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A Service Description from Consensus Building Institute
Integrating Mediation in Land Use Decision Making
Patrick Field
Kate Harvey
January, 2010
Matt Strassberg
Land Lines, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Across the country, decision makers at the local and state levels are turning increasingly to new methods for resolving conflicts that arise during land use decision making processes. For disputes over permitting or enforcement of local and state land use regulations, mediation is considered a reasonable alternative to some litigation. Although mediation has successfully resolved many land use disputes, its has typically been applied ad hoc as inclination and resources determine.


Across the country, decision makers at the local and state levels are turning increasingly to new methods for resolving conflicts that arise during land use decision making processes. For disputes over permitting or enforcement of local and state land use regulations, mediation is considered a reasonable alternative to some litigation. Although mediation has successfully resolved many land use disputes, its has typically been applied ad hoc as inclination and resources determine.

To better understand the use of mediation across a land use decision-making system within a single state, the Consensus Building Institute (CBI) and Green Mountain Environmental Resolutions (GMER) conducted an 18-month screening and evaluation study in Vermont.

To download the complete Land Lines article, click here.

For more information, please see see CBI's land use case studies or contact Managing Director Patrick Field.