Urban Planners Blow It

A new report suggests that all too often, policy-makers fail to coordinate open space with growth management.

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June 14, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

"A new report, "Open Space Protection: Conservation Meets Growth Management" by William Fulton and Linda E. Hollis of Solimar Research Group, states that most open-space programs either have taken an opportunistic approach to land conservation or have used a systematic approach that revolves around the states interest in natural resources, not the impact of open space on the metropolitan environment."

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