Excerpts: The next 100 million Americans will be faced with countless decisions concerning land use. Some will be individual—the decision to buy a house in a new suburban development. Some will be collective—a vote on bonds to be used to purchase land for a county park. Some will be commercial—location of a new factory near an interchange on a major highway. Other decisions will be esthetic—the preservation of a wild stretch of river in its natural state, rather than building dams. What can be done to utilize land, our most basic resource, in the most rational manner? How can we ensure that this limited resource at the same time provides the widest range of economic choices for all Americans? The problem is one which affects the individual, and the local, State, and national governments. Responsibility for action lies with each.