Planning and Community Development: A Guide for the 21st Century - Softcover

Tyler, Norman; Ward, Robert M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393732924 ISBN 13: 9780393732924

Verlag: W W NORTON & CO, 2010

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Two experienced educators offer a general introduction to planning, including the elements of the comprehensive plan, and the tools of plan implementation. Each chapter includes a continuing case study of Rivertown, a fictitious community used for planning exercises. Practical examples and case studies from across the United States supplement the text.

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Dr. Norman Tyler, AICP, is a professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Program at Eastern Michigan University and directed the program from 1992 to 2009. Tyler has degrees from the University of Michigan (B. Architecture, D. Architecture) and Michigan State University (PhD Urban and Regional Planning) and also has taught at the University of Michigan and Penn State University. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a registered architect. Tyler has served on the board of the Michigan Historic Preservation Network and the Michigan Association of Planning. An award-winning teacher, he has introduced many innovations, including the online Rivertown Simulation. He is the author of Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History Principles, and Practices (W.W. Norton & Company, 2000 and 2009).
Dr. Robert M. Ward holds an AB from Earlham College, an MA from Indiana University, and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He has been a cartographer and a recreation resource planning specialist with the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (U.S. Department of the Interior) and a soil scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and subsequently taught in the Department of Geography and Geology at Eastern Michigan University, where he initiated the undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Urban and Regional Planning. He has published articles on resources/environment/conservation, planning, and geography. Ward has held leadership offices on rural township and county planning commissions and also with a nationally accredited nonprofit land conservancy organization.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: W W NORTON & CO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0393732924
• ISBN 13: 9780393732924
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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