If we don't reinvest in central cities, many services, amenities, and attractions that identify the region's culture and serve the larger metro area will cease to exist. Under this approach, markets still work efficiently, but there is some control over urban sprawl and arbitrary loss of prime areas of farmiand and open space. Owners of private property are free to use their land as they see fit as long as the use is not inconsistent with community growth and preservation objectives. As development on the fringe becomes marginally more expensive, interest in downtown redevelopment and infili development automatically increases. Managed growth provides some flexibility for developers to respond to consumer tastes and preferences.
Free markets waste more land resources and create more urban sprawi than other development systems.
We need to protect it for future generations to enjoy. There is plenty of farmland available. The importance of farmland and open space protection is overblown. Most land protection programs are costly and ineffective. Farmland and open space protection programs don't stop sprawl.