To download the entire 300-page book click the following title:
How To Win Land Development Issues
You can also download individual chapters by clicking the green-colored text below.
Cover, Contents, Secrets of Success & Introduction (55 KB)
Chapter 1: The Easy Solution (65 KB)
Chapter 2: The Basic Approach to Identifying & Resolving Quality of Life Issues
Chapter 7: Community Atmosphere
Chapter 9: Environmental Justice
Chapter 11: Historic & Archaeological Resources
Chapter 13: Neighborhood Conservation
Chapter 16: Open Space Preservation
Chapter 17: Parks & Recreation
Chapter 19: Property Ownership
Chapter 27: Growth Management Process
Chapter 28: The Decision-Makers
Chapter 31: Variances & Waivers
Chapter 32: Development Review Process
Chapter 33: Public Participation
Chapter 34: Permits & Other Approvals
Chapter 35: Researching Strategy Options
Chapter 36: Mobilizing Support For Your Strategy
Chapter 37: Negotiate with the Applicant
Chapter 38: Working with Regulatory Staff
Chapter 39: Lobbying Key Decision-Makers
Chapter 42: Electing & Retaining Decision-Makers Committed To Responsible Growth Management
A Closing Word on Strategy & Persistence
The following publications are only available online. Copies cannot be mailed out.
CEDS Quality of Life Impact Review Checklist (35 KB)
Salmon, Lake Quality, Wetlands & Development Impacts - An Example of CEDS Analysis
Trout & Watershed Development - Factsheet (26 KB)
EIS Critique Example: Charlottesville VA Bypass
Trout & Development - An Example of CEDS Analysis (81 KB)
Example of How CEDS Can Assess Pollution Sources & Quickly Improve Water Quality (161 KB)
How Much Development is Too Much for Streams, Rivers, Lakes, Tidal Waters & Wetlands? (218 KB)
The Effects of Marinas & Boating Activity Upon Tidal Waterways (65 KB)
Buffers for Stream, Lake & Wetland Protection (24 KB)
Highway Battles & How They Are Won (68 KB)
Traffic & Neighborhood Quality of Life (86 KB)
EIS Critique Example: Expansion of I-93 in New Hampshire
Example of a Strategy to Preserve Quality of Life from Highway Impacts (243 KB)
Traffic Impact Evaluation Procedures: Traffic Count, Sight-Distance and Speeds (58 KB)
Highways, Stream & Reservoir Pollution & Induced Growth: An Example of a CEDS Analysis (76 KB)
Citizen Perspectives on Siting Solid Waste Facilities (564 KB)
Sample CEDS Analysis of a Proposed Landfill (1,302 KB)
Protecting the Aquatic Environment from the Effects of Golf Courses (3 MG)
Golf Courses & the Aquatic Environment (21 KB)
Effects of Meeting House Golf Club Upon Edgartown Great Pond (79 KB)
EPA Handbook of Integrated Pest Management for Golf Courses (303 KB)
Everyone
Wins! A Citizens Guide to Development,
by CEDS president Richard Klein, may be ordered from the
American Planning Association.
