Seminar Topics
Regional
Focus
Adirondack Park
Cape Cod
Chesapeake Bay Region
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Long Island Pine Barrens
National Heritage Areas: Schuylkill River and Blackstone River Valley
New Jersey Meadowlands
New
Jersey Highlands
Pinelands National Reserve
Resource-Based Regional Planning
The Big Picture: identifying and characterizing natural resources for protection
through regional planning
Liquid Assets: water resource protection through regional planning
Feathering the Nest: protecting biodiversity and rare species habitats
through regional planning
Every Landscape Tells a Story: cultural and scenic resource protection through
regional planning
Regional Planning Tools
‘Tis Better To Send and Receive:
transfer of development rights
It’s the Law: regional zoning and land use regulation
The Toolbox: growth management tools for regional planning
Build It Well and They Will Come: community design and redevelopment
You Can Get There From Here: regional
infrastructure
planning as a catalyst for regional
land use planning
To Preserve and Protect: land acquisition
as a regional planning tool
Strategies for Regional Planning
Welcoming the New Neighbors: planning for growth
All Politics Is Regional: approaches to government structure for regional planning
Envisioning the Region: creating a regional vision for regional planning
Planting the Seed: setting the stage for a regional planning process
Watchdogs: the NGO’s role in regional planning
Finding Common Ground: builders’ perspectives on regional
land use planning
Impacts of Regional Planning
Raising the Bar: creating benchmarks and measuring
success
Dollars and Common Sense: the economic benefits of regional planning
People and the Plan: social
equity in regional planning