And increasingly, communities are using land use regulations to protect existing homes and to require fire - safe practices of new developments. (headwaterseconomics.org)
A 2016 survey of land use regulations by the Fraser Institute, a public policy think - tank bears out developers» assessment. (business.financialpost.com)
To avoid costly problems in the future, ICA and other groups recommend a variety of policy improvements, including changing land use regulations in fire - and flood - prone areas, strengthening building codes, and improving weather warning and modelling services. (sciencemag.org)