Over the last century, regionalism in American cities has taken many forms and
has risen and fallen in popularity and effectiveness. “New Regionalism” is supported by
many as the answer to many urban problems, yet it has proven to often be unsuccessful at
addressing one of the most difficult of these problems—disjointed and inefficient
regional growth and land use patterns. In this report, it is hypothesized that metropolitan
planning organizations (MPO) are in such a position as to become coordinators and
guiders of regional growth and land use patterns. Literature reviews and an original
survey are performed as part of this research. The results show that MPOs can be
politically and functionally capable of guiding land use, that tools are available to MPOs
to influence land development patterns, and that MPOs are, in fact, beginning to focus on
land use planning issues and are using their policies and programs to guide land
development patterns and support a regional growth vision. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22335 |
| Date | 21 November 2013 |
| Creators | Wood, Adam S. |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. |
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