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ch_5_the_city_plans1.pptxThe City Plans: Urban Planning
Origins & Evolution of City Planning
A designed response to health problems associated with urbanization
Air pollution - manufacturing
Water pollution- no water treatment
Born out of landscape architecture and the City Beautiful movement
The first nationally recognized city plan was The Chicago Plan of 1909.
The Chicago Plan: Daniel Burnham
The Plan focused on six major physical elements:
Improving the lakefront
Developing a highway system
Improving the freight and passenger rail systems
Acquisition of an outer park system
Arranging systematic streets
Creation of a civic center of cultural intuitions and government
The Need for Planning
Planners think BIG PICTURE!
Interconnectedness
Cause & effect - Land use decisions affect social, educational, economic, and fiscal conditions.
Complexity
Big places require transparency
Systems that span many communities and lots of $$
Traditional Planning
Planning is a formalized and distinct process of government
Planning Department
Planning functions incorporated within another government entity
Scope & Scale
The size of the community determines the amount and type of planning support
National, State, Regional, County, City, Neighborhood
Where Do Planners work?
Public sector/government
Nonprofit/Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Community Development Corporations (CDC)
Private sector companies
Planning firm
Entrepreneurial Planners
New Trends & Skills
Specific Concerns of Planning
Administration of land use decisions for the public good
Location of business, housing, schools
Role of the Planner
Planner as informed advisor
Planning specialties
Community Quality of Life Indicators
Successful Planners
Are acutely aware of the political environment
Communicate well – verbally, in writing, and visually
The power of persuasion for the public good
Planner as a citizen/Citizen as a Planner
Planning Issues of the Future
Sustainability (environment)
Housing
Water, Air & Energy
Transportation
Land-use versus Form-based
Assignment for Monday, March 27
Research City Planning departments (local > international). Select one example of a community’s MASTER PLAN that captures your interest.
Describe your selected MASTER PLAN:
Name of the area that this Master Plan covers,
The approved date and date range the plan is for,
Link to the MASTER PLAN document,
What elements of the community it plans for.
This should be about 300 words (about ½ to 1 page). Submit your research to the assignment link called Master Plans.
