Federal, Regional, and State Growth Management

To manage the impacts of urban sprawl, communities, regional agencies, and states have developed growth management programs. Calthorpe and Fulton argue that sprawl can only be managed effectively at the regional or metropolitan level and advocate a comprehensive approach toward the “regional city.” This approach views the region as the superstructure of economic interconnectedness, social identity, and ecological fabric with potential regional controls on infrastructure, regional parks and open space, and transportation. It views communities and neighborhoods as the substructure within which people interact and provide the ground level social fabric and community identity . In an effort to deepen your understanding of regional growth management programs, give two examples of areas in the U.S. with exemplary regional environmental land management. In so doing, describe how you think what they are doing helps to move them toward the “regional city.” In addition to crafting your above response, list and briefly describe at least 3 growth management techniques being utilized in each of the examples you’ve provided. Using several sentences to two describe each technique, articulate the purpose of each technique and its intended impact. This should make clear what environmental issue(s) each of the above techniques aim to address and briefly describe how it accomplishes these desired outcomes. While there may be overlap among the techniques you provide for each example, the description should vary according to their regional context and application.