Land use regulation is a fascinating mixture of administrative, constitutional, local government, and property law. Because strong market forces that are not always anticipated play a major role in decisions regarding the type and intensity of land use, regulators have sought both flexibility and predictability in land use regulatory schemes. The result is a highly complex, multi-tiered administrative process that sits uneasily atop an intentionally political decision-making structure. Written by specialists in the field, Land Use Regulation: A Legal Analysis and Practical Application of Land Use Law is designed to provide general practitioners, real estate specialists, and planning officials with a source for handling typical land use problems. It is written from the perspective of the administrative process you may encounter when you become involved in a land use matter. Practical and Comprehensive This valuable guide brings together all applicable land use doctrines in a succinct, easy-to-use format, describing current legal trends and issues to assist you in representing property owners or governmental interests in the local regulatory process. This practical treatment of land use law will help you learn: current information concerning court attitudes with respect to the power of local communities to regulate land use law the basic process of land use law with examples drawn from communities around the country practice tips and insights concerning the operation of land use regulatory systems the nonadverserial techniques such as mediation for resolving land use disputes