The phrase "curb development" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to measures or policies to restrict or limit development, usually for environmental or economic reasons. For example, You might say: "The government implemented new laws to curb development in the city's historic district."
In addition to the moratoriums, the amendment contains features that may appease some opponents of the law by serving to curb development, but developers and advocates of moderate-income housing are concerned that production of such units will be curtailed when the need is high and the cost of market-rate housing is at a peak.
And the concerns have led to efforts — like those of the Lowenthals' group — to curb development.
The most widely held is that we should boost our efforts to curb development.
Respondents indicated that management action to curb development was appropriate at 9.4% development (roughly the statewide SKd average).
In this case, Senator Bucco was one of several legislators concerned about how a new law could curb development in the Highlands.
But the director of the town's special improvement district complained that height limits could curb development and increase tax burdens on existing taxpayers.
Environmental regulation is the governor's main means of curbing development, since the guidelines in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan are voluntary.
"Septic and storm water rules are curbing development in the suburbs, so it is very difficult to sprawl," she said.
Management by local, regional, and state levels were considered acceptable for curbing development while federal level management of development was considered unacceptable.
Despite the endless list of clichés that historically have characterised the region, inequality is staggering and mainly responsible for curbing development.
The rest of us can protect what is left of our coast by curbing development and insisting on aggressive reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
