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Sometimes we may throw out the baby with the bathwater. From experience I can attest to real value in land use planning. The thing I consider most important is finding a way to get people involved. Its the same old apathy problem!
Why is planning of value? For one, the tremendous damage awards it costs municipalities when planning was not attended to. For instance, it became a medical and phsychological fact through the post jet years that any noises in a zone on a continued basis can cause all kinds of problems for animals, including the human type! The neighborhood sprawls in Las Angeles is (like Chicago) a situation where the planning did not have mitigating alternatives. The laws, because of the medical research were updated, and the FFA and EPA to note just 2 of a larger number, were involved in the planning requirements for all areas where federal funds would be involved. There is a law in the environmental arena that staes that noise maps must be a part of the planning. Noise greater than 65 DBm is sufficient to trigger serious health problems.
As a member of your planning group, be aware that in LA the people who went to court to sue the Airport authority, recieved an average of $250k, AND THE COST, (Inflated) for their property, under eminent domain
I was involved in an environmental Impact assessment and to protect the airport authority, the county, and the state, we had to buy up or attempt em. dom. to *protect* the people from damaging noise.
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