The 1985 Florida GMA: Satan or Savior?

Chapín, Timothy S.; Connerly, Charles E.; Higgins, Harrison

doi:10.4324/9781351157001-18

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“…Local governments had to adopt comprehensive plans that were consistent with state criteria and subject to state review. The GMA's system of strong state regulatory oversight of local plans was a defining characteristic of Florida's growth management system, which aimed to limit sprawl, create compact communities, constrain development to anticipated growth, provide adequate infrastructure, and protect the environment (Ben-Zadok 2007;Chapin, Connerly, and Higgins 2011;DeGrove 2005). The system, however, was plagued with challenges from the start, including a lack of funding and concerns that growth controls would slow economic development (DeGrove 2005;Stroud 2012).…”

Section: Floridamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The system, however, was plagued with challenges from the start, including a lack of funding and concerns that growth controls would slow economic development (DeGrove 2005;Stroud 2012). Some viewed the state review process as a sometimes erratic and inefficient obstacle that handicapped local government's ability to respond to pressing challenges (Chapin, Connerly, and Higgins 2011;Stroud 2012). The DCA also became highly politicized, shifting in effectiveness under different administrations (DeGrove 2005; Pittman 2011).…”

Section: Floridamentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Political Ecology of Exurbia in the Sunbelt: Lessons from an Award-Winning, “Unworkable” Plan

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2017

Urban Affairs Review

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Sarasota County, Florida's award-winning Sarasota 2050 plan established the county as a leader in smart growth. The plan promotes a system of clustered development and open space as an alternative to sprawl beyond Sarasota's growth boundary. Although adopted in 2002, by 2011, no projects had broken ground under the plan, which critics deemed "unworkable." This article presents a case study of exurban political ecology in Sarasota to provide insight into the derailment of a promising strategy for managing exurban growth. Sarasota 2050's policies were undermined by extra-local factors, including the recession and reduced state oversight of planning, and by incompatible policy agendas pursued by local interest groups. Also problematic was the plan's cluster approach-a spatial strategy that rationalizes large landowner, planning, and conservation interests, but does little to address rural restructuring. The case points to the need for new planning strategies that mediate competing interests in exurbia.

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Section: Floridamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Floridamentioning

confidence: 99%