06-10-2007, 11:10 PM
Aloha kakou
There's an interesting article\column in West Hawaii Today on real estate
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/...ures02.txt
This article states that only 5% of island land is zoned residential. I have to wonder what that figure would be for individual islands.
It's inevitable that more and more people are coming to the islands, and accommodating that inevitable growth should involve a comprehensive plan such as eleven other states (including my state of Washington). Planned growth focuses residential and commercial development to Urban Growth Areas and retains agricultural or rural zoning for everything in between. Growth HAS to happen, so UGAs build up before they build out. Sure, the trade-off is a forest of apartment and condo buildings in city centers, but that's not such a high price for retention of relatively unspoiled lands just a mile down the road.
A hui hou,
Brian
There's an interesting article\column in West Hawaii Today on real estate
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/...ures02.txt
This article states that only 5% of island land is zoned residential. I have to wonder what that figure would be for individual islands.
It's inevitable that more and more people are coming to the islands, and accommodating that inevitable growth should involve a comprehensive plan such as eleven other states (including my state of Washington). Planned growth focuses residential and commercial development to Urban Growth Areas and retains agricultural or rural zoning for everything in between. Growth HAS to happen, so UGAs build up before they build out. Sure, the trade-off is a forest of apartment and condo buildings in city centers, but that's not such a high price for retention of relatively unspoiled lands just a mile down the road.
A hui hou,
Brian
Aloha pumehana,
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour