Land Use Law Center
for Sustainable Development
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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, audio podcasts, and frequent publications and resources on contemporary land use, real estate, and environmental issues.
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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.
SAVE THE DATE!
Seventeenth Annual
Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference
Sustainable Development as a Market Driver
Pace Law School on December 6, 2018, 8:00am - 6:00pm
Click here to view conference page.
Please click here to see the sponsorship opportunities.
Popping Climate Change Bubbles:
Responding to Alarming New Evidence of Global Warming
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
U.S. Green Building Council & Land Use Law Center
Announce Two Resources to Help Local Governments
Create Sustainable Neighborhoods
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Land Use Law Center announce two new free resources – the Technical Guidance Manual for Sustainable Neighborhoods and the Neighborhood Development Floating Zone – to help local governments leverage the LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) rating system as a sustainability tool. Read more…
Promoting the Use of Green Infrastructure
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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A Law Student's Guide to Sustainable Development Law
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 the new publication here.
Recent News
Land Use Law Center Convenes 16th Annual Conference
December 4, 2017The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce the 16 th annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference . The theme of this year’s event will focus on the ways in which local governments...