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Regional Planning in America - Practice and Prospect (Paperback)
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Regional Planning in America - Practice and Prospect (Paperback)
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We live in regions--territories defined primarily by function and
only rarely by jurisdiction. The places where we work, live, shop,
recreate, and socialize constitute a territory that seldom
corresponds to a single town or city. Regional planning is
concerned less with the exercise of jurisdiction and more with the
search for new forms of habitation based on a clear commitment to
advancing sustainability. The state of our world and the realities
of contemporary daily life make the case for robust regional
planning. With regional planning practice in the United States
settling into a new century, challenges communities and
institutions face require boundary-crossing collaboration.For
future sustainability, regional planning in America will need to
make "region ethic" a tool for planners, communities and
institutions to address issues affecting their shared geographic
territories. The primary objective for future planners will be to
first, define the region by analyzing the common set of physical
attributes and economic concerns. Then organize the region, as
specialized community organizers acting through many levels of
governance to affect sustainable development of mega-regions.The
contributors suggest that planners in the twenty-first century will
need to understand local issues in a regional and global context.
They must be adept at defining planning regions based on functional
planning problems; capable of reaching across boundaries to assess,
identify, and act on common cause; and able to navigate the
currents of power to create the lasting relationships and
institutions needed to implement plans. Regional planning practices
can address challenges urban and rural communities face achieving
sustainability through green regionalism.The editors call for a
"region ethic" that will advance the sustainability of the regions
on which our existence will depend. The region ethic is a call to
recognize the central interdependencies that make our inhabitation
of cities and landscapes possible. This book seeks to assist a new
generation of practitioners in understanding the roots,
underpinnings, and applications of regional planning in America
today, and the prospects for its practice in the future.
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