Bengston, D.N., J.O. Fletcher & K.C. Nelson, 2004, Public policies for managing urban growth and protecting op space: policy instruments and lessons learned in the United States, in: Landscape and Urban Planning, ,
- Author : Bengston, D.N., J.O. Fletcher & K.C. Nelson
- Year : 2004
- Journal/Series : Landscape and Urban Planning
- Pages : 271-286
- Abstract in English : This paper provides a systematic review of the extensive literature that describes public policies concerning urban sprawl and their implementation. Urban sprawl mat be characterized as relatively low-density, non contiguous, automobile dependent residential and non-residential development that consumes relatively large amounts of farmland and natural Areas (Burchell et al., 1998). The objectives of this paper are: (1) to describe the main policy instruments that have proposed and utilized for managing urban growth and protecting open space at various governmental levels. Given the number of policy instruments, the individual growth management techniques are not described in detail. Instead, this review briefly summarizes the main techniques and points to the extensive literature that describes them in much greater detail. (2) To glean the key lessons learned from the literature on the implementation of growth management techniques i.e. what has been learned about the effectiveness of growth management and programs? How can policy makers and planners design growth management programs that are effective in accomplishing their goals? Aspects of lessons learned: 1) a lack of evaluation; 2) Implementation is critical; 3) package of complementary policy instruments; 4) vertical and horizontal coordination; 5) stakeholder participation.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: urban growth, urban sprawl, policy instruments, growth management, open space.