The TDR handbook : designing and implementing successful transfer of development rights programs / Arthur C. Nelson, Rick Pruetz, Doug Woodruff ; with James C. Nicholas, Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer, Jonathan Witten ; [foreword by Dwight H. Merriam].

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Arthur C.
Other Authors: Pruetz, Rick
Woodruff, Doug
Nicholas, James C.
Juergensmeyer, Julian Conrad
Witten, Jonathan Douglas
Merriam, Dwight H.
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Development rights transfer > United States.
Development rights transfer > United States > Case studies.
Land use > United States > Planning.
Environmental protection > United States > Case studies.
Historic preservation > United States > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Local Note:
LM copy 1 part of the Law Legal Lending Library.
Physical Description:xxv, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Variant Title:
Transfer of development rights handbook.
Designing and implementing successful transfer of development rights programs.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue : a simple concept
  • PART 1: How TDRs work
  • Comparing TDRs to other preservation solutions
  • The economics of TDRs
  • Purchase of development rights
  • Density transfer charges
  • PART 2: TDRs and the planning connection
  • The seven steps of TDR planning
  • Designing sending areas
  • Designing receiving areas
  • PART 3: Legal issues
  • A review of state statutes
  • TDR program administration
  • PART 4: Programs by purpose
  • Farmland preservation case studies
  • Farmland and environmental preservation case studies
  • Environmental preservation case studies
  • Rural character preservation case studies
  • Historic preservation case studies
  • Urban design and revitalization case studies
  • Epilogue : the promise and future of TDRs
  • Appendices.