The TDR handbook : designing and implementing successful transfer of development rights programs / Transfer of development rights handbook Designing and implementing successful transfer of development rights programs Arthur C. Nelson ... [et al.] ; foreword by Dwight H. Merriam. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2012. - xxv, 313 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-302) and index.

How TDRs work -- Comparing TDRs to other preservation solutions -- The economics of TDRs -- Purchase of development rights -- Density transfer charges -- TDRs and the planning connection -- The seven steps of TDR planning -- Designing sending areas -- Designing receiving areas -- Legal issues -- A review of state statutes -- TDR program administration -- Programs with purpose -- Farmland preservation case studies -- Farmland and environmental preservation case studies -- Environmental preservation case studies -- Rural character preservation case studies -- Historic preservation case studies -- Urban design and revitalization case studies -- The promise and future of TDRs.

9781597269803 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597269808 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597269810 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1597269816 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Development rights transfer--United States.
Development rights transfer--United States--Case studies.
Land use--Planning.--United States
Environmental protection--United States--Case studies.
Historic preservation--United States--Case studies.

HT169.9.D4 / T37 2012

333.7315