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<p>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 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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Written by a former president of the American Planning Association, <i>Community Planning</i> 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.</p> <p> &nbsp; There is a broad audience for this book: planning students, practicing planners, and individual citizens who want to better unde

Author

Eric Damian Kelly

Publisher

Washington, DC: Island Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781597265928

Subjects

Architecture, Nature, Sociology