Public policies for managing urban growth and protecting open space: Policy instruments and lessons learned in the United States

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• policy instrument 80%
• open space 72%
• urban growth 70%
• public 42%
• policy 38%
• development pattern 32%
• regulatory approach 18%
• policy implementation 16%
• social cost 16%
• environmental cost 15%
• urban sprawl 15%
• land development 15%
• public sector 14%
• planning process 13%
• incentive 12%
• coordination 11%
• participation 11%
• tide 10%
• stakeholder 10%
• land 7%
• program 6%

Agriculture & Biology

• open space 89%
• public policy 85%
• urbanization 72%
• public sector 12%
• systematic review 11%
• tides 10%
• stakeholders 10%
• land use 8%
• planning 8%
• complement 7%
• stems 5%
• methodology 2%

Social Sciences

• public policy 47%
• management 21%
• administrative policy 12%
• urban sprawl 12%
• social costs 10%
• policy implementation 9%
• planning process 9%
• literature 7%
• public sector 7%
• incentive 6%
• stakeholder 6%
• costs 5%
• participation 4%
• lack 4%
• evaluation 4%