Preliminaries; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Growth Management in Context; 3 Early Growth Management Activity; 4 Types of Contemporary Growth Management Regulations; 5 Non Regulatory Techniques to Manage Growth; 6 Statewide Efforts to Manage Growth; 7 Fighting Sprawl Growth Management and Urban Form; 8 Growth Management and the Natural Environment; 9 Growth Management and the Cost and Availability of Public Services; 10 Growth Management and the Diversity of Housing Opportunities; 11 Is Growth Management a Good Idea; Bibliography; Index.