Editor's Note: Alex Wallace is an on-call GIS (Geographic Information Systems) support staff member for Parametrix. In November of 2009, he attended the APA conference in Vancouver, Washington as a Northwest Hub reporter. Here, Alex provides his take-aways from a presentation at the conference by the Cascade Land Conservancy.
Jeff Aken, Cascade...
Why assess health impacts of development?
In Washington State, the Growth Management Act and other statewide directives have focused attention on promotion of public health through planning and environmental review:
* Under the GMA, wherever possible, land use elements “…should consider utilizing urban planning approaches that promote physical activity.” [RCW 36.70A.070(1)]
* The GMA also requires transportation elements to include...
Editor's Note: The Washington State Court of Appeals recently issued Mellish v. Frog Mountain Pet Care, an important land use case. Matthew Stock, an attorney with the Buck Law Group—a Seattle-based land use, environmental, dispute resolution and civil litigation firm that is a Northwest Hub sponsor—provides background and insight into this decision....
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