Published: Island Press, 1991
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xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
“…The basis of rural environmental planning -- The scope of rural environmental planning -- Components of REP -- Case: Chama, New Mexico -- Case: San Ysidro, New Mexico -- Case: Essex, Vermont -- Conclusion -- Rural environmental planning in perspective -- Early settlement patterns -- Evolving rural patterns -- Conceptual basis of REP -- Recent rural planning -- New dimensions for rural planning -- Self-reliance -- Conclusion -- Rural environmental planning: organization and process -- Start-up -- Creating the plan -- Implementing the plan -- Conclusion -- The components of rural environmental planning -- Discovering public goals -- Types of public goals -- Methods of determining goals -- Case: San Ysidro, New Mexico -- Conclusion -- Inventorying the resource base -- Comprehensive and focused inventories -- Sources of data -- Natural, cultural and human resources -- Cultural resources -- Case: Albuquerque, New Mexico -- Human resources -- Case: Chama, New Mexico -- Conclusion -- Protecting natural areas -- The natural science rating -- The planning rating -- The combined rating -- The natural-area classification system -- Methods of protecting natural areas -- Case: Camels Hump Park, Vermont -- Conclusion -- Keeping land in agriculture -- National perspective -- Techniques for retaining farmland -- Comparison of methods -- Case: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico -- Case: Doña Ana County, New Mexico -- Conclusion -- Planning lake basins -- Index 1: Lake vulnerability -- Index 2: Lakeshore land-use intensity -- Index 3: Upland watershed land-use intensity -- Index 4: Lake water quality -- Index 5: Combined lake quality indices -- Alternative wastewater treatment systems -- Case: Vermont Association of Conservation Districts -- Conclusion -- Planning river basins -- Multipurpose floodplains -- Public goals in river basin planning -- Water quality classification -- Case: The Winooski River Valley Park District, Vermont -- Case: The upper Rio Grande, New Mexico -- Conclusion -- Planning for rural quality, recreation, and historic preservation -- Rural character and sense of place -- Scenery classification system -- Planning for rural recreation -- Planning for historic preservation -- Case: Manteo, North Carolina -- Conclusion -- Equity and evaluation -- Positive social planning -- Social impact analysis -- Evaluating plans and plan implementation -- Conclusion -- Guiding rural development -- Guiding the rural economy -- Defining the local economy -- Economic development models -- Planning growth management -- Case: Ramapo, New York -- Environmental protection and growth management -- Conclusion -- Planning for sustainable development -- Defining sustainable economic development -- Emphasizing human development -- Case: Greenville, Mississippi -- Expanding local control of resources -- Case: Marshall, Minnesota -- Increasing internal investment -- Case: Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts -- Changing economic and social structures -- Case: Navajo
Indian reservation -- Conclusion -- Sustainable development: Ganados del Valle Enterprises -- Evolution of a sustainable development strategy -- Tierra Wools -- Ganados del Valle revolving loan fund -- Rio Arriba wool washing plant -- Pastores Lamb -- Pastores Feed and General Store -- Agricultural support programs -- Elements for sustainable development of Ganados del Valle -- Conclusion -- The legal framework of planning -- Legal concepts -- Case: Euclid v. …”
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