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6/2010 - The 2nd edition of "From Sprawl to Sustainability - Smart Growth, New Urbanism, Green Development, and Renewable Energy," authored by Bob Freilich, Bob Sitkowski and Seth Mennillo, has been published by the American Bar Association. Green InSight Newletter writes that the book "...is a must read for everyone desiring to create more sustainable communities. ... If you are involved in land use and the environment and don’t read this book you will be left behind and out of the excitement of solving the problems of the 21st century." For the full review, click here.
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9/15/2010 - The Summer 2010 issue of The Urban Lawyer includes Bob Freilich's and Neil Popowitz's review of Joan Fitzgerald's new book, "Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development," an exciting new book for lawyers, planners, city managers, engineers and economists working in our modern urban environment. Emerald Cities focuses on green development and renewable energy efforts by Central Cities and we highly recommend this book to anyone in the sustainability field interested in innovative and successful practices. The book review is available by clicking here. Order your subscription to The Urban Lawyer by clicking on the cover photo to the right.
Publications
5/15/2010 - The lead article in the Winter 2010 issue of The Urban Lawyer, the American Bar Association's national journal on land use is Bob Freilich's and Neil Popowitz's "The Umbrella of Sustainability: Smart Growth, New Urbanism, Renewable Energy and Green Development in the 21st Century." The full article is available here. Order your subscription to The Urban Lawyer by clicking on the cover photo to the right.
2008 - The 21st Century Land Development Code authored by Bob Freilich and Mark White, is a complete planning and law model code integrating traditional Euclidean zoning with green codes, new urbanism, and smart growth. It covers sustainability, traditional neighborhood development, transit-oriented development, mixed use centers, subdivision regulations, official mapping, adequate public facilities, variances, conditional uses, religious uses, adult uses, telecommunications, and complete forms and procedures. Commentaries in each section provide guidance on everything you need to know for adapting the code to your community. Illustrations, definitions, forms, checklists, and specifications for documents are included. In her review of the book, Professor Patricia Salkin of Albany Law School stated that the book "is perhaps the best place to begin local reform efforts." Professor Salkin's review is available here.
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4/2012 - The 6th edition of Dr. Freilich's "Cases and Materials on Land Use," co-authored with Tom Roberts and David Callies, is scheduled to be published by Thomson West in April of this year. This is the leading planning and law casebook in the United States, used in more law schools than any other land use casebook, and it covers the entire range of modern land use legal practice and constitutional litigation from the onset of Euclidean zoning through the wide range of new issues arising in the 21st century. New materials on accessory uses, zoning out competitors, and contract zoning accompany the classic cases of the prior edition. Topics covered include regulation of formula businesses, sustainability and green standards, new urbanism, transit oriented development, mixed use and the resurgence of large scale new towns, new perspectives on affordable housing, revitalization of cities in light of the mortgage crisis affecting suburban sprawl, new regional and state policies for growth management, conservation of water and monetization of solar energy. There is enhanced coverage of the Clean Water Act (TMDLs) and wetlands (the Rapanos case) and of disaster planning for fire hazards and flooding.
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