Abstract |
The goal of this Application of Growth Analysis workshop was to identify a course of action that would enhance the ability of the Chesapeake Bay Program and state and local partners to assess and identify alternative development strategies to minimize the impacts of development on local waterways, nutrient loads, and the Bay. To accomplish this goal, participants of the workshop: Reviewed reports on how present trends in population growth will impact land development and water resources in the future; Discussed information, issues, and approaches to growth impact analysis with invited experts in the field; Examined lessons learned from previous case studies; Discussed and examined the feasibility of alternative approaches the Bay Program could take to provide themselves and Bay partners with the ability to analyze, assess, and identify development strategies to minimize the impacts of development on local waterways, nutrient loads, and the Bay; and Identified next steps to recommend to the Bay Program to accomplish the goal of the workshop. |