ABSTRACT

This article examines the changes occurring since 1971 in what Callies and Bosselman termed “the quiet revolution” in the field of land-use controls. The changes have been anything but quiet; in fact, they are enormous, as Callies indicates: the resurgence of local government as a major factor in land use decisions, the “concomitant resurgence” in local government planning, the number of permits required for prior to development, the increased involvement of the federal government in land use control, the increasing amount and organization of citizen participation in land-use decisions, and the takings issue.