Land Use Planning
- Where Do We Grow From Here?, a report of the Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development in Maryland, December 1, 2008
- Pathways to Carroll's Future Landscape, currently a draft plan, subject to public meetings and comments, that is a new attempt to control growth in order to preserve agricultural lands and farming. Maybe we in Harford can learn from them, as our Master Plan is soon to be revised.
- Overview of Planning Programs, published by Maryland Departments of Planning and Environment, undated (after 2006 legislative session)
- Cost of Community Services, Harford County, MD, published by Harford Land Trust, Jan 2004
- Guide to Stopping Bad Development, published by 1000 Friends of Maryland, 2002
- Planning for Sprawl?, published by Baltimore Regional Partnership, 2001
- Models and guidelines for Smart Growth planning, multiple documents published by the Smart Growth Network
- How To Win Land Development Issues,, published by Community & Environmental Defense Services, rev. 2007
- Recommended Model Development Principles for Harford County, MD, aka "Builders for the Bay", May 2003
- Paying the Costs of Sprawl: Using Fair-Share Costing to Control Sprawl, Ken Snyder and Lori Bird, December 1998.
- Agriculture Viability Task Force, Final Report, presented to Harford County Council, Jan 15, 2008
- Shifting Ground American cities, towns, and rural areas are suffering growing pains. The symptoms are obvious. The remedies are not. Shifting Ground is a public radio series that examines the difficult choices confronting communities as they cope with change and try to shape a better future.
- Growing Smarter a simple brochure explaining the Maryland Smart Growth strategy.
Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
- The Feasibility of Successful TDR Programs for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, published by the Maryland Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc., January 2007
- An Analysis of Social Equity Issues in the Montgomery County (MD) Transfer of Development Rights Program, James R. Cohen and Ilana Preuss, September 2002
- Making Markets for Development Rights Work: What Determines Demand?, Elizabeth Kopits, Virginia McConnell, and Margaret Walls, Oct 2005
- Transfer of Development Rights in U.S. Communities: evaluating program design,implementation, and outcomes, Margaret Walls and Virginia McConnell, Sep 2005
- Zoning, Transferable Development Rights, and the Density of Development, Virginia McConnell, Margaret Walls, and Elizabeth Kopits, Feb 2006
Maps
- New!! Maryland GreenPrint. Information about protected lands in Maryland. Look at the interactive map if you have faster than dial-up Internet connection: Aerial view crossed with property boundary information. GOOD FOR A LOT OF VISUALIZATION!
- Priority Funding Areas
- Agricultural Preservation Program
- Historic Preservation Program
- Major Subdivision Activity in the Development Envelope
- Land Use Map
- Watershed Profiles for the Upper Western Shore Tributary Basin
Other
- The Data Page New !! Your Best Source for Current Demographic Information about the County and its Subdivisions.
- A Better Way to Go: Meeting America’s 21st Century Transportation Challenges with Modern Public Transit, Phineas Baxandall, Ph.D. Tony Dutzik and Joshua Hoen, Maryland PIRG Foundation, March 2008.
- Paving the Way: How Highway Construction Has Contributed to Sprawl in Maryland, Brad Heavner, MaryPIRG Foundation, November 2000
- Yellow School Bus Blues, published by 1000 Friends of Maryland, October 2007.
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