CRP 5590 - Land Use Law

(crosslisted) REAL 5590

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Satisfies law requirement for M.R.P. students. Co-meets with CRP 4590.

S. Bronin.

This course will evaluate the means—formal/legal and informal/non-legal—by which landowners, developers, architects, planners, neighbors, private organizations, and government may shape the use of land in the United States. Close attention will be paid to: the tension between regulation and landowners’ rights; aesthetic controls and historic preservation; planning concepts; constitutional issues; environmental concerns; and the role of markets.