Publication Date

Fall 1997

Degree Type

Master's Project

Degree Name

Master of Urban Planning (MUP)

Department

Urban and Regional Planning

Abstract

Growth management is one of the most prevalent planning challenges of the 1990s. Strategies for growth management have been developing for the past twenty years. The unfettered growth of post-World War II America has been coming under increased scrutiny in the recent past. Residents now see that uncontrolled growth must be contained. Over the past twenty years, planners have been using growth management as “a tool used by government to control the rate, amount, location, timing and type of development.” These techniques can be used to channel, minimize or control growth. Growth management is a comprehensive planning method to be used to manage a community’s growth by allowing development to continue without stopping it altogether. It involves using government regulatory powers in a responsible manner to balance economic growth and the preservation of natural resources. It includes a commitment on the part of government to create or strengthen ways to use public taxes and fees to influence the placement of new development.

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