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Oct 1981
Economic Issues of Growth Management in Florida
Publication: Issues in Engineering: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 107, Issue 4
Abstract
Growth management means protection of the quality of life to those who practice it, and it means exclusionary practices to those who wish to in-migrate into the managed area. The means by which a decline in the quality of life would be mitigated or eliminated has been infrastructural investment-capital improvement. However, inflation has eroded the trust fund system of capital improvement finance. The local jurisdiction must choose between a decline in the quality of life, higher local taxes, or avoidance of the problem by restricting growth, an option being increasingly selected across the country. This situation will continue to exist so long as existing residents are required to pay a portion of the cost of providing services to new residents. Tax reform alternatives are available which will assure the equitable financing of infrastructure improvements.
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Issues in Engineering: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 107 • Issue 4 • October 1981
Pages: 247 - 253
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© 1981 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Oct 1981
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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James C. Nicholas
Assoc. Dir., Florida Atlantic Univ.-Florida International Univ. Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems; and Assoc. Prof. of Economics, Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, Fla.
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