Plan Quality Evaluation 1994–2012

Lyles, Ward; Stevens, Mark R.

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“…Since a comprehensive plan is a process and tool used to guide communities' future land use decisions, seeking to balance development pressure with preservation for long-term economic health and quality of life, it includes all land in its regulatory jurisdiction and also consider all physical developments of the community [30]. Thus, we evaluate each community's comprehensive plan to determine the extent to which local policies contribute to reducing vacancy and vulnerability by districts, following well-established plan content analysis procedures [46]. First, each vacancy related policy is classified by planning districts if the policy reduces/increases the vulnerability and obtains +1/−1 score.…”

Section: Comprehensive Plan Evaluation By Planning Districtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans to Vacancy Issue in a Growing and Shrinking City

2019

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Vacant and/or abandoned properties exist in every city regardless of whether they are growing or shrinking, and the properties are not always a bad thing, and all underutilized land does not have to be developed. Some types of vacant land are unused but can be productive. Some may have natural resource value for inhabitants and provide green space such as parks space or green infrastructure. Once a city has too much vacant land, it may reflect a long cycle of depopulation and economic downturn. So, a lot of vacant lots is of concern in shrinking cities to change them into a valued commodity. In contrast, insufficient vacant land might hinder future growth and development. Since the vacant land can be a potential opportunity or threat to spur economic development, it is critical to understand vacancy pattern and its drivers and create appropriate policies for each city. By doing so, it would be possible to find the most effective land supply usage for cities having different characteristics and patterns of vacancy. Therefore, this study compares the pattern primary factors of vacancy of a growing city, Fort Worth and shrinking city, Chicago and evaluate whether each city has established planning policies for reducing negative effects and increasing efficient usages. The findings show that transportation and physical factors are strong determinants of the vacancy in a shrinking city, while socioeconomic conditions tend to influence more powerful on increasing vacant properties in a growing city. Furthermore, the outcomes of plan evaluation indicate that the vacancy pattern and its primary factors are grasped and handled firmly in Fort Worth.

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Section: Comprehensive Plan Evaluation By Planning Districtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans to Vacancy Issue in a Growing and Shrinking City

2019

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“…Planning goals and their impact in terms of costs and benefits were crucial in the selection among planning alternatives (Faludi, 1987;Voogd, 1997;Khakee, 1998). Performance as a concept is also used in the appraisal of the impact of the content and design of a plan on decision-making and governance (Berke & Godschalk, 2009;Lyles & Stevens, 2014). With the shift from exclusive interest on plans to the planning process, performance not only referred to the quality of planned interventions but also about how planning process emulated shared values among participants, community learning of development perspectives and institutional capital (Healey, 1997;Albrechts & Balducci, 2013).…”

Section: Evaluating Strategic Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating strategic metropolitan planning in Bari and Taranto

Grassini

Monno

Khakee

2018

European Planning Studies

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Following the Italian Government's decision to fund strategic planning in order to promote a sustainable and competitive development in city-regions in southern Italy, the regional governments were asked to steer proactively strategic planning initiatives within their respective territory. In the cases of Bari and Taranto, it was the first time that 31 municipalities constituting Metropolitan Bari and 28 municipalities constituting sub-region Taranto attempted to think collectively in order to prepare the strategic plan. This paper evaluates strategic planning in Bari and Taranto sub-regions and discusses lessons learnt for future efforts in strategic planning. We examine why were the strategic plans made and how was the planning process organized and what, if any, impact these attempts had on development strategies and governance models at the urban-regional level.

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“…Smart growth has also become a frequent metric in studies of plan quality (Brody, Carrasco, and Highfield 2006;Berke and Godschalk 2009;Lyles and Stevens 2014). Smart growth has also become a frequent metric in studies of plan quality (Brody, Carrasco, and Highfield 2006;Berke and Godschalk 2009;Lyles and Stevens 2014).…”

Section: Conceptualizing the Policy Focus Of Contemporary Local Comprmentioning

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Planning Consultants’ Influence on Local Comprehensive Plans

Loh

Norton

2015

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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Many planners work at private consulting firms, and many local governments use their services, but we have little idea of how consultant involvement affects plans. Analyzing data from a survey of local officials who engage planning consultants, we find that while engaging consultants does not appear to nudge local officials in a policy direction different from their preferences, it does appear to yield plans with a policy focus more oriented toward smart growth. This raises questions about the kind and degree of consultants' impact on the legitimacy of the planning process.

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Plan Quality Evaluation 1994–2012

Cited by 172 publications

References 73 publications

Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans to Vacancy Issue in a Growing and Shrinking City

Evaluation of Local Comprehensive Plans to Vacancy Issue in a Growing and Shrinking City

Evaluating strategic metropolitan planning in Bari and Taranto

Planning Consultants’ Influence on Local Comprehensive Plans

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