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35 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 1 (2022-2023)

handle is hein.journals/pacinlwr35 and id is 1 raw text is: THE FUTURE OF PANDEMICS: LAND USE CONTROLS AS MEANS OF PREVENTING ZOONOTIC DISEASE Bailey Andree* ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases are increasing in frequency as climate change worsens around the world, with the recent COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the inadequate mechanisms in place to counteract disease spread. This article reviews various zoonotic diseases and their patterns of spread, highlighting land use change as the key driver of disease to demonstrate the need for legal intervention. International land use law is a little-developed subsect of environmental law that holds the key to combating this disease spread, and this article proposes solutions through this legal lens. Land use techniques which may be used to combat disease spread include conservation laws, setback and buffer requirements, increased density in development, variances, environmental impact assessments, land-based financing, and variances, in addition to international treaties. KEYWORDS land use, zoonotic disease, disease, land use law, COVID-19, international law, international land use law *Bailey Andree is a third-year law student at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, New York, graduating in May 2023. She is the Managing Editor of Pace International Law Review, Research Assistant to Distinguished Professor John R. Nolon, and Senior Scholar of Housing at the Land Use Law Center. 1

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