Nixon administration blamed fragmented local oversight, not ignorance, for sprawl

Evidence

The heart of the land-use problem was not a lack of information, the administration argued, but a lack of effective public oversight of private enterprise. Local governments were not doing the job. Accordingly, the administration bill – drafted by the Council on Environmental Quality – sought to improve land-use regulation: The federal government would encourage the states to control “development of more than local significance” and regulate land use in “areas of critical environmental concern.” — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 955

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts Jackson’s information-centered planning view with CEQ’s regulatory one — maps onto the two competing theories of why land-use harms persist. — connects to: Nixon blamed rising crime on civil rights disobedience rather than poverty — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 398; Legal scholars argued sprawl required regulating land as a social asset with ownership duties — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 943

Broader Connections

• Nixon blamed rising crime on civil rights disobedience rather than poverty #epitomizes (0.85) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 398
• Legal scholars argued sprawl required regulating land as a social asset with ownership duties #expands (0.80) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 943