Land in Conflict – Managing and Resolving Land Use Disputes - Softcover

Nolon, Sean; Ferguson, Ona; Field, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558442464 ISBN 13: 9781558442467

Publisher: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013

Synopsis

Published in collaboration with the Consensus Building Institute, this book calls for a mutual gains approach to land disputes. The authors detail techniques that allow stakeholders with conflicting interests to collaborate, voice concerns constructively, and reach successful agreements that benefit all parties involved in zoning, planning, and development.

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About the Author

Sean Nolon is associate professor of law and the director of the Dispute Resolution Program at Vermont Law School. He has extensive experience in consensus building, mediation, and litigation in commercial, land use, and environmental law.Ona Ferguson is senior associate at Consensus Building Institute (CBI), where she designs and facilitates meetings on environmental and public policy, and on organizational and strategic planning. Her areas of expertise include public land use and management, public policy conflicts, voluntary collaboration, natural resource management, climate change, Superfund sites, and coastal and estuary management.Patrick Field is managing director at CBI, associate director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and senior fellow at the University of Montana Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy. He has helped thousands of stakeholders reach agreement on organizational mergers, realignments, regulations, permits, and other land use issues in the United States and Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558442464
• ISBN 13: 9781558442467
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232