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Planning for a New Century: The Regional Agenda,Used
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Across the United States, issues such as sustainability, smart growth, and livable communities are making headlines. Planning for a New Century brings together leading thinkers in the fields of planning, urban design, education, welfare, and housing to examine those issues and to consider the ways in which public policies have helped createand can help solvemany of the problems facing our communities.Each chapter identifies issues, provides background, and offers specific policy suggestions for federal, state, and local initiatives. Topics examined include: the relation of existing growth management policies to social equity, as well as how regional growth management measures can make new development more sustainable how an obscure technical procedure in highway design becomes a de facto regional plan ways in which local governments can promote environmental preservation and betterdesigned communities by rewriting local zoning and subdivision ordinances why alleviating housing shortages and slum conditions has resulted in a lack of affordable housing, and how that problem can be solved how business improvement districts can make downtowns cleaner, safer, and more welcoming to workers and visitorsIn addition, the book features chapters on public safety, education, and welfare reform that include proposals that will help make regional growth management easier as innercity crime is reduced, schools are improved, and concentrations of extreme poverty are eliminated.Planning for the New Century brings together current academic research with pressing public policy concerns, and will be a useful resource for policymakers at all levels of government, for planners and architects, and for students and scholars of urban planning and design, and urban studies.
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- Q: What topics does 'Planning for a New Century: The Regional Agenda' cover? A: The book examines sustainability, smart growth, and livable communities, discussing public policies related to urban planning, social equity, environmental preservation, housing shortages, and crime reduction.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Planning for a New Century: The Regional Agenda' is Jonathan Barnett.
- Q: What is the condition of the book? A: The book is listed as a used book in good condition.
- Q: How many pages does this book have? A: This book contains 232 pages.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'Planning for a New Century' published? A: The book was published on December 1, 2000.
- Q: Is this book suitable for students of urban planning? A: Yes, the book is a useful resource for students and scholars of urban planning and design.
- Q: What are some of the policy suggestions made in the book? A: The book offers specific policy suggestions for federal, state, and local initiatives related to growth management, environmental preservation, and housing.
- Q: How does this book address issues of social equity? A: The book examines the relation of existing growth management policies to social equity and discusses how policies can be improved to enhance equity.
- Q: Can this book help policymakers? A: Yes, 'Planning for a New Century' integrates academic research with public policy concerns, making it valuable for policymakers at all levels.