This book introduces community planning as practiced in the United States; focusing on the comprehensive plan. Sometimes known by other namesmdash;especially master plan or general planmdash;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.
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