Includes bibliographical references and index.

The police power -- The takings clause and its public use requirement -- Types of takings, physical and regulatory takings -- The evolution of regulatory takings -- Temporary regulatory takings -- The structure of zoning : the Euclid case -- Euclidian land-use controls and non-conforming uses -- Aesthetics and zoning -- Moratoria and growth controls -- Administrative relief from zoning ordinances -- Seeking a rezoning -- Non-Euclidean rezoning : administrative flexibility in zoning -- Judicial review of zoning actions -- Subdivision regulations, impact fees, linkage fees, and exactions -- Exclusionary zoning -- Civil rights and exclusionary zoning -- Protection of sensitive lands -- "Family" and group homes -- The First Amendment and zoning -- Democracy and zoning : the place of the referendum -- Vested rights and governmental estoppel.