Plans for housing sites and entire communities should integrate and detail all the complexities of an area such as land contours, soil, vegetation, drainage, and ownership. Designers' personalized styles may create distorted effects when transferred to the three-dimensional environment. People living in the communities should be involved in…

If economic recovery occurs, land development and construction will revive simultaneously with land-use controls. Already the Federal government has affected land use by passing the Coastal Zone Management Act and the Clean Air Act. The states have also initiated land-use regulations concerning community planning and environmental quality. (MR)