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James A. Lagro - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Assessing local planning capacity to promote environmentally sustainable Residential Development
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2015Co-Authors: Z. Aslıgül Göçmen, James A. LagroAbstract:Smart growth and sustainability planning have, in recent years, become central issues in planning discourse. Scholars have argued that planning capacity at the local government level is critical for smart growth planning, and that planners have a fundamental role to play in advancing local and regional sustainability. In this paper, we investigate the extent to which local planning capacity enables communities to promote more sustainable, smart growth Residential Development. Based on a 2013 survey of 38 county and 53 municipal governments in the state of Wisconsin, USA, this study finds that the majority of the sample communities have permitted Residential Developments characterized as transit-oriented, New Urbanist, mixed use, infill Developments, or conservation subdivisions as alternatives to low-density, automobile-dependent conventional Developments. The study also finds that jurisdictions with higher planning capacities are more likely to overcome significant barriers to more sustainable residentia...
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Landscape context of rural Residential Development in southeastern Wisconsin (USA)
Landscape Ecology, 1998Co-Authors: James A. LagroAbstract:Private on-site sewage systems serve Residential Development in rural landscapes throughout the United States. In the State of Wisconsin, three major types of private sewage systems facilitate Residential Development on sites that span gradients in slope, soil permeability, depth to bedrock, and depth to water-table. Conventional soil-absorption sewage treatment systems are constructed on sites with minimal physiographic constraints; more highly engineered alternative sewage treatment systems are installed on sites with moderate to severe constraints; holding tanks provide no on-site sewage treatment and are employed on sites with the most severe physiographic limitations. An environmental impact statement (EIS), prepared in 1979 on the proposed widespread use of alternative private sewage systems, suggested that alternative systems might facilitate in-fill Development on poor sites near existing cities and lead to compact, higher density Development patterns. The research reported in this paper tested the validity of this EIS scenario by comparing Development patterns associated with a sample of conventional systems, alternative systems, and holding tanks installed during the 1980s in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Land use data, soils data, and other site attribute data were assembled and analyzed in a vector geographic information system (GIS). Because each type of private sewage system has a unique set of siting criteria, the three sets of sampled systems are located in significantly different physiographic regions within the County. Collectively, installations of all three systems facilitated scattered Residential Development throughout the rural landscape. This Development consists of relatively small Residential patches dispersed within an agricultural matrix. Wastewater management technology, if not constrained by public policies or other socioeconomic factors, can be an important anthropogenic factor influencing both the process and pattern of landscape change.
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Designing without nature: Unsewered Residential Development in rural Wisconsin
Landscape and Urban Planning, 1996Co-Authors: James A. LagroAbstract:In the classic environmental planning book, Design with Nature, McHarg (1969) demonstrated a land use planning process that employed multiple layers of geocoded data. Computerized geographic information systems (GIS) have subsequently enhanced land use planners' abilities to identify the opportunities and constraints posed by a landscape's biophysical systems. Nevertheless, improvements in transportation infrastructure, combined with an assortment of technological advances, have greatly diminished the constraining effects of distance and physiography on land use spatial patterns. In the United States, for example, advances in wastewater management technology have decreased the influence of soil permeability, depth to bedrock, and depth to water table on Residential Development locational decisions. The evolution of this technology has helped facilitate scattered, low-density Residential Development in rural landscapes across the nation. This paper examines the public health and rural growth management implications of unsewered Residential Development in the State of Wisconsin.
Van Butsic - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the dynamic effects of open space conservation policies on Residential Development density
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2009Co-Authors: David J Lewis, Bill Provencher, Van ButsicAbstract:Recent economic analyses emphasize that designated open space increases the rents on neighboring Residential land, and likewise, the probability of undeveloped land converting to Residential uses. This paper addresses a different question: What is the effect of local open-space conservation on the rate of growth in the density of Residential land? A discrete-choice econometric model of lakeshore Development is estimated with a unique parcel-level spatial-temporal dataset, using maximum simulated likelihood to account for (i) the panel structure of the data, (ii) unobserved spatial heterogeneity, and (iii) sample selection resulting from correlated unobservables. Results indicate that, contrary to the intuition derived from the current literature, local open-space conservation policies do not increase the rate of growth in Residential density, and some open-space conservation policies may reduce the rate of growth in Residential Development density. This is consistent with land-value complementarity between local open space and parcel size.
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the dynamic effects of open space conservation policies on Residential Development density
Staff Paper Series, 2008Co-Authors: David J Lewis, Bill Provencher, Van ButsicAbstract:Recent economic analyses emphasize that designated open-space increases the rents on neighboring Residential land, and likewise, the probability of undeveloped land converting to Residential uses. This paper addresses a different question: What is the effect of local open space conservation on the rate of growth in the density of existing Residential land? The analysis is relevant for exurban Development and also for remote lakeshore Development, where shoreline Development density can rapidly increase over time and open-space policies are often advocated as a way to protect ecosystems by reducing Development. A discrete choice econometric model of lakeshore Development is estimated with a unique parcel-level spatial-temporal dataset, using maximum simulated likelihood to account for i) the panel structure of the data, ii) unobserved spatial heterogeneity, and iii) sample selection resulting from correlated unobservables. Results indicate that, contrary to the intuition derived from the current literature, local open space conservation policies do not increase the rate of growth in Residential Development density, and some open space conservation policies may reduce the rate of growth in Residential Development density. This is consistent with land-value complementarity between local open space and parcel size. Spatially-explicit simulations at the landscape scale examine the relative effects of conservation policies on the time path of Development.
David J Lewis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the dynamic effects of open space conservation policies on Residential Development density
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2009Co-Authors: David J Lewis, Bill Provencher, Van ButsicAbstract:Recent economic analyses emphasize that designated open space increases the rents on neighboring Residential land, and likewise, the probability of undeveloped land converting to Residential uses. This paper addresses a different question: What is the effect of local open-space conservation on the rate of growth in the density of Residential land? A discrete-choice econometric model of lakeshore Development is estimated with a unique parcel-level spatial-temporal dataset, using maximum simulated likelihood to account for (i) the panel structure of the data, (ii) unobserved spatial heterogeneity, and (iii) sample selection resulting from correlated unobservables. Results indicate that, contrary to the intuition derived from the current literature, local open-space conservation policies do not increase the rate of growth in Residential density, and some open-space conservation policies may reduce the rate of growth in Residential Development density. This is consistent with land-value complementarity between local open space and parcel size.
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the dynamic effects of open space conservation policies on Residential Development density
Staff Paper Series, 2008Co-Authors: David J Lewis, Bill Provencher, Van ButsicAbstract:Recent economic analyses emphasize that designated open-space increases the rents on neighboring Residential land, and likewise, the probability of undeveloped land converting to Residential uses. This paper addresses a different question: What is the effect of local open space conservation on the rate of growth in the density of existing Residential land? The analysis is relevant for exurban Development and also for remote lakeshore Development, where shoreline Development density can rapidly increase over time and open-space policies are often advocated as a way to protect ecosystems by reducing Development. A discrete choice econometric model of lakeshore Development is estimated with a unique parcel-level spatial-temporal dataset, using maximum simulated likelihood to account for i) the panel structure of the data, ii) unobserved spatial heterogeneity, and iii) sample selection resulting from correlated unobservables. Results indicate that, contrary to the intuition derived from the current literature, local open space conservation policies do not increase the rate of growth in Residential Development density, and some open space conservation policies may reduce the rate of growth in Residential Development density. This is consistent with land-value complementarity between local open space and parcel size. Spatially-explicit simulations at the landscape scale examine the relative effects of conservation policies on the time path of Development.
Volker Coors - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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combining system dynamics model gis and 3d visualization in sustainability assessment of urban Residential Development
Building and Environment, 2012Co-Authors: Zhao Xu, Volker CoorsAbstract:Abstract Constructing and improving urban Residential areas is an eternal critical subject in the process of the whole urban Development which is connected with a series of challenges and problems. During the past decades, urban Residential Development has speed up extremely with massive population mobility in cities. The purpose of this study is to propose an integrated approach for sustainability assessment of urban Residential Development, considering sustainability indicators, housing equilibrium and building visualization. Firstly based on merging DPSIR (Driving Forces, Pressure, State, Impact and Response) framework and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), the indicators were systematized for the sustainability modeling. Due to the urban activities cause impacts not only on local level but also a broader scale, a simulation model, using System Dynamics (SD) methodology, was structured to quantitatively investigate the Developmental tendency of the indicators. And then the estimated results were displayed in 2D density maps in ArcGIS and 3D visualization in CityEngine. A real case study was presented for the Stuttgart Region of the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in Southern Germany and its Plieningen district to experience the usefulness and feasibility of the developed approach. The integration of GIS, SD model and 3D visualization, called GISSD system here, can better explain the interaction and the variation of the sustainability indicators for Residential Development. Hence it is able to support the Decision Maker to view the sustainable level of urban Residential areas more comprehensively.
Michael Pacione - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The power of public participation in local planning in Scotland: the case of conflict over Residential Development in the metropolitan green belt
GeoJournal, 2014Co-Authors: Michael PacioneAbstract:While the principle of public participation is an acknowledged requirement of planning in most Western countries there is continuing debate, and insufficient empirical evidence, on the effectiveness of public participation in practice. This research examines the power of public participation in local planning in Scotland with particular reference to the pressing issue of conflict over Residential Development in the metropolitan green belt. The paper first defines key concepts underlying the research, and identifies the principal actors in the Residential Development process. The post-2006 institutional framework for planning in Scotland is explained to establish the legislative and procedural context for a case study of conflict between developers and the local community in a village in Glasgow’s green belt. Using a combination of analysis of planning documents, interviews with local planners and developers, and a survey of village residents the empirical study provides detailed insight on the principles, practice, problems for public participation in local planning in Scotland. Finally, a number of conclusions are presented on the prospects for public participation in Scotland.
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private profit public interest and land use planning a conflict interpretation of Residential Development pressure in glasgow s rural urban fringe
Land Use Policy, 2013Co-Authors: Michael PacioneAbstract:This longitudinal case study of Residential Development pressure in a village in Glasgow's urban fringe provides detailed insight into the different perspectives of key public, private and community interest groups, and exemplifies the conflict resolution process in this environment in the context of the new post-2006 planning system in Scotland. The paper is organised into six main parts. In part 1 the major actors in the Residential Development process are identified with specific attention focused on the house-builder and the local planner. In part 2 the post-2006 Development planning and Development management process in Scotland is explained in order to establish the legislative and procedural context for the case study. Part 3 provides a review of urban growth n the Glasgow metropolitan region. Part 4 sets the case study in local context by providing representative examples of Development pressure and conflict resolution in the District. Part 5 comprises detailed examination of conflict over pressure for Residential Development in the village of Torrance from 1971 to the present day. This in depth analysis illuminates the main actors, agents and arguments involved in the conflict resolution process; explains the rationale for decisions reached on Residential Development in the village; and affords insight into contemporary debate over house-building in the metropolitan fringe around Scotland's cities. Finally, some conclusions are presented on the issues of fairness and sustainability in the land use planning system and the on-going conflict between private profit and public interest in the production of the built environment around the edge of Britain's cities.
