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- Title
Floodplain Lands for Parks and Recreation: A Case Study of Milwaukee.
- Authors
David, E. J. L.
- Abstract
In recent years many large cities have been purchasing floodplains for recreational use. The advantages of utilizing floodplains for recreation use are more obvious than are the disadvantages which have received less public attention. This paper focuses on the efficacy of floodplains as a source of recreation land for metropolitan areas. Several advantages for buying floodplains for recreational use are usually espoused by planners. Land acquisition expenditures for recreational development are much less for the city which opts to buy floodplain land rather than more costly land. When appropriately and adequately zoned, floodplain lands have fewer improvements and the improvements on the floodplains are less valuable than comparable structures located outside the floodplain. Finally, the vulnerability of floodplain lands to flooding limits the uses that can he made of this land. Floodplain land provides art ideal setting for particular kinds of recreational activities. Water-based activities such as boating. fishing and swimming are typical of recreational uses made of floodplains.
- Subjects
WISCONSIN; MILWAUKEE (Wis.); UNITED States; FLOODPLAINS; RECREATION; PARKS; METROPOLITAN areas; PLANNERS; CITIES &; towns
- Publication
Land Economics, 1973, Vol 49, Issue 2, p221
- ISSN
0023-7639
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.2307/3145287