Shields, Patricia M.Ellis, Ronald L.2006-05-162012-02-242006-05Ellis, R. L. (2006). Residential land use policy and conservation development in the Blanco River Basin. Masters of Public Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/3599An Applied Research Project Submitted to the Department of Political Science, Texas State University-San Marcos, in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Public Administration, Spring 2006.The purpose of this research has two parts. The first is to evaluate the compatibility of residential land use policies in the Blanco River Basin with conservation development. The second is to identify, through open-ended interviews, policy alternatives that may be useful to accomplish conservation development in the Blanco River Basin. The research methods included document analysis of residential land use policies of the cities and counties that govern most of the Blanco River Basin and personal interviews with planners and developers who have expertise in conservation development planning. The findings indicate that residential land use policies in the Blanco River basin are generally incompatible with conservation development, but that alternative policy methods exist that may be able to permit its practice.Text109 pages1 file (.pdf)enconservationdevelopmentplanningsubdivisionszoningland useresidential landPublic AdministrationApplied Research Project