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Recommendations For Land Use Decision Making

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Constance Southerland
9 October 2003 - 12:00pm

Report identifies systemic weaknesses in land use decision making and offers a series of recommendations.

The Bureau of Governmental Research "found that land use decision making suffers from systemic weaknesses and an ad hoc approach. The result is widespread discontent, with the frustration of those focused on economic development matched by the frustration of residents who feel deprived of meaningful participation in the future of their neighborhoods." [PDF Format, 3.54 MB]

Full Story: Runaway Discretion: Land Use Decision Making in New Orleans
Source: Bureau Of Governmental Research, October 8, 2003
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All of that only scratches the surface of what's wrong with this study. The idea that complex urban development patterns and human behavior can be meaningfully studied according to one primary criteria — density — is wrong from the start.
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