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Growth Management is a term that encompasses a wide range of tools and
methods to control the rate and the physical pattern of urban growth.
Examples of growth management tools include:
- requirements
that new development be permitted only as areas are able to meet
certain infrastructure development standards (sometimes called
“concurrency”)
- impact fees to require new development to “pay its way” for increased demand for public facilities
- the
“transfer of development rights” from one land area to another in order
to contain the physical area covered by new urban development. The
following website provides a good overview of growth management tools,
including aspects such as affordable housing, which sometimes gets
overlooked in the discussion of this topic:
http://landuse.osu.edu/Sustainable/toolsword.pdf
A bibliography and links to information on various tools and techniques for growth management can be found at:
http://www.abag.ca.gov/jointpolicy/Growth%20Management.pdf
Green
Infrastructure refers to the network of protected open spaces that are
necessary to sustain both urban communities and the natural
environment. This may include:
- public parks
- wildlife and forest reserves
- water recharge areas, and other such natural resources.
The website at http://www.greeninfrastructure.net/ is a good clearinghouse on the topic of “green infrastructure”, containing some useful summaries and links.
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