Product Description: The Supreme Court decision that property owners may be entitled to compensation for government regulations that deprive them of reasonable use of their property has thrown the land-use field into a state of turmoil. Will municipal land-use ordinances be found excessive? What regulations can be considered a reasonable exercise of police power for public health, safety, and welfare? Will municipalities be liable for compensation to property owners if development is restricted? How can municipalities and developers plan in the wake of this decision? Ordinance provisions cover components of subdivision regulation: general provisions, definitions, administration, procedure, design and improvements, off-tract improvements, and documents to be submitted...read more

Product Description: Historic preservation is an issue of growing importance and public commitment. Federal and state mechanisms have been established to identify and support historic buildings/sites, while local governments have been active in supporting and protecting historic resources...read more

Product Description: The Fiscal Impact Handbook is a unique manual detailing practical methods for determining the full range of revenues and costs associated with residential and nonresidential growth. Planners, economists, businessmen, administrators, financial officers, assessors, community groups, private organizations, and those interested in the fiscal consequences of growth and non-growth will find The Fiscal Impact Handbook indispensable...read more

Product Description: Excellen source book for urban planners, local planners, politicians and citizens concerned about quality of life issues.

Product Description: This handbook summarizes economic evaluation measures for residential and nonresidential development. It tells you how to forecast the costs and revenues associated with land development. Contained are examples with answers which serve as a guide to correct interpretation...read more

Product Description: The establishment in 1993 of an ad hoc international criminal tribunal to prosecute war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia reflects the world community's renewed efforts to enforce the international rule of law and respect for human rights...read more

Product Description: Book by Listokin, David, Beaton, W. Patrick

Product Description: New housing has become a dream for most Americans. In its place is housing rehabilitation—an ideal vehicle for providing lower-cost, conveniently located, and environmentally sensitive shelter for the 1980s. How can its delivery capacity be ensured? Where is it most economical? How can citizen, city, and developer interests be synthesized? This edited volume brings together for the first time the why, where, and how of this vital housing strategy...read more

Product Description: Mortgage Lending and Race examines the urban financing problem—the difficulty faced by residents of urban neighborhoods in obtaining institutional mortgages or loans for purchasing, refinancing, or repairing properties. An economic model, Listokin and Casey argue, perceives lenders as being guided solely by economic considerations...read more

Product Description: Many courts and state and local governments have turned to "fair share" plans to determine the equita­ble distribution of housing in a region according to such criteria as broadening the socioeconomic mix of communities and protecting the environment...read more