Transfer of Development Rights for Managed Retreat (Zoning Practice July 2025)

Transfer of Development Rights for Managed Retreat

July 2025

This issue of Zoning Practice examines the potential promise and limits of TDR as a tool for widespread managed retreat in the U.S. It begins with a brief review of TDR basics before highlighting key program design challenges associated with using TDR for managed retreat and summarizing how existing programs have or have not responded to these challenges.

 

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