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- Title
Building Regional Capacity for Land-Use Reform: Environmental Conservation and Historic Preservation in the Hudson River Valley.
- Authors
Knudson, Paul T.
- Abstract
In exploring new ways of building the capacity for regional land-use reforms, this paper, using a case study approach, compares the role of non-profit environmental and land-use organizations to public, state agencies that operate in the same or similar spheres. The context for the comparative study are two regions in the Hudson River Valley of New York State, a broad geography experiencing intense development pressures as well as corresponding calls for land conservation and historic preservation. Findings suggest that while state agencies can offer strategic incentives and protections to communities and regions that adopt regional-oriented land-use policies, both governmental and non-profit groups play an important role in educating and advising municipal officials and residents as well as fostering cross-jurisdictional communication. In addition, an advantage of non-profit agencies is their independence from the state and state budgetary constraints. Non-profit agencies are also capable of advocating on behalf of their public agency counterparts in the public arena.
- Subjects
HUDSON River (N.Y. &; N.J.); NEW York (State); LAND use; REGIONAL planning; GOVERNMENT agencies; HISTORIC preservation
- Publication
Human Ecology Review, 2011, Vol 18, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
1074-4827
- Publication type
Case Study