TY  - BOOK
AU  - Platt,Rutherford H.
TI  - Land use and society: geography, law, and public policy 
SN  - 9781610914536 (hbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - KF5698 .P588 2014
U1  - 346.7304/5 23
KW  - Land use
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Physical geography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index; Land use and society : fundamentals and issues -- Shaping the human landscape : the interaction of geography and law -- Historical roots of American land use institutions -- Building a metropolitan nation : 1900-1940 -- The polarized metropolis : 1945-2010 -- Property rights : the owner as planner -- The patchwork of local governments -- Zoning, regionalism, and smart growth -- Land use and the courts -- Congress and the metropolitan environment
ER  -