1. Chapter 10 Project Land Use Planning in Muir Valley
Mr. Manskopf
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2. How we use the land says a lot

3. How Should We Live?

4. Where should we build? Where should we leave alone?
Where should we put things like
Schools
Police/Fire Departments
Stores
Factories
Roads
Parks
Offices
Hospitals

5. Land Use Planning
Land Use Planning: determining in advance how land will be used
Where do we put
Houses, schools, businesses, roads, factories, etc.
What land should be left open?

6. Land Use Planning

7. Conservation
Conservation: keeping land as parks, open space, farmland, forests, wilderness
Protected from development
Why should we do this?

8. Conservation

9. An Example of Land Use Planning

10. Habitat: Its Your Choice Developing Muir Valley Project

11. LAND USE Project
Goal: Play the role of a local land-use planner in developing Muir Valley.

12. Goal Continued…
Use what you have learned in class about land use, habitat, pollution, etc. to develop a well designed town of 10,000 in fictional Muir Valley.