Saving the World through Zoning: The Sustainable Development Code, Regeneration, and Beyond

Authors

Jonathan Rosenbloom, Vermont Law SchoolFollow
Chris Duerksen, Clarion Associates, LLCFollow

Abstract

The land use and planning community began to address sustainability at the local level in the 1990s, but in reality, state-of-the-art development codes drafted in the 1990s and early 2000s did little to address climate change, energy conservation, community health, loss of biodiversity, shifting biochemical cycles, racial justice, food supply, and other key sustainability issues. This article reviews past challenges that had to be overcome for sustainable development codes to become mainstream. The good news is that an increasing number of local governments are adopting ambitious sustainable development codes that hold great promise to not only protect the environment and society but to encourage and facilitate regeneration of the environment and address past social inequities and injustices.

First Page

363

Last Page

374

Recommended Citation

Rosenbloom, Jonathan and Duerksen, Chris (2022) "Saving the World through Zoning: The Sustainable Development Code, Regeneration, and Beyond," Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1 , Article 29, 363-374.
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/jculp/vol5/iss1/29