Sprawl and Politics
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Sprawl and Politics

The Inside Story of Smart Growth in Maryland

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sprawl and Politics

The Inside Story of Smart Growth in Maryland

About this book

An account of the origin, enactment, and implementation of Maryland's Smart Growth land use program begun in 1966.

Sprawl and Politics is a political history of the origin, enactment, and implementation of Maryland's well-known Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation initiative. It is an insider's look at the political pressures and decisions made by Parris N. Glendening, the former governor of Maryland, and his top staff as they worked to enact and implement a new program to manage growth and curtail sprawl. The book traces the evolution of the Smart Growth program from its substantive underpinnings to the political and public relations strategies needed to assure the program's adoption.

Known around the country almost immediately after it was enacted, the program's incentive-based approach served as a model for other states struggling with growth pressures but reluctant to regulate land use. With a perspective only a participant could provide, John W. Frece examines the incidents, issues, pressures, and personalities responsible for shaping the program as well as the challenges faced putting the ideas into practice.

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Table of contents

  1. Sprawl & Politics
  2. Contents
  3. Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Foreword
  6. 1. Room 217
  7. 2. Brownfields, Chapman’s Landing,and the Chestertown Wal-Mart
  8. 3. ā€œTell Them, ā€˜The GovernorIs Very Seriousā€™ā€
  9. 4. The Initiative Begins to Take Shape
  10. 5. The Inside/Outside Strategy
  11. 6. ā€œThe Most Important Thingin the Whole Administrationā€
  12. 7. Opposition Solidifies
  13. 8. The General Assembly Battle
  14. 9. Momentum, Implementation,and Resistance
  15. 10. Second Term Freedom
  16. 11. Clicking on All Cylinders
  17. 12. A Conservative’s Opportunity
  18. 13. Political Lessons from the Maryland Experiment
  19. Appendix: Milestones in Maryland Land Use Planning
  20. Notes
  21. Index