A New Regionalist Perspective on Land Use and the Environment 56 Howard Law Journal 2012-2013

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A New Regionalist Perspective on Land Use and the Environment

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Use and the Environment
BRITTAN J. BUSH*
INTRODUCTION ................................. 208
I. LOCALISM AND REGIONALISM: THE
NORMATIVEDEBATE............................... 212
A . Localism ............................................ 212
1. City Powerlessness.............................. 213
2. The Case for Localism .......................... 216
3. The Failure of Localism ........................ 219
B. The Concept of Regionalism........................ 224
C. The Promise of New Regionalism .................. 226
II. LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION .............................. 230
A. Land Use Planning and Environmental Protection:
A Brief History......... .................. 231
B. Federal Environmental Legislation and Land Use
Control ................................. 234
1. Coastal Zone Management Act............. 234
2. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act .......... 235
3. Endangered Species Act .................. 236
4. National Environmental Policy Act ........... 237
C. An Incomplete Environmental Protection Regime.. 238
1. Urban Sprawl and Greenhouse Gas Emissions . 239
2. Biodiversity Conservation ........... ...... 240
3. Environmental Injustice ............. ...... 242
A Piecemeal Approach ................... 244
III. NEW REGIONALISM, LAND USE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ..... ......... 245
* J.D., Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 2012; B.A. 2009, Univer-
sity of Georgia. The author would like to thank Professor Christopher Tyson for his guidance
and helpful comments during the writing of this Article.
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