Community Planning

An Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan, Second Edition

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Planning, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection
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Author: Eric Damian Kelly ISBN: 9781597265928
Publisher: Island Press Publication: September 26, 2012
Imprint: Island Press Language: English
Author: Eric Damian Kelly
ISBN: 9781597265928
Publisher: Island Press
Publication: September 26, 2012
Imprint: Island Press
Language: English

This book introduces community planning as practiced in the United States, focusing on the comprehensive plan. Sometimes known by other names—especially master plan or general plan—the type of plan described here is the predominant form of general governmental planning in the U.S. Although many governmagencies make plans for their own programs or facilities, the comprehensive plan is the only planning documthat considers multiple programs and that accounts for activities on all land located within the planning area, including both public and private property.

Written by a former presidof the American Planning Association, Community Planning is thorough, specific, and timely. It addresses such important contemporary issues as sustainability, walkable communities, the role of urban design in public safety, changes in housing needs for a changing population, and multi-modal transportation planning. Unlike competing books, it addresses all of these topics in the context of the local comprehensive plan.

There is a broad audience for this book: planning students, practicing planners, and individual citizens who want to better understand local planning and land use controls. Boxes at the end of each chapter explain how professional planners and individual citizens, respectively, typically engage the issues addressed in the chapter. For all readers, Community Planning provides a pragmatic view of the comprehensive plan, clearly explained by a respected authority.

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This book introduces community planning as practiced in the United States, focusing on the comprehensive plan. Sometimes known by other names—especially master plan or general plan—the type of plan described here is the predominant form of general governmental planning in the U.S. Although many governmagencies make plans for their own programs or facilities, the comprehensive plan is the only planning documthat considers multiple programs and that accounts for activities on all land located within the planning area, including both public and private property.

Written by a former presidof the American Planning Association, Community Planning is thorough, specific, and timely. It addresses such important contemporary issues as sustainability, walkable communities, the role of urban design in public safety, changes in housing needs for a changing population, and multi-modal transportation planning. Unlike competing books, it addresses all of these topics in the context of the local comprehensive plan.

There is a broad audience for this book: planning students, practicing planners, and individual citizens who want to better understand local planning and land use controls. Boxes at the end of each chapter explain how professional planners and individual citizens, respectively, typically engage the issues addressed in the chapter. For all readers, Community Planning provides a pragmatic view of the comprehensive plan, clearly explained by a respected authority.

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