Books by Douglas R. Porter

  • Managing Growth in America's Communities
    Managing Growth in America's Communities Douglas R. Porter

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    Managing Growth in America's Communities

    Douglas R. Porter

    Communities across the country are turning to the concept of "growth management" to help plan for the future, as they seek to control the location, impact, character and timing of development in order ...

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  • Managing Growth in America's Communities
    Managing Growth in America's Communities Douglas R. Porter

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    Managing Growth in America's Communities

    Second Edition

    Douglas R. Porter

    In this thoroughly revised edition of Managing Growth in America’s Communities,  readers will learn the principles that guide intelligent planning for communities of any size, grasp the ...

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  • Mitigation Banking
    Mitigation Banking David Salvesen

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    Mitigation Banking

    Theory And Practice

    David Salvesen

    Under the Clean Water Act, development that results in the permanent destruction of wetlands must, in most cases, be mitigated by the creation of a new wetland or the restoration of a degraded one. In ...

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About the Author

Douglas R. Porter is a consultant on land use planning and policy issues based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He has written numerous books and documents for both ULI and APA. Anthony Downs at the Brookings Institution refers to Porter as “one of the nation’s leading experts in growth management.”