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Urbanization and its related activities in karst landscapes often generate significant threats to karst aquifers. Industrial activities, street runoff, and waste disposal have the potential to deposit contaminants directly into the aquifer, particularly after a good rain. This chapter includes two case studies that examine how karst land use regulations work in a real-world context. The first looks at cities in Kentucky and Missouri in an effort to identify the ways, if any, in which mandatory setback ordinances affect density in the areas where they are applied. The second uses data from municipalities in Pennsylvania to explore what, if any, economic impact the act of implementing karst-aware land use regulations has within the municipalities that choose to do that. While the Pennsylvania case study finds no evidence of any economic impact brought about by implementing karst-related land use ordinances, the first case study suggests that the influence of setbacks on densities is ambiguous.
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Fleury, S. (2009). The Practical Impacts of Karst Regulations on the Communities that Implement Them – a Pair of Case Studies. In: Land Use Policy and Practice on Karst Terrains. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9670-9_4
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