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Mitigating Environmental Problems in Exurban Development: An Overview of Rural-Specific Planning Devices

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The popularity of exurban living challenges regional planners as they seek to conserve natural resources, scenic amenities, and natural open space. This chapter highlights planning tools and techniques that have proven successful in preserving environmental integrity at regional- and site-specific scales. The chapter describes the unique context that colors rural land-use planning, describes a typology of tools and devices that promote rural land conservation, and provides a case study that highlights conservation efforts in rural South-Central Wisconsin.

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  1. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, Madison, WI, USA

    David W. Marcouiller

  2. Sauk County Planning and Zoning Department, West Square Building, Room 248, 505 Broadway, 53913, Baraboo, WI, USA

    David Tremble

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  1. School of Planning, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721-0075, U.S.A.

    Adrian X. Esparza

  2. School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, U.S.A.

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Marcouiller, D.W., Tremble, D. (2009). Mitigating Environmental Problems in Exurban Development: An Overview of Rural-Specific Planning Devices. In: Esparza, A., McPherson, G. (eds) The Planner's Guide to Natural Resource Conservation:. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98167-3_13

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