Introduction
Updates to the Second Edition
Substance and Structure of the Book
Focus on Comprehensive Planning
Legal and Historical Significance
Relationship to Other Kinds of Planning
A Pragmatic Note
The Role of Planners
The Role of Individual Citizens
Users' Guide
Glossary of Key Terms
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PART I. The Comprehensive Planning Process
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Chapter 1. Some Overarching Issues: Sustainability, Sprawl, andand#160;Human Healthand#160;
-Relationship to Climate Changeand#160;
-Complexity of the Issuesand#160;
-Sprawland#160;
-Resources and Sustainabilityand#160;
-Human Healthand#160;
-School Facility Sitingand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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Chapter 2. Introduction to Planningand#160;
-Elements of a Planning Processand#160;
-Community Planning in Conceptand#160;
-Systems Thinking and Planningand#160;
-Planning Traditions in the United Statesand#160;
-Planning in a Contemporary Democracyand#160;
-Maps as Planning Toolsand#160;
-The Role of GISsand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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Chapter 3. Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan
-Comprehensive Plan Defined: Examplesand#160;
-Historical Evolution of the Comprehensive Planand#160;
-Elements of a Comprehensive Planand#160;
-The Planning Commissionand#160;
-Updating the Planand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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Chapter 4. Analysis of Existing Conditions in the Communityand#160;
-Practical Aspects of Existing Condition Analysisand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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Chapter 5. Projecting Possible Futures for the Communityand#160;
-Techniques for Determining What Is Feasibleand#160;
-Bringing Feasibility into the Planning Processand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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Chapter 6. Involving Citizens in Making a Planand#160;
-Methods of Achieving Citizen Participationand#160;
-Different Approaches to Planning and Citizen Participationand#160;
-Techniques for Citizen Participationand#160;
-Conclusion
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PART II. The Plan as a Document
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Chapter 7. Planning for Future Land Useand#160;
-Creating the Future Land Use Mapand#160;
-Basic Principlesand#160;
-Mapping Usesand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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Chapter 8. Planning for Public Facilities Such as Parks, Roads,and#160;and Utilitiesand#160;
-Overview of the Issuesand#160;
-Federal, State, and Regional Involvementand#160;
-Planning for Roads and Other Infrastructureand#160;
-Planning for Multiple Modes of Transportationand#160;
-Planning for or around Other Transportation Facilitiesand#160;
-Planning for Sewer and Water Systems
-Planning for Other Utilitiesand#160;
-Planning for Parks, Open Space, and Green Infrastructureand#160;
-Planning for Schools, Fire Stations, and Other Facilitiesand#160;
-Planning for Telecommunication Infrastructure
-Technology and the Landscapeand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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Chapter 9. Putting It All Togetherand#160;
-The Adoption Processand#160;
-The Final Planand#160;
-The Best Format for an Adopted Plan
-What Does the Official Plan Include?and#160;
-Is the Final Plan Internally Consistent?and#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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PART III. Making Plans Work
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Chapter 10. Decisions That Change the Land
-How Development Occursand#160;
-How Planning Can Distort the Marketand#160;
-Where the Market Partly Follows the Planand#160;
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Chapter 11. Controlling the Use of Private Land through Zoning
-Regulating Useand#160;
-Cumulative and Noncumulative Zoningand#160;
-Regulating Intensityand#160;
-Regulating Dimensionsand#160;
-Design Implications of Traditional Zoning
-Variancesand#160;
-Uses by Review
-Contemporary Zoning Reforms
-The Zoning Map
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Chapter 12. Controlling the Development of Landand#160;
-Concept and Substance of Subdivision Regulationand#160;
-Street Layout and Connectivityand#160;
-Planning for Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulationand#160;
-Private Streetsand#160;
-Planning for Stormwaterand#160;
-Open Space and Green Infrastructureand#160;
-Other Public Facilities Required in Subdivisionsand#160;
-Subdivision Review Processand#160;
-Paying for Public Improvementsand#160;
-Exactionsand#160;
-Site Planningand#160;
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Chapter 13. Controlling When and Where Development Takes Place
-Growth Management Programs
-APF Controls
-Phased-Growth Programs
-Rate-of-Growth Programs
-Urban Growth and Urban Service Area Boundaries
-Annexation
-Smart Growth
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Chapter 14. Deciding When and Where to Build New Public Facilities
-Policy and Political Issues
-Link between CIP and Planning
-Sustainability, or Shaping Growth to Fit the Plan
-Adoption of CIPs
-Conclusion
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Chapter 15. Fitting the Plans Together: The Regional Perspective
-The Government Context
-The Challenge and the Opportunityand#160;
-Regional Planning in the United States
-Municipal Planning and Zoning beyond Municipal Boundaries
-Other Legislative Modelsand#160;
-A Note on Larger Regions: Megapolitans and Othersand#160;
-Conclusion
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Chapter 16. Planning for Parks, Open Space, and Green Infrastructure
-Classification of Open Lands
-Agricultural Land
-The Value of Open Space
-Planning for All Open Space Needs
-Ownership and Acquisition of Open Space
-Conclusion
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PART IV. Plans for Special Topics or Areas
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Chapter 17. Planning for Particular Geographic Areas
-Neighborhood Plans
-District or Sector Plans
-Downtown Plans
-Historic District Plans
-Plans for Agricultural and Sensitive Environmental Areas
-Plans for Other Types of Districts
-Plans for Major Road Corridors and Gateways
-The Planning Process for Specific Areas
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Chapter 18. Planning for Renewal and Revitalization
-The Need for Renewal
-Large-Scale Renewal Effortsand#160;
-Publicand#150;Private Partnerships
-Common Areas Targeted for Revitalization
-Issues
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Chapter 19. Planning for Natural Hazards and Community Safety
-Creating Safer Public Places
-Designing Streets to Facilitate Emergency Response
-Addressing Risks from Nature
-Conclusion
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Chapter 20. Planning for Housing
-Housing Supply and Demand
-The Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act
-Effect of Financing, Tax, and Highway Policies
-The Role of Local Government
-Local and State Affordable Housing Programs
-Conclusion
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Chapter 21. Planning for Jobs
-Principles of Economic Developmentand#160;
-The Context for Economic Developmentand#160;
-An Economic Development Plan
-Opportunities in Small Businessand#160;
-Implementation Strategiesand#160;
-Economic Development and Comprehensive Planningand#160;
-Sustainable Economic Developmentand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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PART V. The Planning Profession
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Chapter 22. Planning Ethics and Valuesand#160;
-Valuesand#160;
-Ethicsand#160;
-Applying These Principlesand#160;
-Other Ethical Principlesand#160;
-Conclusionand#160;
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Chapter 23. Becoming a Planner or Planning Commission Member
-What Makes a Good Planner
-Serving on a Planning Commissionand#160;
-Conclusion
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Acknowledgmentsand#160;
Notesand#160;
Bibliographyand#160;
Index