The Citizen's Guide to Planning

Offers solutions to the planning problems. This title includes chapters that address the challenges of planning for a sustainable world. It is suitable for citizen activists wanting to influence planning decisions in their communities, citizens appointed to planning boards, and newly elected officials facing difficult planning-related decisions.

For decades, community activists, bureaucrats, and even elected officials have consulted the pages of "The Citizen's Guide to Planning" for solutions to their planning problems. Now in its fourth edition, the volume has been completely rewritten for the twenty-first century with new chapters that address the challenges of planning for a sustainable world. Like its predecessors, this new edition is aimed at nonprofessionals and offers a broad-ranging general introduction to the field. The volume's easy-to-read language and organization make it ideal for answering specific questions as they arise in meetings. The authors have maintained favorite sections - such as the list of key planning law cases and the full text of APA ethical considerations - and have provided readers with new chapters emphasizing energy conservation, energy generation, and land-use efficiency. This volume is ideal for citizen activists wanting to influence planning decisions in their communities, citizens appointed to planning boards, and newly elected officials facing difficult planning-related decisions.

1 Why Plan?
2 Navigating the Planning Landscape
3 The Comprehensive Plan
4 What Are We Trying to Achieve?
5 Putting the Plan to Work-Implementation
6 The Plan in Action-The Application Review Process
7 The Law of Planning
8 Behaving Yourself- Introduction
9 Conclusion Being a Leader