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Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale
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Bordering on Madness: An American Land Use Tale
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by Andrew F. Popper
Sales Rank : 1133687
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Paperback: 237 pages
Publisher: Vandeplas Publishing; 1st edition December 22, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1600420117
ISBN-13: 978-1600420115
Product Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
Product Review
Drawn from his real-life experience, Popper has skillfully woven a tale that captures the essence of community conflict in an emotionally charged zoning war over university development. A must-read for lawyers and other professionals who labor in the trenches of building permits, zoning and land-use planning. If you like the writings of John Grisham, you will love this land use battle. --Maureen Dwyer, Managing Partner, DC Office, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Product Description
This book contains a story about a battle between a university and a community, providing a prime example of land use cases. The book includes a discussion guide for classroom use. To the residents of Chesapeake Commons, their backyards are perfect art, changing only in color with each passing season. When Saxton University proposes construction of a new building on the border between the university and the community, the passion for constancy and resistance to change takes violent form. As the community descends into aggressive and increasingly hostile tactics, the university responds, with equal intensity. Bordering on Madness explores the rage and fear land use disputes generate. The emotions underlying property fights are primitive, rooted in the belief that protection of property means survival. Even a reasonable proposal is experienced as a deadly threat if it seems likely to alter that most personal landscape, the home. As the land use fight in Bordering on Madness ripens, the homeowners and university become combatants. The opposition becomes the enemy, depersonalized and reprehensible. Nevertheless, as is so often the case, the struggle is a sinewy exercise in democracy, with unexpected and regular displays of intelligence and conscience.
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