Powell on Real Estate, Release 133, December 2010

A new chapter 78C provides an introduction to Smart Growth, a subject related in goals to the previous chapter, Chapter 78B, Green Buildings ... Smart Growth challenges two long-standing goals of land use law: (1) reduction of population densities and (2) separation of land uses ... tenets include land conservation, environmental protection, regional planning, and public participation ... discusses possible inplications for private property rights.