Land Use and Society
Subtitle: Geography, Law, and Public Policy
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: December 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9781559634359
Subjects: Central government policies; Environment law; Management of land & natural resources; Nature/Ecology; Environmental Policy; Land-Use Control; Legal Reference / Law Profession; USA; Physical geography; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Planning; Law / Land Use; Land Use; Law and legislation; United States
First sentence: From the Old Testament to the "Contract with America," the subject of land arouses emotions-a vision of hope and faith, a source of wealth and social status, a subject of indignant political reform, and so on.