Protecting open space in and around the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area

Abstract

There are many efforts to preserve open space from urban development in and around the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Some involve public acquisition of a landowner's use rights, either acquiring fee title or encumbering the land with an easement, while others involve public restriction on how a landowner may exercise the use rights. This paper asks, "How should we think of these efforts - in terms of our democratic institutions and in terms of past and future urban growth?"

Parent Publication

• Policies for managing urban growth and landscape change: a key to conservation in the 21st century

Citation

Squires, Roderick H. 2005. Protecting open space in and around the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. In: Bengston, David N., tech. ed. Policies for managing urban growth and landscape change: a key to conservation in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-265. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 14-20