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Hillsborough County, FL, Future Land Use Text Change: Scenic Corridors Policy Update
June 2012This report provides information on updates to scenic road designation in unincorporated Hillsborough County.Hillsborough County, FL -
King County, WA, Historic and Scenic Corridors Project: Final Report
2009This report provides information on the King County Heritage Corridors Program, an initiative to protect scenic roads in King County, WA.King County, WA -
Maui County General Plan 2030: Scenic and Historic Resources, Inventory and Mapping Methodology Reports
June 2006This report inventories, rates, and maps scenic corridors in Maui, HI.Maui County, HI -
Genesee/Finger Lakes, NY, Regional Viewshed Inventory and Analysis
2015This report provides an inventory of scenic resources in the Genesee/Finger Lakes region, as well as strategies to protect and preserve scenic views.Genesee County, NY -
Portland City Center Scenic Views Best Practices Technical Memo
2014This report reviews how different municipalities have approached scenic view protection.Portland, OR -
Lincolnville, ME, 2011 Scenic Assessment
June 2012This report assesses scenic features in Lincolnville, Maine.Lincolnville town, ME -
Preserving the Character: A Visual Assessment and Protection Control Analysis of Copper Country Trail Communities
2009This report focuses on providing information the viewshed along the Copper Country Trail, a scenic route in Michigan.Michigan -
Protecting Urban River Views with Geodesign Approach
Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, Issue 2-2017by: Guoping HuangThis report demonstrates how crowdsourcing data and visualization techniques can be used to identify and protect the Richmond Riverfront viewshed.Richmond city, VA -
Preserving Endangered Rural Character
Approaching the Millennium: 1999 APA National Planning Conference Proceedingsby: Thomas Kindschi, Charles CausierThis article discusses how Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, took steps to protect the visual quality of two scenic corridors.Sheboygan County, WI -
Project Report for the Red Clay Scenic Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Overlay Standards
November 2016This report summarizes a scenic corridor planning process in New Castle County, Delaware.New Castle County, DE -
Beauty as Well as Bread
Journal of the American Planning Association, 63(3): 317–328, 1997by: Meg Maguire, Ray Foote, Frank VespeThis article explores the public benefits of scenic view protection. -
Regulating Scenic Views
September 2002by: Kevin McCarthyThis report provides information on how states and municipalities regulate development to protect scenic views. -
Zoning Methodology for Protecting Viewshed
ArcUser, January - March 2006by: Kirk SinclairThis article describes a viewshed analysis process that uses GIS to protect scenic vistas in Kent, Connecticut.Kent town, CT -
Trees and Neighbors – When Is a View so Valuable That It Should Be Litigated?
Zoning and Planning Law Report, Vol. 34, No. 11by: Paul WeinbergThis article compares different municipal ordinances related to scenic view protection and private property. -
The Purchase of Scenic Easements and Wisconsin's Great River Road
Journal of the American Planning Association, 66(2): 177–188, 2000by: Brian OhmThis article explores how Wisconsin used scenic easements to protect views along the Great River Road.Wisconsin -
Scenic Protection as a Legitimate Goal of Public Regulation
Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law, 38, 3, 1990by: Norman WilliamsThis article presents information to support scenic view protection as a legitimate public endeavor. -
Protecting the View: Exploring the Use of Scenic in Conservation Easements
2011This article explores how land conservation organizations are using scenic easements to protect scenic views. -
Flagler County, FL, Scenic Corridor Overlay District Design Guidelines Handbook
August 2004This guide explains how the Flagler County Scenic Corridor Overlay protects scenic views.Flagler County, FL -
Building in the Scenic Area: Scenic Resources Implementation Handbook
December 2005This guide provides guidance on how landowners and developers can protect scenic views through strategic site design approaches. -
Evaluating Scenic Resources
Technical Information Series, Volume 2 No. 1 1996by: Chris Carlson, Grant JonesThis guide provides information on identifying and evaluating scenic resources. -
Kitsap County, WA, View Protection Overlay
January 2017This worksheet describes the view protection overlay in Kitsap County.Kitsap County, WA -
Linking Land Use & Ohio’s Waters: Best Local Land Use Practices
2012Chapter 15 of this guidebook connects scenic protection to balanced growth goals.Ohio -
Manual H-8410-1: Visual Resource Inventory
1986This guide describes how the Bureau of Land Management assesses scenic resources. -
Los Angeles, CA, Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan Design and Preservation Guidelines
2009This guide includes provisions to protect the Mulholland Scenic Parkway by encouraging environmentally and aesthetically sensitive development.Los Angeles, CA -
Route 5 & 20 Corridor Design Guidelines
November 2006by: Elizabeth Cheteny, Nishu SinhaThis guide identifies design guidelines for a scenic corridor overlay district along Route 5 and 20 in New York.Ontario County, NY -
Liberty Township, OH, Olentangy Heritage Corridor State Scenic Byway Design Guidelines
December 2005This guide informs developers on techniques to protect the rural character of the Olentangy Heritage Corridor.Liberty township, OH -
Protecting Local Scenic Resources: Community-Based Performance Standards
2007by: Robert FaunceThis guide provides performance standards for scenic view protections, as well as a model ordinance that focuses on visual impact performance standards.Maine -
View to the Mountain: A Scenic Protection Manual
2011by: Noelle Mackay, Seth Jensen, Dana FarleyThis guide documents actions taken by Jericho and Essex, two towns in Vermont, to protect scenic views along selected roads and provides guidance to other communities seeking to protect scenic resources.Essex town, VT -
Scottsdale, AZ, Scenic Corridor Design Guidelines
Scottsdale Sensitive Design Program, February 2003This guide includes design guidelines for scenic corridors in Scottsdale, AZ.Scottsdale, AZ -
Scenic Resources in the Shawangunk Mountains Region
2012This guide for scenic resource protection provides resources to help balance development and preserve scenic beauty in the Shawangunk Mountains Region. -
The View from the Road: Patterns, Principles & Guidelines for Roadscape Design
August 2012This guide presents principles and guidelines for scenic road corridors, focusing on a segment of Route 7 from Shelbourne to Middlebury in Vermont.Vermont -
Scenic Assessment Handbook
2008by: Terry Dewan, James Palmer, Judy Colby-GeorgeThis guide is designed to help municipalities in Maine identify, evaluate, and document scenic resources.Maine -
Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Mitigation Desk Reference Guide
2017This guide presents information about relevant wildfire programs and efforts, as well as related terminology. -
The National Strategy: The Final Phase in the Development of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
2014This report documents the culmination of the three-phased Cohesive Strategy effort initiated in 2009 and the collaborative efforts taken by public and private stakeholders and agencies towards this effort. -
Using Plans and Regulations to Increase Community Fire Adaptation: Who’s Planning for Wildfire?
2015This guide discusses the proactive wildfire planning done by communities in Arizona, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Texas, and South Carolina with the aim of increasing their adaptive capacity.Kittitas County, WA -
Montana Land Use Planning Strategies to Reduce Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface
2017by: Dave DeGrandpre, Kelly PohlThis report discusses the benefits achieved by Montana Counties through the integration of wildfires in land use planning programs.Missoula County, MT -
Using Plans and Regulations to Increase Community Fire Adaptation: The Regulatory Process
2015This guide focuses on plans and regulations with the aim of increasing the wildfire adaptive capacity of a community. -
Montana Wildfire Cost Study Technical Report
2008This case study of Montana analyses fire suppression costs required in the WUI and associated implications on the taxpayers.Montana -
Your Role in Fire-Adapted Communities
2012This guide discusses key concepts and integrated efforts as a comprehensive approach to address wildland-fire risk reduction. -
Land Use Planning to Reduce Wildfire Risk: Lessons from Five Western Cities
2016by: Ray Rasker, Kimiko BarrettThis report documents wildfires as an urban problem and presents the case studies of five studies, Boulder, Flagstaff, San Diego, Santa Fe, and Austin, which are using innovative land use planning techniques and mitigation efforts to adapt to wildfires.Austin, TX -
Lessons for Wildfire from Federal Flood Risk Management Programs
2014by: Ray Rasker, Carolyn KouskyThis report presents the experiences of innovative national floodplain management programs. It discusses recommendations for saving resources and controlling development in the WUI. -
Reducing Wildfire Risks to Communities
2014by: Ray RaskerThis paper examines the costs, solutions, and best practices pertaining to wildfire risks. -
The Rising Cost of Wildfire Protection
2013by: Ross GorteThis report presents the causes, impacts and solutions of increasing wildfire hazard severity and associated costs. -
Large Landscape Conservation: A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action
2010by: Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett, Daniel KemmisThis report examines issues related to landscape scale conservation of land and water, and presents seven examples of large landscape scale conservation efforts across North America. -
Addressing Community Wildfire Risk: A Review and Assessment of Regulatory and Planning Tools
2011by: Donald Elliott, FAICP, Clarion Associates, Chris DuerksenThis report examines the effectiveness of regulatory planning tools developed for community wildfire risk management and education. -
Community Wildfire Protection Planning: Is the Healthy Forests Restoration Act's Vagueness Genius?
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20(3): 350-363, 2010by: Sam Burns, Victoria Sturtevant, Alexander BujakThis article presents the data analyzed from 13 case-study communities to explain how the characteristics of HFRA have encouraged communities to develop CWPPs which demonstrate their local, social and ecological contexts effectively.Taylor County, FL -
Evidence for the Effect of Homes on Wildfire Suppression Costs
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 22(4): 537-548, 2013by: Ray Rasker, Kingsford Jones, Patricia GudeThis article discusses the relationship between housing and fire suppression costs with the case study of Sierra Nevada area of California.Nevada -
Planning for Wildfire in the Wildland-Urban Interface
The Advocate, June/July 2016by: Stephen Miller, Eric Lindquist, Molly Mowery, AICPThis article discusses regulatory and non-regulatory planning mechanisms to address wildfires in the WUI. -
Resolving the Increasing Risk from Wildfires in the American West
Solutions, March-April 2015by: Ray RaskerThis article analyses wildfires and provides recommendations on future housing development patterns in the WUI. -
Residential Development Effects on Firefighting Costs in the Wildland-Urban Interface
2015by: Shannon Albeke, Roger Coupal, Scott LieskeThis briefing paper examines the impact of housing development in the WUI on firefighting costs.