land Use Law Center

This book describes in detail how local governments have used their regulatory and financial authority to create comprehensive approaches to open space preservation.  It explains how to attract widespread support for conservation practices and avoid regulatory takings challenges by treating landowners fairly. The book contains a chapter detailing how development affects the functioning of the environment: this helps local land use boards understand how to approve development projects while retaining critical environmental benefits.

  • Paperback
  • 86 Pages
  • Publisher: Land Use Law Center, Pace University School of Law (August 2003)

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