FEATURES |
Creating Vital Communities: Planning for Our Aging Society
by Deborah Howe
--- Planning for an aging society means planning for people -- and providing a built environment that is adaptable enough to meet the changing needs of people as they age.
Community Aesthetics & The Establishment of City and Regional Planning in America
by Laurence C. Gerckens
--- Historian Larry Gerckens explains how city plan commissions were formed in response to the "City Beautiful Movement" and turn-of-the-century America's belief in the value of improving the quality of the physical environment.
DEPARTMENTS |
The Effective Planning Commissioner:
Dealing With Difficult People Requires Finesse
--- Are your planning commission meetings attended by accusers, attackers, gossip-spreaders, hair-splitters, old-timers, or yakkers? Elaine Cogan gives some tips on how you can deal effectively with each of these types.
The Planning Commission At Work:
The Words Sounded Familiar
--- Michael Chandler introduces you to his column -- to appear regularly in the Planning Commissioners Journal.
Planning Law Primer:
Zoning for Aesthetics
by Christopher J. Duerksen, Esq.
--- Attorney Christopher Duerksen examines zoning for aesthetics, and offers some guidance for communities thinking of drafting aesthetic-based regulations.
Insights:
Rearranging the Deck Chairs
by Frank Bryan
--- Planners are wasting their time in focusing on aesthetics, according to Frank Bryan in this issue's Insights column.
News & Notes:
--- Basics of the new federal transportation law.--- A manual on planning for lakes.