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This book starts from the premise that each community chooses its
future every day, through the incremental decisions made by
planning and zoning boards and other citizen volunteers, as well as
professional staff. The challenge is to ensure that these decisions
support the preservation of what is special about the community,
while still fostering necessary and appropriate growth. In this
volume, twenty-nine experts from a variety of fields describe in
very practical terms the ""community preservation"" approach to
these issues. As opposed to the top-down regulatory mechanisms that
are sometimes used to manage growth, the contributors favor a more
flexible, locally based approach that has proven successful in
Massachusetts and elsewhere. They show how residents can be
empowered to become involved in local decision-making, building
coalitions and expressing their views on a wide range of issues,
such as zoning, water and land protection, transportation, historic
preservation, economic diversity, affordable housing, and reuse of
brown-fields. When done properly, development can enhance the sense
of place and provide needed homes and jobs. Done improperly, it can
generate sprawl and a multitude of problems. ""Preserving and
Enhancing Communities"" will be particularly useful to members of
planning and other regulatory boards, as well as students of
community planning. The book covers not just typical ways of doing
things, but also the full spectrum of innovative and emerging
practices. Each chapter includes illustrations and case studies,
some from Massachusetts and many from other states. The volume
concludes with a set of indicators that communities can use to
track their progress in community preservation and enhancement.
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