Guidelines for Preparing Urban Plans - 9781884829079

Taylor & Francis

Guidelines for Preparing Urban PlansAuthor(s): Larz Anderson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: American Planning Association\nISBN-13: 9781884829079, 978-1884829079\nSynopsis\nWhile many authors have written about what urban plans should contain and how they should be used, this comprehensive book leads you step by step through the entire plan preparation process.\n\nCiting examples from across the country, Larz Anderson shows how to prepare, review, adopt, and implement urban plans. He explains how to identify public needs and desires, analyze existing problems and opportunities, and augment long-range general plans with short-range district and function plans.\n\nAnderson presents these guidelines as tasks. For each task, he explains the rationale behind it, recommends a procedure for completing it, and identifies the expected results. Throughout, Anderson encourages improvisation ? he urges planners to adapt the guidelines to meet loca.