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Law School Course

Land Use Planning

LAW 694 | 2-3 Hours

This course is concerned primarily with governmental regulation of the use of land. Consideration is given to the historical background of land use controls, contemporary zoning and subdivision regulation, constitutional limitations on land use regulation, the use of zoning for exclusionary purposes, and the environmental laws that constrain land use. The course may also cover specific issues such as urban revitalization, transportation-oriented development, historic preservation, and the special problems presented for land uses by global climate change.