Land Use Law Center

Established in 1993, the Land Use Law Center is dedicated to fostering the development of sustainable communities and regions through the promotion of innovative land use strategies and dispute resolution techniques. Through the work of its programs, centers, and institutes, the Land Use Law Center offers conferences, seminars, clinics, academic law school courses, continuing legal education programs, videos & podcasts, and publications and resources on contemporary land use, real estate, and environmental issues.

Click here to visit our Gaining Ground Information Database featuring a comprehensive collection of land use resources, including federal, state, and local ordinances; commentaries; research papers; and research aids.

For additional information on Resources and Programs click here.

For more information on the Land Use Law Center’s Land Use, Human Health, and Equity Project visit our Blog on GreenLaw.
 

Making Progress in an Altered Landscape

The Land Use Law Center is pleased to announce the 19th annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference. Scheduled for Thursday, December 7 - 10, 2020, this year’s conference theme is Making Progress in an Altered Landscape.  

For addional information on the conference please go to the 2020 conference page. 

Click on the link below to listen to Professor Nolon explain how to use land use law to mitigate and adapt to climate change .

https://mediaspace.pace.edu/media/Distinguished+Lecture+Series+-+04-12-16/1_fi3o90z3/31792771

On behalf of the City of Newburgh Conservation Advisory Council (CAC), the Center completed a Green Infrastructure Guide.  The guide directs CAC decision-making, recommending the use of natural processes to address stormwater and air quality impacts from development and is available by clicking here.

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Professor John Nolon’s new book, Protecting the Environment Through Land Use Law:  Standing Ground, describes in detail how a greener planet and appropriate development can be achieved through zoning and other land use laws. It explains countless practical strategies that local governments are using as they continue their historical struggle to balance land development with natural resource conservation.  Professor Nolon is the founder of, and Counsel to, the Law School’s Land Use Law Center and a professor at Pace.  He has taught land use planning and policy at Yale for over 12 years.  Standing Ground is published by the American Planning Association and American Planning Association and Environmental Law Institute and is his latest in a series of publications that define and describe a framework for sustainable development.  Read more about this publication here.