Land-Use Controls: Cases and Materials, Second Edition (Casebook)

This long-awaited revision of the highly respected casebook captures the dynamism of current practice to give your students an engrossing portrait of the process, The players, And The consequences of land-use controls. With the exciting new addition of noted scholar Vicki Been as co-author, Land-Use Controls: Cases and Materials, Second Edition, takes an interdisciplinary approach To The subject and provides an exceptionally strong foundation For The traditional case-based class. in ten chapters, The authors describe the process by which land is developed, regulated, and marketed: the Land Development Process Markets and Planners: An Initial Look at Relative Institutional Competence Zoning And The Rights of Landowners and Developers Zoning Changes And The Rights of Neighbors Subdivision Regulations, Building Codes, Aesthetic Controls Alternatives to Public Regulation: Nuisance Law, Fines and Rewards, Covenants Financing the Urban Infrastructure Discriminatory Land Use Controls the Regional Obligations of Municipalities Government as Landowner, Developer, and Financier When you examine this cutting-edge revision, you'll realize its many strengths: Authors well known for their influential and provocative writing, As well as their academic distinctions. Up-to-the-minute material that reflects case law and statutory developments through the summer of 1999. Insightful historical and social perspectives combined with economic analysis and broad legal coverage. Comprehensive yet concise treatment of the legal issues that arise in both private and public regulation of land development. A solid thematic framework illuminates the connections among the multiple discrete topics of land law. Coverage of demographic trends, building trade practices, financing policies, And The factual context of cases grounds the book and provides a sophisticated understanding of land use practice. an examination of environmental justice, cutting edge regulatory innovations, subdivision regulation and building codes, And The government's role in urban development gives the book immediacy and breadthRobert C. Ellickson is the author of 'Land-Use Controls: Cases and Materials, Second Edition (Casebook)' with ISBN 9780735511804 and ISBN 0735511802.