What Happens When We Run Out of Land?


 

Publication Date: November 2004

Publisher: Long Island Index; Rauch Foundation; Regional Plan Association

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Type: Report

Coverage: New York

Abstract:

Except for a dwindling area in eastern Suffolk, most land is covered by residential homes, office parks, shopping districts, industrial uses or highways. As a result, the era in which Long Island could grow its economy and population by building on green, undeveloped land is coming to an end.