Energy-sensitive land-use planning: adapting traditional municipal land-use policy tools to achieve energy conservation in American residential communities. [New York City and Seattle/Tacoma regions]
The study examined local governmental activities in the more than 350 communities that responded to an Energy/Land Use Survey questionnaire mailed to local officials in the New York and Seattle/Tacoma metropolitan regions. The research yielded the following findings: (1) general concern for energy conservation by local government officials is limited; (2) formal adoption of energy-sensitive land-use policies has occurred primarily at a very small - building design - scale (larger-than-building scale policies are still uncommon); (3) local adoption of energy policies does positively influence energy characteristics of new housing; and (4) administrative functions are more strongly related to municipal energy-conservation efforts than are other community characteristics. A major conclusion of the research is that the funding and leadership roles of the federal government (often supported by effective state-level administration) have been extremely influential in stimulating energy-sensitive land-use policies in American communities. Consequently, current efforts to transfer energy policy initiatives to local governments seem likely to result in a marked slowdown in municipal adoption of energy-sensitive land use policies, and a resultant significant negative impact on aggregate national energy conservation.
- OSTI ID:
- 5254440
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
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FEDERAL REGION II
FEDERAL REGION X
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