Westphal, J.M., 2001, Managing agricultural recourses at the urban-rural interface: a case study of the Old Mission Peninsula, in: Landscape and Urban Planning, ,
- Author : Westphal, J.M.
- Year : 2001
- Journal/Series : Landscape and Urban Planning
- Pages : 13-24
- Abstract in English : Despite vast landmass of the United States, resource managers, landscape architects, and planners are becoming increasingly aware pf the difficulty in protecting natural resources at the urban-rural interface. Because of the legal framework of the United States, individual states retain the rights to regulate and manage the affairs of land use within their jurisdictions. Each state, in turn, has transferred portions of this right to county and local bodies of government through “enabling legislation’. Because of these layers of government has different agenda, oftentimes, a coordinated, effective land use planning effort that could protect natural resources, especially at the urban-rural interface, is impossible to develop. This paper examines one local community’s effort to preserve farmland and open space at the urban-rural interface. Funding and implementing an Agricultural and Open Space Preservation imitative was created, illustrating the power of citizens in a democracy to elicit change in government when such change is necessary to protect valuable natural resources and farmland.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: landscape planning, land use planning, urban-rural interface, greenbelts, community participation. UTILITY: lecturers/teachers, academic research, students of universities of professional education.