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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"comprehensive planning"”.
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Comprehensive Planning Elements for the City of Moulton, Texas
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Comprehensive planning and collaborative action : neighborhood coalitions in Boston
… of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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Evolving Concepts of the Public Interest in Comprehensive Planning
… yet contested, concept in the field of planning. On the one hand, it offers a normative criterion against which planning decisions can be evaluated and is traditionally viewed as the source from which planners derive their authority. However, the precise nature of the concept is fiercely …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Public Participation: Comprehensive Planning in San Marcos, TX
In the field of urban planning, there has been much discussion of the relative effectiveness of different participation methods; however, there is little research on the overall value contributed by the public. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of public participation in urban planning by …
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The Use of Organizational Learning Feedback Loops in the Practice of Planning: Citizen Participation and Virginia's Urban Development Area Comprehensive Plan Requirement
… mandated to update their respective comprehensive plans to include Urban Development Areas. The completion of the Urban Development Area comprehensive plan requirement was complicated by uneven application and codification of the legislative mandate. In 2012, the Urban Development …
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Stewarding planning with community schools
This report makes the case that the planning profession should stop overlooking and siloing planning for K-12 schools. Schools impact planners’ work. APA members have been trying to end the siloed approach to school planning for some time. A review of school planning matters shows that the best …
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Is Florida's Growth Management Act protecting agricultural lands?
… in 1985, which among other things required local comprehensive planning and that it be consistent with a state plan of policies and objectives. While the GMA has been the subject of much scrutiny, little empirical research has been conducted specifically in regards to the loss of agricultural …
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Saint Barbara: a Roman Catholic Church
… because it has been victimized by a lack of comprehensive planning. The complex is composed of a bell tower, baptistry, Sunday school, sanctuary, outdoor funeral chapel, cemetery, and parking area. The church of Saint Barbara addresses the dichotomy of human existence as both spiritual and …
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Uncommon ground : property, coordination, and rebuilding New Orleans
… a careful balance between property rights and comprehensive planning is required. The fate of several neighborhoods hangs in the balance. What will it take to recapture the value these neighborhoods once held? Specifically, will the market arrive at a solution or is government intervention …
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Land Use Planning after a Natural Disaster
… ten years or more. Many contend that recovery planning can be ordered, knowable, and predictable and that the destruction of buildings and displacement of the population provide an opportunity to build back better. This thesis examines the complexity of recovery through the lens of land use …
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The Status and Sustainability of Acequias on the Lower Rio Chama River, New Mexico
… and land to both urban and exurban development. Planning techniques are utilized to ascertain the status of acequias on the lower Rio Chama River, New Mexico, with the data applied to developing a model plan for the sustainable development of the Abiquiu area. A comparison of water rights and …
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The greening of community development : an analysis of ecological restoration and neighborhood planning in the Fenway
… of Boston, Massachusetts. Separate community planning initiatives to protect the urban watershed and promote a community development vision have improved the physical conditions of the Fenway neighborhood, but have failed to address long-term solutions to restoring a healthy and vibrant urban …
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Projections, politics, and practice in regional planning : a case study of MetroFuture
This thesis describes the comprehensive planning effort undertaken by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in the Boston area. This effort engaged over 4,000 of the area's residents between 2002 and 2009 and produced a new vision and action plan for the region entitled 'MetroFuture,' Without …
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Understanding the Role of Planning in a Case Study of the Amish Community in Webster County, Missouri
… such a community and adopt strategies including comprehensive plans to determine methods for addressing these needs. Alternatives such as zoning, subdivision regulations, and site design review are some of the main tools available to implement comprehensive planning. This thesis provides …
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Optimal Planning of Microgrid-Integrated Battery Energy Storage
… size, it is found that there are mainly three planning parameters that impact the BES performance, including the BES integration configuration, technology, and depth of discharge.</p> <p>In this dissertation, the impact of each one of these parameters on the microgrid-integrated BES planning …
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A microcomputer model for assessing the relative risks and vulnerabilities of streets and jurisdictions to the shipment of hazardous materials
The comprehensive planning of transportation systems resource allocations and operating regulations so as to minimize the danger to localities from hazardous materials shipments is a growing concern among transportation planners. Standing in their way are a number of difficulties inherent in the …
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Rural Planning and Zoning Adoption in the United States
Planning literature in the United States focuses heavily on urban centers. However, the 2000 Census considers one-fifth of America's population to be rural. To adequately plan for this portion of the American population requires an understanding of the strengths and barriers to planning in rural …
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Re-envisioning the Indian city : informality and temporality Sabrina Kleinenhammans.
… current development schemes project Western-planning concepts onto Indian cities despite the fact that these models do not relate to the specific cultural and socioeconomic context of Indian societies. This approach does not provide what is needed: an "inclusive" city, responsive to the …
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Umkhosi Womhlanga (Reed Dance) as a tourism enterprise in KwaZulu-Natal: Perceptions, policies and practices
… socio-economic benefits for the local community. Comprehensive planning and management are essential tools for hosting successful events. Event organizers or managers require extensive knowledge, skills, good intuition and an eye for beauty in the planning and management of special events. These …
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Accessibility-based transit planning
A method for evaluating transit planning proposals using accessibility metrics is advanced in this research. A transit-accessibility model is developed intended for use by in-house transit agency planning staff as a preliminary project design and evaluation tool. It relies on readily available …
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