How To Win Land Development Issues
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Cover, Contents, Secrets of Success & Introduction (55 KB)
Chapter 1: The Easy Solution (65 KB)
Part I: Identifying & Resolving Quality of Life Issues (492 KB)
Chapter 2: The Basic Approach to Identifying &
Resolving Quality of Life Issues
Chapter 3: Affordable Housing
Chapter 4: Air Quality
Chapter 5: Aquatic Resources
Chapter 6: Bicycling
Chapter 7: Community Atmosphere
Chapter 8: Crime
Chapter 9: Environmental Justice
Chapter 10: Fire
Chapter 11: Historic & Archaeological Resources
Chapter 12: Light Trespass
Chapter 13: Neighborhood Conservation
Chapter 14: Noise
Chapter 15: Odor
Chapter 16: Open Space
Preservation
Chapter 17: Parks & Recreation
Chapter 18: Poverty
Chapter 19: Property Ownership
Chapter 20: Property Taxes
Chapter 21: Property Value
Chapter 22: Schools
Chapter 23: Traffic
Chapter 24: Visual Impacts
Chapter 25: Walking
Chapter 26: Wildlife
Part II: The Growth Management Process (132 KB)
Chapter 27: Growth Management Process
Chapter 28: The Decision-Makers
Chapter 29: Zoning
Chapter 30: Annexation
Chapter 31: Variances & Waivers
Chapter 32: Development Review Process
Chapter 33: Public Participation
Chapter 34: Permits & Other Approvals
Part III: Formulating & Implementing a
Winning Strategy for Your Campaign (505 KB)
Chapter 35: Researching Strategy Options
Chapter 36: Mobilizing Support For Your Strategy
Chapter 37: Negotiate with the Applicant
Chapter 38: Working with Regulatory Staff
Chapter 39: Lobbying Key Decision-Makers
Chapter 40: Legal Action
Chapter 41: Changing the Law
Chapter 42: Electing
& Retaining Decision-Makers Committed To Responsible Growth Management
A Closing Word on Strategy & Persistence
How CEDS Can Help
Other CEDS Publications
The following
publications are only available online. Copies cannot be mailed
out.
CEDS Quality of Life Impact Review Checklist (35 KB)
Community Meeting Samples: Flyer, Factsheet, Pledge Form, Volunteer Survey Form, and Meeting Outline (26 KB)
Waterways
Salmon, Lake Quality, Wetlands & Development Impacts - An Example of CEDS Analysis
Trout & Watershed Development - Factsheet (26 KB)
EIS
Critique Example: Charlottesville VA Bypass
Trout & Development - An Example of CEDS Analysis (81 KB)
Example of How CEDS Can Assess Pollution Sources & Quickly Improve Water Quality (161 KB)
How Much Development is Too Much for Streams, Rivers, Lakes, Tidal Waters & Wetlands? (218 KB)
The Effects of Marinas & Boating Activity Upon Tidal Waterways (65 KB)
Buffers for Stream, Lake & Wetland Protection (24 KB)
Traffic & Highways
Highway Battles & How They Are Won (68 KB)
Traffic & Neighborhood Quality of Life (86 KB)
EIS Critique
Example: Expansion of I-93
in New Hampshire
Example of a Strategy to Preserve Quality of Life from Highway Impacts (243 KB)
Traffic Impact Evaluation Procedures: Traffic Count, Sight-Distance and Speeds (58 KB)
Highways, Stream & Reservoir Pollution & Induced Growth: An Example of a CEDS Analysis (76 KB)
Landfills
Citizen Perspectives on Siting Solid Waste Facilities (564 KB)
Sample CEDS Analysis of a Proposed Landfill (1,302 KB)
Golf Courses
Protecting the Aquatic Environment from the Effects of Golf Courses (3 MG)
Golf Courses & the Aquatic Environment (21 KB)
Effects of Meeting House Golf Club Upon Edgartown Great Pond (79 KB)
EPA Handbook of Integrated Pest Management for Golf Courses (303 KB)
Comparison of Highest Pesticide Concentrations Detected at Golf Courses with Water Quality Criteria (20 KB)
Everyone Wins! A Citizens Guide to Development,
by CEDS president Richard Klein, may be ordered from the American Planning Association.
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