Modernizing State Planning Statutes

Modernizing State Planning Statutes
Author: American Institute of Certified Planners
Publisher: American Planning Association
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1996
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:
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How can we reform the nation's planning statutes to meet the needs of the next century? Find out what the experts suggest in these authoritative reports. Modernizing State Planning Statutes pulls together papers prepared for Growing Smart(SM), APA's multiyear project to modernize state planing enabling laws. Volume 2 topics include the land-use and transportation elements of a local comprehensive plan, integrating state environmental policy acts into local planning, land supply monitoring systems, and benchmarking. A special feature of Volume 2 is a digest of comprehensive planning requirements in all 50 states. This is the second volume in a planned three-volume set.

Federal Preemption of State and Local Law

Federal Preemption of State and Local Law
Author: James T. O'Reilly
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590317440
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Preemption is a doctrine of American constitutional law, under which states and local governments are deprived of their power to act in a given area, whether or not the state or local law, rule or action is in direct conflict with federal law. This book covers not only the basics of preemption but also focuses on such topics as federal mechanisms for agency preemption, implied forms of preemption, and defensive use of federal preemption in civil litigation.

Land Use Law and Disability

Land Use Law and Disability
Author: Robin Paul Malloy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2015
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521193931
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This book argues that communities need better planning to be safely navigated by people with mobility impairment and to facilitate intergenerational aging in place.