APA Your Association Advancing Your Priorities
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Planning and You
What is planning?
Helps guide how a community grows and develops
U.S. population expected to reach 400 million
by 2043.
Considers all resident needs
Looks at the “big picture”
What are the community’s current and future
needs?
Examines issues from all angles
Social, environmental, hazard, physical
What is planning?
Planning is comprehensive and
community-focused, and enables
greater choices for residents.
Let’s look at how planning
impacts you.
How do you get to school or
work?
Do you:
Drive (solo or car pool)
Take the bus or train (mass transit)
Walk
Bicycle
Other
Where do you live?
Do you live in an:
Urban setting
Suburban neighborhood
Rural community
What is your residence?
Stand-alone home
Apartment
Condominium
Town house
Other
Planning gives you choices.
Where you want to live
How you want to commute
The type of house you live in
Where you play or spend your
leisure time
Planning benefits your community
Maintains neighborhood character
Reduces environmental impacts
Provides protection from natural and man-made
disasters
Preserves parks and open space
Helps determine where buildings, businesses,
homes, and roads will be located (or sited)
Who are planners?
Professionally educated and trained
Visionaries with a comprehensive view
Ability to address the challenges of growth and
change within a community
Many achieve certification and advanced specialty
certification
By the American Planning Association’s
professional institute, the American Institute of
Certified Planners (AICP)
Planners address challenges
Housing affordability
Commute times
Obesity
Pollution and air quality
Safety concerns
Sustainability
Some planning tools
Comprehensive plan
Guides overall community growth and
development
Zoning
Classifying land uses into different ‘zones’
Design standards
Set of guidelines regarding the architectural
appearance of a building
Graphic Information System (GIS)
Computer-based system for generating maps
Think of Google Earth
Learn more about planning
Attend local planning commission meetings
Follow planning stories in your community
Read planning books
Explore planning as a career choice
Join the American Planning Association (APA)
American Planning Association
(APA)
Membership and education organization
Represents more than 40,000 members
nationwide:
Professionals, business leaders, elected officials,
citizens, students, educators
Advocates for good planning practices
In communities, legislatures, and courts
Encourages engaging the entire community in
planning decisions
National Community
Planning Month
Annual celebration in October
Celebrates the benefits of
planning in our communities.
Increases awareness about the
importance and need for planners
and planning.
This year’s theme is “Health and
Prosperity”
Visit: www.planning.org/ncpm
Examples of planning in [town
name]
Example 1 (add picture if available)
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Resources
APA www.planning.org
Association Collegiate Schools of Planning
www.acsp.org
Local planning department [include link information]
[Local APA chapter]
Resources
Suggested reading:
Citizens Guide to Planning (4th ed.)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by
Jane Jacobs
High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup
Smart Growth in a Changing World by Jonathan
Barnett
True Urbanism by Mark Hinshaw
Visit APAPlanningBooks.com for more titles
Contact
American Planning Association (APA)
312.431.9100
[email protected]
www.planning.org