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Land Use Planning Part 2 2012
Land Use Planning Part 2 2012
Land Use Planning Part 2 2012
What is land use planning? Land use planning is the step-by-step assessment of land and water, alternatives for land use, and economic and social conditions in order to choose and use the best solutions. What are the goals of land use planning? To benefit people and the environment Efficiency Equity and Acceptability Sustainability
When is land use planning useful? When the people accept the changes to the land When you have the ability to make the plan happen Who should be involved in land use planning? Land Users Decision Makers Planning Team
Transit-oriented design - plans that put walking communities close to public transportation like trains or buses Mixed-use strategies - development of many types of building and services close together, so people dont have to use cars City Growth Boundaries - putting a border around the city of trees and plants so the city doesnt get too big
Development - trying to put people in a village, town or city in a more efficient way
Greenways
Agricultural Land Protection - protecting the land that gives us food or clothes Brownfield Redevelopment - turning land that is empty or polluted into land that can be used
Question
What
types of land use planning might be useful for communities in Burma? Along the border? In Thailand? Think of some specific examples.
In the 1960s, many people were moving to Curitiba for work, and the city was becoming crowded Additionally, the slums, or poorest areas of the city, were growing and people were in need of proper food, shelter, transportation and education A planning team, led by a university student, came together to think of how the city could grow in a way that would be good for people and the environment