Definition Of Planning Flashcards
Is deliberate, organized and continuous process of identifying different elements and aspects of the environment
Planning
Refers to the scientific, orderly, and aesthetic disposition of land, buildings, resources and facilities
URP
Is the unified development of urban communities and their environs and of states, regions, and the nation as a whole
URP
Is an art of anticipating change, and arbitrating between the economic, social, political and physical forces
URP
The making of an orderly sequence of action that will lead to the achievement of stated goals
Planning
The art and science of ordering the use of land and siting of buildings and communication routes
Town planning
An attempt to formulate the principles that should guide us in creating a civilized physical background for human life
Town planning
Concerned with providing the right site, at the right time, in the right place, for the right people
Town planning
Rationale of town and country planning
• it would avoid unnecessary implementation expenditures
• it would enable the area to have a rational and sound basis
• it would serve as the basis for enacting a zoning ordinance
• it allows the introduction of new trends in planning and management of territories
• it ensures the development would take a sustainable path
• the plan will facilitate the sourcing of funds
Creating livable human spaces and natural communities
Place making
Goals of planning
• efficiency
• effectiveness
• ecology
• equity
• empowerment of people
Efficiency generic strategy
Engineering & entrepreneurial innovation
Effectiveness generic strategy
Enforcement & policies
Ecology generic strategy
Equilibrium and balance
Equity generic strategy
Evenhandedness
Empowerment of people generic strategy
Education & engagement of many sectors
Some shifts of modern planning
• before, “ top-down”; now “bottom-up”
• before open participation; now focused participation
• before all-inclusive; now strategic
Attributes of planning process
• science and art
• multi-disciplinary
• comprehensive
• dynamic
• continuous / iterative
• participatory
• cyclic/spiral
• time bound
Requires quantifiable tools as well as subjective creativity
Science and art
Requires the expertise of various disciplines; economics; engineering;
Multi-disciplinary
Covers all aspects of man/women and his/her environment
Comprehensive
Changes overtime, technological change
Dynamic
Plan is prepared, approved, implemented
Continuous
Values the engagement
Participatory