The Demand for Planning Services by Local Communities
Author: Metropolitan Committee for Planning, New York, N.Y.
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 36
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Community Planning
Author: Eric Damian Kelly
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2012-09-26
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 1597265926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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 government agencies make plans for their own programs or facilities, the comprehensive plan is the only planning document that 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 president of 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.
Neighborhood Planning and Community-Based Development
Author: William Peterman
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780761911999
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book explores the promise and limits of bottom-up, grass-roots strategies of community organizing, development, and planning as blueprints for successful revitalization and maintenance of urban neighborhoods. Peterman proposes conditions that need to be met for bottom-up strategies to succeed. Successful neighborhood development depends not only on local actions, but also on the ability of local groups to marshal resources and political will at levels above that of the neighborhood itself. While he supports community-based initiatives, he argues that there are limits to what can be accomplished exclusively at the grassroots level, where most efforts fail"--Back cover.
Urban Planning for City Leaders
Author: Pablo Vaggione
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Practical Method for Selecting Stakeholders in Local Landscape Planning for Ecosystem Services
Author: E. van Weperen
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 44
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNatural processes in the landscape deliver a variety of ecosystem services to society. Consideration of ecosystem services in local landscape planning is supposed to provide a conceptual basis for balancing social, economic and ecological values. In order to organize a community-based landscape planning process, approaches are needed to select relevant stakeholders. The aim of this study was to develop a method for selecting stakeholders of ecosystem services for involvement at the start of a community-based process. Community-based landscape planning was considered as a market situation of supply and demand, involving on the one hand actors who can contribute to the supply of ecosystem services and on the other hand actors with an interest in these services. Using insights from the field of stakeholder analysis, guidelines were proposed for the identification, characterization and prioritization of stakeholders of ecosystem services. The principles of the developed method were applied on a case study in the Hoeksche Waard in the Netherlands. The proposed method can serve two purposes. First, it is intended to assist practitioners in the initiation of planning processes focused on ecosystem services. Second, the method can be applied to study the relationship between stakeholder selection and outcomes of planning processes. By serving these two purposes, the study may contribute to the application of the so far mainly scientific concept of ecosystem services in the practice of landscape planning.
Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth
Author: Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780117540880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlanning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth sets out planning policies for economic development. This includes development within the B Use Classes, public and community uses and main town centre uses. They also relate to other development which achieves at least one of the following objectives: provision of employment opportunities; generation of wealth; and, production or generation of economic output or product. These policies do not apply to housing development.
Sustainable Communities
Author: Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780101642521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis document sets out the Government's five year plan to create sustainable inclusive communities across England, focusing on its strategy to improve provision of neighbourbood services. It includes: proposals to increase public involvement in the way their communities (both rural and urban) are run, including a Neighbourhoods Charter; a wide-ranging strategy to improve safety and cleanliness of streets, parks and open spaces; improving responsiveness of local services, including schools, health and police services; establishing clearer roles for councillors, with increased opportunities for mayors where there is demand; 'local area agreements' pilots for service delivery; £2.5 billion investment each year to tackle social exclusion in deprived communities; and greater co-ordination of service funding and planning system requirements at the regional level. An accompanying paper which sets out the Government's housing policy has been published as Cm. 6424 ('Sustainable communities: homes for all', ISBN 0101642423).
Fundamentals of Plan Making
Author: Edward J. Jepson, Jr.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-07
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1317688538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUrban and regional planning programs aspire to prepare practitioners to write and implement plans, primarily at the local level of government. These programs are very much "professional" in their aspirations, as opposed to research oriented. Yet, academic planning programs often place greater emphasis on theory than practice. For decades, the planning academy has acknowledged a major disconnect between what the planning academy teaches students and the techniques and skills needed to be a successful professional practitioner. Fundamentals of Plan Making will give planning students an understanding of research design as it applies to planning, develop familiarity with various data sources, and help them acquire knowledge and the ability to conduct basic planning analyses such as population projections, housing needs assessments, development impact analyses, and land use plans. Students will also learn how to implement the various citizen participation methods used by planners and develop an appreciation of the values and roles of practicing planners. In Fundamentals of Plan Making, Edward Jepson and Jerry Weitz bring their extensive experience as practicing academics and give planning students the practical, hands on tools they need to implement the various methods used to create and implement real plans and policies. Its chapters on transportation, housing, environment, economic development and other core development topics also make it a handy reference for planning practitioners.
Action for Cities
Author: Public Administration Service
Publisher:
Published: 1943
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Practice of Local Government Planning
Author: Charles Hoch
Publisher: International City/County Management Association(ICMA)
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis classic ICMA "green book" is filled with practical guidance on a broad range of issues that planners are likely to encounter--whether they work in inner cities, older suburbs, rural districts, or small towns. In addition to covering the latest planning trends and the impact of technology, diversity, and citizen participation, this text gives complete coverage of basic planning functions such as housing, transportation, community development, and urban design.
