Conservation Tools

The MPC (Act of 1968, P.L.805, No.247) empowers counties and municipalities, individually or jointly, to plan their development and to govern the same by zoning, subdivision and land development ordinances and additional tools. This is the 19th edition, September 2009.

An online clearinghouse for the latest news and opinion on stormwater management in the state of Pennsylvania, providing information on Stormwater Best Management Practices, Case Studies, Regulations, Technical Details, and more.

Fact sheet investigating new innovations in stormwater management

Meeting fundamental human needs while preserving the life support systems of planet Earth will require a world-wide acceleration of today's halting progress in a transition toward sustainability. Understanding Sustainable Cities: Concepts, Cases, and Solutions presents a plethora of subject matters in urban sustainability and provides both instructors and students with in-depth knowledge about crosscutting issues, concepts, and solutions inherent in modern sustainability thinking. Understanding Sustainable Cities: Concepts, Cases, and Solutions: Illustrates how cities can and have applied concepts such as Ecological Footprint, modeling urban sustainability, sustainability indicators, urban adaptation, and climate action planning into their programs, policies, and urban planning and design. Is interdisciplinary and broad-based, reflective of sustainability science itself not directed at any specific technical field or audience.

The zoning ordinance can be a confusing document to the average person who is confronted with a myriad of rules and regulations. The zoning ordinance should not be maligned for being complicated. Land use regulation is a complicated endeavor. What is needed is some basic information that explains zoning, the ordinance, its development and its administration. This publication is designed to fulfill some of that need.