1st Edition
The Planners Guide to CommunityViz The Essential Tool for a New Generation of Planning
By Doug Walker
Copyright 2011
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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What does the future look like? Planners wrestle with this question daily as they strive to bring a community's vision of itself to life, in all its complexity. Here is an authoritative and accessible guide to a tool that combines 3-D visualization, data analysis and scenario building to let planners and citizens see the future impacts of a plan or development. The Planners Guide to CommunityViz... Read more
Introduction: Communities, Planning, and CommunityViz Part 1 Foundations 1 Getting Started 2 Technical Needs and Data Resources for CommunityViz 3 Planning Study Design Guidelines 4 Custom Impact Models and Analysis 5 Three-Dimensional Scenes 6 Getting the Most from 3-D Part 2 Visioning, Values and Growth Projections 7 Visioning 8 Growth Projections 9 Value Mapping and Special Places Part 3 Making Plans 10 Local Comprehensive Plans 11 Regional Land-Use and Transportation Plans 12 Site Selection and Assessment 13 Resource Plans Part 4 Reviewing Regulations and Development Proposals 14 Analyzing Zoning Regulations 15 Cost-of-Services Analyses 16 Design Review and Form-Based Codes Part 5 Communicating and Interacting 17 Public Meetings, Presentations, and Charrettes 18 Reports, Displays, and Websites 19 Beyond Planning Projects Appendix 1 When and How to Get Help Appendix 2 Data Management Appendix 3 Performance Appendix 4 Data Sources Appendix 5 CommunityViz Features
Biography
Doug Walker is president and principal of Placeways in Boulder, Colorado.
Tom Daniels is a professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania.
