The following is an excerpt from NIMBY Wars—The Politics of Land Use by P. Michael Saint, founder and CEO of The Saint Consulting Group, Robert J. Flavell, an attorney and expert in land-use strategy and Patrick F. Fox, President of Saint Consulting. In the book, the three authors explain the new, purely political approach that must be made a part of any development plans to succeed.
CHAPTER 4WHAT IS LAND USE POLITICS?
Land use politics is a new discipline in land use permitting that employs sophisticated political campaign strategies and tactics to help ordinary citizens influence public officials' decision-making process in reaching land use decisions. It is not lobbying, and its practitioners do not engage public officials in discussion on the pros and cons of a development proposal.
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