Problem, research strategy, and findings: Transfer of development rights (TDR) programs can help manage growth through the exchange from sending areas targeted for protection to receiving development. We ask 1) what TDR approaches are used in Florida, 2) which effectively communities growth? identify three distinct approaches, corresponding different stages Florida's management policies. Conventional reflect early policies by facilitating rural-to-urban transfers; they have had limited...

Transfer of development rights (TDR) is seen as an important tool for land use planning, in large part because it leverages market mechanisms. TDR extends concepts used primarily emissions trading programs to the arena use. However, with exception a handful success stories, generate few transfers. Although researchers generally attribute weak performance program design flaws, this study demonstrates that unique conditions presented by urban markets explain, part, why often underperform. I...

Transfer of development rights (TDR) programs are widely-used market-based tools for growth management efforts that seek to protect farmland, natural areas, and other open spaces threatened by pressure. Yet, little is known about why local governments adopt, or do not adopt TDR. This study uses descriptive analysis logistic regression modeling identify factors associated with the adoption TDR Florida counties from 1970s 2010s. We find tend be larger in size, higher agricultural product...

Transfer of development rights (TDR) programs shift intensity between land parcels. Jurisdictions, most commonly local municipal or county governments, employ TDR to protect resources such as farmland historical properties and encourage infill redevelopment where deemed appropriate. However, while championed by economists others seeking reduce conflicts preservation, program adoption has varied widely across the US. What demographic, economic, environmental factors are associated with...

Sarasota County, Florida’s award-winning 2050 plan established the county as a leader in smart growth. The promotes system of clustered development and open space an alternative to sprawl beyond Sarasota’s growth boundary. Although adopted 2002, by 2011, no projects had broken ground under plan, which critics deemed “unworkable.” This article presents case study exurban political ecology provide insight into derailment promising strategy for managing 2050’s policies were undermined...

A cautious revival for planning is emerging in some post-socialist cities including Tbilisi, Georgia – a response to diminished quality of life after decades "investor urbanism" policies. Tbilisi's 2019 Master Plan takes pragmatic approach the right city emphasizing human rights urban mobility and green space but cooperation with market processes detached from ideological narrative. The adoption implementation plan has potential yield coevolution local governance institutions, now oriented...

"Farmland Preservation: Land for Future Generations, edited by Wayne Caldwell, Stew Hilts, and Bronwynne Wilton." Journal of the American Planning Association, 83(4), pp. 417–418

In 1985, Florida established a groundbreaking approach to growth management and intergovernmental relations, which the state’s 2011 Community Planning Act is widely described as ending. This paper presents history institutional analysis of policy changes for State’s core consistency doctrine. It concludes that CPA did not end since retains mandate local planning consistent with state criteria subject review. However, it does formalize diminished authority over planning. Florida’s current...