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- All Subjects: City planning
- All Subjects: Wetlands
- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). County Administrator's Office
- Creators: Goodwin-White, Jamie
- Creators: Strom, Robert G.
- Status: Published
Enhances the discussions of the feasibility of restoring flow paths at Aqua Caliente to a more natural state by providing information which allows us to better understand the wetland system that existed before periods of intervention.
Survey results for wetland plant communities of the Agua Caliente Park and nearby La Cebadilla property. The study also documented the presence or absence of Huachuca water umbel, a plant listed as endangered in Pima County. By studying the wetland plants of the La Cebadilla property, and through historic herbarium collections, the biologist found that several plants still present at La Cebadilla were known to be present at the Agua Caliente Ranch at the turn of the century.
Chronicles some of the changes in the Pima County Zoning Code since 1953 and summarizes the comprehensive plan, the zoning code, and the building codes.
Provides a thoughtful and timely assessment of how Pima County's practices and policy proposals in land use stand up under the test of nationally recognized principles of smart growth.
Summarizes applications placed in the newspaper and mailed directly to Steering Committee members to solicit Land Panel membership. 177 applications were received and compiled. Includes a suggested alternative for selecting Land Panel members.
A study on the last five years of rezoning activity in eastern Pima County for the Suburban Ranch Zone, Rural Homestead Zone, and Rural Residential Zone. This indicator of development activity does not include activity in the incorporated areas or the land that was rezoned and often platted.
Fast Growth in Metropolitan Phoenix is the first product of a comprehensive effort to describe and analyze the region’s growth. The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy in Washington, D.C. presented the opportunity for this project to Morrison Institute for Public Policy. The story of growth in metropolitan Phoenix is a complicated, often surprising, tale. There is much to be proud of in the region. Yet there is also much to worry about, and much that needs to be done. Hits and Misses will have been successful if it becomes a catalyst for getting started.
