Smarter Growth. John H. Spiers
Smarter Growth
The City in the Twenty-First Century
Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, Series Editors
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Smarter Growth
Activism and Environmental Policy in Metropolitan Washington
John H. Spiers
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
PHILADELPHIA
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Spiers, John H., author.
Title: Smarter growth : activism and environmental policy in metropolitan Washington / John H. Spiers.
Other titles: City in the twenty-first century book series.
Description: 1st edition. | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018] | Series: The city in the twenty-first century
Identifiers: LCCN 2017056085 | ISBN 978-0-8122-5024-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Sustainable development—Washington Metropolitan Area—History—20th century. | Economic development—Environmental aspects—Washington Metropolitan Area—History—20th century. | Environmental policy—Washington Metropolitan Area—History—20th century. | Environmental protection—Washington Metropolitan Area—History—20th century. | Environmentalism—Washington Metropolitan Area—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC HC108.W3 S65 2018 | DDC 307.1/41609753—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017056085
CONTENTS
Chapter 2. Where Have All the Forests Gone?
Chapter 3. Desperate for Growth
Chapter 5. A Master Plan for Agriculture
Chapter 6. Saving Farms from Development
ABBREVIATIONS
| AAEA | African American Environmentalist Association |
| AFT | American Farmland Trust |
| APAB | Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board |
| BHFA | Beacon Hill Farm Associates |
| CMA | Catoctin Mountain Alliance |
| COG | Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments |
| CPR | Citizens for Property Rights |
| CSA | community-supported agriculture |
| CWA | Clean Water Act |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| EIS | environmental impact statement |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FARM | For a Rural Montgomery |
| FHA | Federal Housing Administration |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| ICC | Intercounty Connector |
| ICC–SCAR | Intercounty Connector – Save Communities Against This Route |
| ICPRB | Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin |
| ISTEA | Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 |
| LBA | Loudoun Business Alliance |
| MALPF | Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation |
| MD SHA | Maryland State Highway Administration |
| MET | Maryland Environmental Trust |
| M-NCPPC | Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission |
| MPOs | metropolitan planning organizations |
| MTA | Maryland Transportation Authority |
| NCPC | National Capital Planning Commission |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy |