Chapter Outline

The Need For Planning

Historical Forces That Shaped Land Use in North America

The Importance of Waterways

The Rural-to-Urban Shift

Global Perspective: Urbanization in the Developing World

Migration from the Central City to the Suburbs

Factors That Contribute to Sprawl

Lifestyle Factors

Economic Factors

Planning and Policy Factors

Problems Associated with Unplanned Urban Growth

Transportation Problems

Air Pollution

Low Energy Efficiency

Loss of Sense of Community

Death of the Central City

Higher Infrastructure Costs

Loss of Open Space

Loss of Farmland

Water Pollution Problems

Floodplain Problems

Wetlands Misuse

Environmental Close-Up: Wetlands Loss in Louisiana

Other Land-Use Considerations

Land-Use Planning Principles

Mechanisms for Implementing Land-Use Plans

Establishing State or Regional Planning Agencies

Purchasing Land or Use Rights

Regulating Use

Environmental Close-Up: Land-Use Planning and Aesthetic Pollution

Special Urban Planning Issues

Urban Transportation Planning

Urban Recreation Planning

Redevelopment of Inner-City Areas

Federal Government Land-Use Issues

Issues & Analysis: Decision Making in Land-Use Planning--The Malling of America

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