Is Open-Space Preservation a Form of Exclusionary Zoning?

Schmidt, Stephan; Paulsen, Kurt

doi:10.1177/1078087408331122

Cited by 37 publications

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“…Through its ability to limit the available supply of land in a spatialized and specific way, zoning can influence property values, which in turn can affect supply/demand relationships elsewhere in the region. Zoning practices, including open space zoning, can be exclusionary, and create inequitable effects to residents of a city or town (Schmidt and Paulsen 2009).…”

Section: Rules and Regulationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches

Johnson

Aronson

et al. 2020

Urban Ecosyst

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We introduce a conceptual model of the urban forest patch as a complex social-ecological system, incorporating cross-scale interactions. We developed this model through an interdisciplinary process engaging social and ecological scientists and urban land management decision makers, with a focus on temperate forest social-ecological systems. In this paper, we place the production and management of urban forest patches in historical perspective, present a conceptual model of urban forest patches within a broader regional context, and identify a series of research questions to highlight future directions for research on urban forest patches. This conceptual model identifies how spatial and temporal social-ecological drivers interact with patch-level conditions at multiple scales. Our integrative approach can provide insights into the role of social-ecological drivers in shaping forest health, biodiversity, and benefits forest patches provide to people in urban and urbanizing regions, with direct implications for decision-making to improve management outcomes.

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Section: Rules and Regulationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches

Johnson

Aronson

et al. 2020

Urban Ecosyst

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“…2. Open space requirements index (OSRI): this subindex is a binary indicator of whether a municipality requires developers to dedicate or preserve some percentage of the lot(s) for open space or submit an in-lieu payment or fee, which can reduce the amount of land or funds available for development, particularly high-density development and affordable housing (Schmidt and Paulsen, 2009).…”

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Using natural language processing to construct a National Zoning and Land Use Database

Mleczko

Desmond

2023

Urban Studies

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In the United States, zoning and land use policies have been linked to high housing costs and residential segregation. Yet almost all zoning and land use data come from a handful of cross-sectional surveys, which are costly, time intensive, subject to low response rates and measurement error and are quickly dated. As an alternative, we constructed a National Zoning and Land Use Database using natural language processing techniques on publicly available administrative data. We show this new database and our parsimonious measure of exclusionary zoning, the Zoning Restrictiveness Index, to be consistent with the Wharton Residential Land Use Regulatory Index (2018) and the National Longitudinal Land Use Survey (2019). Additionally, we overcome other limitations of these survey approaches, both by capturing previously omitted and important elements of land use policy and by revealing the land use regulations for a near-universe of municipalities in the San Francisco and Houston metropolitan statistical areas. We make all code and data publicly available, allowing the National Zoning and Land Use Database to be replicated in future years to ensure accurate, up-to-date and longitudinal nationwide zoning and land use data.

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“…The study of leadership is a well-established field of urban policy scholarship. Theories such as regime theory, growth machine theory and political ecology have sought to explain how political leaders exert power to influence material and economic outcomes in their cities (Schmidt and Paulsen 2009; Rast 2021). This scholarship has more recently been extended to the study of parks, open space, and greenspaces (Rast 2021).…”

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How Leadership Influences Urban Greenspace Provision: The Case of Surrey, Canada

Boulton

Dedekorkut-Howes

Holden

et al. 2022

Urban Affairs Review

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Much research has examined the socio-spatial distribution of, and access to, urban greenspace; the challenges of supplying greenspace, especially in periods of dynamic urban change, remain poorly understood. Multiple factors shape urban greenspace provision, however understanding the role of leadership as a factor remains somewhat elusive. Addressing this critical knowledge gap, we employed a case study approach, using qualitative methods, to hear first-hand from the key stakeholders involved with municipal urban greenspace provision, to investigate how different types of leadership affected greenspace provision in Surrey, Canada – a dynamically changing mid-size city. Semi-structured interviews with 32 purposively selected participants reveal that here, both leadership and organizational culture influenced resources and decision-making supporting greenspace provision. Aligned political leadership and organizational leadership witnessed a significant increase in Surrey's urban greenspaces – the converse occurred in a later administration. Findings provide insights into the governance of greenspace; especially how different types of leadership can play a pivotal role in effective greenspace provision.

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Is Open-Space Preservation a Form of Exclusionary Zoning?

Cited by 37 publications

References 24 publications

Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches

Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches

Using natural language processing to construct a National Zoning and Land Use Database

How Leadership Influences Urban Greenspace Provision: The Case of Surrey, Canada

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