1. Plans and Planning Plan: A detailed scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of an objective.

2. Types of Plans Financial Wedding Event Estate Military Kitchen

3. Definition Planning: The process of preparing a detailed scheme……..to accomplish an objective. Planning is future-oriented and comprehensive. It seeks to link knowledge and action in ways that improve the quality of public and private development decisions affecting people and places. Planning embraces visionary and utopian thinking, yet also recognizes that the implementation of plans requires the reconciliation of present realities.

4. Purpose of Urban Planning Promote the public good; Help meet human needs in a manner that enhances the quality and distribution of resources in the physical, social and economic environment; and Advocate an open, informed and inclusive public decision making process to reach rational decisions.

5. History Lake Dwellers Rome Paris Barcelona Washington, DC Chicago, IL

6. Rome

7. Paris

8. Washington, DC

9. Chicago, IL

10. Traditional Themes Land Use Environment Transportation Economic Development Housing Infrastructure

11. Land Use Map

12. Environment

13. Transportation

14. Economic Development

15. Housing

16. Infrastructure

17. Early Approaches Dealt largely with how to create a healthy, attractive, efficient, and safe community. Focused on forms, patterns, locations, and interrelationships of streets, public and private building sites, parks and recreation areas, shopping and industrial districts, etc. Explored closely related legal and social issues like public control of land use and building height, bulk, and housing standards.

18. Modern Approaches Embraces virtually all aspects of urban public administration: Environmental protection Economic development Crime prevention Conflict resolution Prevention of gender, racial, ethnic, and age discrimination

19. Current Examples Portland, OR Boulder, CO Teton County, WY Davis, CA

20. Portland, OR

21. Boulder, CO

22. Teton County, WY

23. Davis, CA

24. Traditional Planning Process Rational Planning Applies rational decisionmaking to planning process Typical elements: goal setting, Identification of policy alternatives, Evaluation of means against ends, and Implementation of decisions with feedback loops and repetition of steps

25. Rational Planning Process Formulation of goals and objectives Identification and design of major alternatives Prediction of consequences of each alternative Evaluation of consequences in relation to desired objectives and values Decision based on information provided in the preceding steps Implementation of decision Feedback and assessment of results

26. Requirements for Rational Planning Well defined problem Alternatives to consider Baseline information Complete information about the consequences of each alternative Information about the values and preferences of citizens  Adequate time, skill, and resources.

27. Alternatives Incremental Push and pull approach “Satisficing” Advocacy Social justice Radical Grass roots

28. Legal Issues Status of the plan Relationship of the plan and the zoning ordinance Jurisdictions

29. Problems Scale Participation Representation Equity Sustainability Economy Natural systems Politics Values