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Stevens Point Web Site Features Land Use Articles

By Don Last
UW-Stevens Point

Law of the Land Review, published by UW Extension, features a wide variety of land use issues in nearly 100 newsletter issues. The URL (web address) is http://www.uwsp.edu/acad/cnr/natres/faculty/last/law.htm. As sample of some of the topics covered include:

1-96

Strategic Growth Task Force Looks at Strengths/Weaknesses of Land Laws

2-96

Citizen Views on Land Use Issues Gathered by Strategic Growth Task Force

4-96

Understanding the Differences Between Land Use Planning and Zoning

5-96

A Land Use Agenda for the 21st Century

6-96

Effects of Government "Taking" and "Giving" of Private Property Value

7-96

Planning Wisconsin: The Report of the Interagency Land Use Council

9-96

Effective Community Planning through the Use of Community Trend Indicators

10-96

"Old" Mixed Use Neighborhoods Retain Green Space and Curb Sprawl

11-96

Citizens Pay Cost of Sprawl through Property Taxes and Reduced Quality of Life

12-96

Multiple Forces Interact to Affect the Use and Value of Private Property

5-97

Tourism's Future Linked to Effective Land/Water Resource Protection

7-97

Minnesota enacts Comprehensive Planning Law

11-97

Purchase of Development Rights May Important New Farmland Protection Tool

1-98

Counties Authorized to Prepare Land/Water Resource Management Plans

3-98

Sprawl at the Fringe and Decay at the Core of American Communities

5-98

Best Development Practices May Allow Growing Communities to Avoid Sprawl

7-98

Boundary Agreements: The Newest Tool For Resolving Town Against City Jurisdiction Disputes.

9-98

A New Type of Subdivision that Conserves Open Space While Saving Developer and Public Service Costs.

11-98

Computerized Mapping (GIS) Aids Local Government Planning Decisions.

1-99

Summary of Wisconsin Planning Statutes Published By American Planning Association.