Transfer of Development Rights

• Transfer of Development Rights and Special Development Districts (TDR/SDD) Legislation Highlights
• TDR Graphic Illustrations
• Trends in Delaware’s Growth and Spending (a report prepared by the American Farmland Trust for the Delaware Department of Agriculture) Report Summary
• Report Presentation by the American Farmland Trust on May 16, 2007 (entire presentation)
• Report Presentation by the American Farmland Trust on May 16, 2007 (individual slide presentation)
• Slide – 1 – Trends in Delaware’s Growth and Spending
• Slide – 2 – Delaware Data Sources
• Slide – 3 – Population and Housing
• Slide – 4 – Total Population & Housing Growth
• Slide – 5 – The Second Highest Population Increase Happened in the 1990's
• Slide – 6 – Largest Growth in Housing Occurred From 1870 to 2000
• Slide – 7 – Changing Land Use and Land Consumption Rates
• Slide – 8 – More People Are Living Outside of Wilmington
• Slide – 9 – Land in Farms Declined By 344,000 Acres Over 50 Years
• Slide – 10 – Land Consumed Since 1984 Equals Previous 300 Years of DE History
• Slide – 11 – Housing Development After 1984 Consumes More Land On Average
• Slide – 12 – State Spending
• Slide – 13 – Post War Growth Caused Bonded Debt to Rise in the 1960's
• Slide – 14 – Capital Budget Per Person Increases 250 Percent From 1986 to 2005
• Slide – 15 – School Transportation Costs Per Pupil Tripled From 1970 to 2005
• Slide – 16 – Combining the Trends
• Slide – 17 – Is Land Consumption Creating Higher Costs?
• Slide – 18 – Land Consumption and Capital Budgets Show Rising Trend
• Slide – 19 – Sprawl Increases Auto Travel by 79 Percent
• Slide – 20 – Major Findings
• Slide – 21 – Major Findings
• Slide – 22 – Major Findings
• Slide – 23 – Major Findings
• Slide – 24 – Final Points
• Technical Report