Dade County'S Entry into the Quier Revolution

Abstract

As in other areas of the nation, Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, has undergone its own quiet revolution in land use reform. Located in southeastern Florida, it encompasses not only Metropolitan Miami, but also includes a portion of Everglades National Park on the west and extends to the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay on the east. It is renown not only for its spectacular rapid urban growth during the last decade, but also as being the first county to achieve home-rule powers by specific constitutional amendment.¹