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Extension Land Use Team
The members of the Purdue
Land Use Team have worked with many Indiana communities on a host of
land use issues. They're ready to work with you and your community,
too.
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Purdue
Extension Land Use Publications
The information in these
Purdue Extension Publications will help you understand and more effectively
address Indiana land use issues.
These publications
are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To read, download, or print the materials,
you will need the free Acrobat Reader, available from the Adobe web
site. Click here
to download the latest version.
For Purdue Extension publications on many other topics of interest to
Indiana citizens, visit the Purdue
Extension Educational Materials site. You will find numerous on-line
publications and information about on-paper publications.
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Purdue
Extension Land Use Programs
The
Purdue Land Use Team offers these 11 educational programs to help
citizens, local officials, and other groups explore and discuss current
land use issues.
The Rural/Urban
Conflict This program outlines some causes
of conflict between farmers and non-farm rural residents, uses role-play
exercises to explore conflict scenarios, and provides guidelines for
cultivating better community relations.
Agricultural
Land Protection This program identifies some factors involved
in balancing economic growth with agriculture and natural resources,
discusses some tools for protecting agricultural land, and provides
specific steps for local action.
Land
Use Lessons for Youth This program offers enjoyable, interactive
experiences for young people to help them consider how current choices
about land affect the future of their communities.
The
Planning and Zoning Series These six lessons focus on the role
of planning and zoning in land use decisions, including the critical
work of plan commissions and local elected officials.
Citizen
Participation in Land Use Planning This program helps citizens
understand how to participate and helps officials learn how to involve
citizens in land use planning.
The
ABCs of P & Z: A Planning and Zoning Glossary This program
defines and demystifies the special lingo and language often used in
planning and zoning.
What
Is the Plan Commission & How Does It Work? This program
describes the creation and roles of plan commissions and how they perform
their functions.
The
Comprehensive Plan This program explains the most basic document
in land use planning.
How
Good Is Your Comprehensive Plan? This program encourages citizens
to analyze and evaluate existing plans.
Zoning-What
Does It Mean to Your Community? This program explores the pros
and cons of zoning by pointing out what zoning can and can't do for
a community.
Planning
with POWER (Protecting Our Water and Environmental Resources)
This state-wide educational program links land use planning with
watershed and natural resources planning at the local level. Through
this program, communities can choose how much involvement and help they
require to address their interests and needs.
Want
a member of the Purdue Land Use Team to present one or more of these
programs to your group? Contact
your county
Purdue Extension office.
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Learn
More About Contemporary Land Use Issues in Indiana
These articles brought to
you by the Purdue Extension Land Use Team will help you do just that!
These publications
are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To read, download, or print the materials,
you will need the free Acrobat Reader, available from the Adobe web
site. Click here
to download the latest version.
Changing
Rural Landscape
Clusters
Development:
Will It Pay or Cost Your Community?
How
Should Your Community Grow?
Indiana
Population Changes 1990 to 2000
Land
Use and Water Quality
Land
Use Decisions and You
Minimizing
the Effects of Development on Water Quality
Planning
with Power
Public
Decisions - Why Planning & Zoning?
Septic
Systems & the Urban Fringe
Why
Protect Farmlands?
Working
Together for Lasting Solutions
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Equal
Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of the Purdue
University Cooperative Extension Service, David C. Petritz, Director,
that all persons shall have equal opportunity and access to the programs
and facilities without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national
origin, age, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, or
disability. Purdue University is an Affirmative Action employer. This
material may be available in alternative formats.
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Copyright
Disclaimer:
The materials presented on this site are based on high-quality scientific
information. Information appearing here is intended to help communities
as they address local land use issues. We ask that all materials acquired
from this site be used in their entirety and that proper credit be given
to the originating source.
In many cases these materials
are intended to support presentations and ongoing programming conducted
at the local level by Purdue Land Use Team members. We suggest that
these materials be complemented by additional programming from a member
of the Purdue Land Use Team. You can contact any of the members on the
Land Use Team page.
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