Who decides how development is planned?
Every city, township and county government has a zoning and planning department or board. It is their job to decide how and where future building will take place. The difficult aspect of this system is balancing tax revenue needs with quality of life, sense of community, and environmental impacts. Many studies have verified that the trend toward urban sprawl has negative, long-term impacts on community life and the natural environment. Because of increasing trends toward urban sprawl, there has been a growing need for better land use planning through education and training.
