State land-use laws redefined land development as a public rather than strictly private matter

Evidence

Yet the quiet revolution was not just about shifting power from one level of government to another. The state laws gave public agencies a much greater say in decisions about the use of privately owned lands. In effect, the states had concluded that the question of land use was not truly “private,” since a landowner’s decision to develop a piece of property might threaten the public good. The quiet revolution thus challenged the traditional understanding of the rights of property ownership. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 939

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Piecemeal fixes for sprawl converged into a single land-use mega problem by 1970 — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 919; Property law’s boundary-invasion frame cannot address external pollution threats to federal lands — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 792; Land-use reformers redefined private land as a public resource warranting protection — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 964 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Land-use reformers redefined private land as a public resource warranting protection #corroborates (0.92) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 964
• Land-rights law can be redirected to steward rather than possess the land #expands (0.75) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1169