{"product_id":"community-planning-an-introduction-to-the-comprehensive-plan-second-edition-9781597265539","title":"Community Planning: An Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan  Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces community planning as practiced in the United States  focusing on the comprehensive plan. Sometimes known by other namesespecially master plan or general planthe type of plan described here is the predominant form of general governmental planning in the U.S. Although many government agencies make plans for their own programs or facilities  the comprehensive plan is the only planning document that considers multiple programs and that accounts for activities on all land located within the planning area  including both public and private property.  Written by a former president of the American Planning Association  Community Planning is thorough  specific  and timely. It addresses such important contemporary issues as sustainability  walkable communities  the role of urban design in public safety  changes in housing needs for a changing population  and multi-modal transportation planning. Unlike competing books  it addresses all of these topics in the context of the local comprehensive plan.  There is a broad audience for this book: planning students  practicing planners  and individual citizens who want to better understand local planning and land use controls. Boxes at the end of each chapter explain how professional planners and individual citizens  respectively  typically engage the issues addressed in the chapter. For all readers  Community Planning provides a pragmatic view of the comprehensive plan  clearly explained by a respected authority.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256757051445,"sku":"ByrdShop_1597265535","price":55.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781597265539.jpg?v=1779897263","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/community-planning-an-introduction-to-the-comprehensive-plan-second-edition-9781597265539","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}