Balancing environment and development
Subtitle: costs, revenues, and benefits of western Riverside County multiple species habitat conservation plan
By: Lloyd Dixon ... [et al.].
Contributors: Dixon, Lloyd S.; Rand Corporation.
Publisher: RAND; RAND Corp.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780833046093
Subjects: Habitat conservation -- California -- Riverside County -- Economic aspects; Endangered species -- California -- Riverside County -- Economic aspects; Urbanization -- California -- Riverside County -- Environmental aspects
Description: The Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Planmitigates development effects on 146 plant and animal species byestablishing a 500,000-acre conservation reserve. This monograph examinesland-acquisition strategies and costs, revenue adequacy and potential newfunding sources, the plan's habitat-conservation goals, and whether the planhas streamlined transportation and development permitting processes.