Abstract:A METHOD OF ALLOCATING URBAN LAND FOR RECREATIONAL, CONSERVATION, AND URBANIZATION USES IS PROPOSED THAT PURPOSELY OMITS ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS AND USES AS THE CRITERION OF ALLOCATION CLIMATIC, GEOLO...A METHOD OF ALLOCATING URBAN LAND FOR RECREATIONAL, CONSERVATION, AND URBANIZATION USES IS PROPOSED THAT PURPOSELY OMITS ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS AND USES AS THE CRITERION OF ALLOCATION CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL, PHYSIOGRAPHIC, HYDROLOGIC, SOILS, FLORAL, FAUNAL, AND EXISTING LAND USE FACTORS. THE ALLOCATIONS ARE MADE ON A SCALE OF MOST TO LEAST USING STATEN ISLAND AS AN EXAMPLE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF ITS INTERESTING PHYSICAL FEATURES. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE METHOD IS TO UNEARTH AND DISPLAY DISCRETE ATTRIBUTES OF LAND THAT, WHEN SUPERIMPOSED, REVEAL GREAT COMPLEXITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND CONSTRAINT. THE METHOD IS SEEN AS A COUNTERWEIGHT TO THE CURRENT INSISTENCE ON LIMITED-MIX ZONING AND LAND USE CORRIDORS.Read More
Publication Year: 1970
Publication Date: 1970-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
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