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In
An Even Better Way to Zone, planning expert Donald L. Elliott explains how outdated assumptions about development and unnecessary barriers in our zoning regulations have contributed to development patterns that are not sustainable, affordable, or equitable. He identifies what types of changes to zoning rules, procedures, and maps could improve outcomes in each of those areas. Importantly, Elliott also helps the reader think through what to do when zoning changes that would improve outcomes for one of those challenges would undermine success in the others.
An Even Better Way to Zone also reorients the zoning discussion towards redevelopment and reuse rather than implicitly focusing on raw land development, because already developed areas represent the vast majority of the built environment where meaningful changes will need to be made.
With engaging, easy-to-understand prose, Elliott provides practical, sage advice on adapting zoning to address today's most critical issues.
About the author
Donald L. Elliott is a Senior Consultant and past Director with Clarion Associates, LLC, a land use consulting firm with offices in Denver and Chapel Hill. He has assisted over 70 US and Canadian communities to update plans and regulations related to zoning, subdivision, housing, sustainability, fair housing, and land development. Elliott teaches a graduate level course on Land Use Regulation at the University of Colorado at Denver College of Architecture and Planning and is a former member of the Denver Planning Board. He is author of
A Better Way to Zone and coauthor of
The Rules that Shape Urban Form and
The Citizen's Guide to Planning.
