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Urban Planners Blow It

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Inman News Editor
14 June 2002 - 7:00am

A new report suggests that all too often, policy-makers fail to coordinate open space with growth management.

"A new report, "Open Space Protection: Conservation Meets Growth Management" by William Fulton and Linda E. Hollis of Solimar Research Group, states that most open-space programs either have taken an opportunistic approach to land conservation or have used a systematic approach that revolves around the state’s interest in natural resources, not the impact of open space on the metropolitan environment."

Full Story: Land-use planning goes awry
Source: Inman News, June 13, 2002
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