{"product_id":"even-better-way-to-zone","title":"Even Better Way to Zone","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eZoning is the tool that everyone loves to hate. It may also\nbe the most important and least understood process affecting how\nUS communities shape the lives of their residents. While almost every community comprehensive plan calls for more affordable,\nequitable, and sustainable development, zoning is often blamed for preventing that from happening. As US communities face\nan unprecedented housing affordability crisis, a long history of excluding the poor and disadvantaged\nfrom key opportunities, and a continuing climate disaster, zoning needs to change - a lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEven Better Way to Zone, \u003c\/i\u003eplanning expert Donald L. Elliott explains\nhow outdated assumptions about development and\nunnecessary barriers in our current zoning regulations have\ncontributed to development patterns that are not sustainable,\naffordable, or\nequitable to historically disadvantaged populations. It identifies what types of changes to zoning rules, procedures, and\nmaps could improve outcomes in\neach of those areas. Importantly, it also helps the\nreader think through what to do when\nzoning changes that would improve outcomes for one\nof those challenges would undermine success in the others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Even Better Way to Zone \u003c\/i\u003ealso reorients the\nzoning discussion towards redevelopment and\nreuse rather than implicitly focusing on raw land development,\nbecause already developed areas represent the vast majority of the built environment where meaningful changes will need to be made.\nInstead\nof giving lip service to the importance of infill and reuse, zoning needs to actively remove the barriers that\nprevent innovative, equitable, and sustainable redevelopment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith engaging,\neasy-to-understand prose, Elliott briefly explains the challenges of today's zoning and then\nbreaks down how this key legal\ntool can be\nused to reinvent our communities as places where housing is more affordable, everyone is treated fairly, and\nwe do far less\ndamage to\nthe environment. From fixing zoning rules and incentives to fixing the\nprocedures used to draft, implement,\nand change zoning, Elliott provides practical, sage advice on adapting zoning to address today's most critical issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55554918351192,"sku":"9781642834345","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781642834345.jpg?v=1779947159","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/even-better-way-to-zone","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}