Considering Residents' Needs in Planning for Higher Density Housing
by Clare Cooper Marcus
--- Housing people at higher densities than in traditional single-family subdivisions requires careful consideration of residents' needs -- especially when it comes to open space and parking.
--- Hundreds of residents of Brunswick, Maine participated in a four-day "charrette" designed to lay the groundwork for the community's new comprehensive plan. Three of the key players in this event describe just what happened.
The Effective Planning Commissioner:
Starting Out the New Year on the Right Foot
--- Elaine Cogan explains why patience, persistence, and passion are three important -- though hard to quantify -- measures of your effectiveness as a planning commissioner.
Talking Transportation:
Transportation Plans: An Overview
--- Greg Dale debuts his new column on the basics of transportation planning. Greg starts off with an overview of the transportation planning process.
The Planning Commission At Work:
The Nature of Planning
--- Just why is planning important? Michael Chandler takes aim at this most fundamental question -- in under 1,000 words.
--- Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council is the United States Supreme Court's most important recent land use law decision. Attorneys Dwight Merriam and Thomas Cody discuss what the Lucas case involved, and explore its significance to planners.
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