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来源

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION,Vol.84,Issue1,P.21-32

语言

英文

关键字

plan evaluation; plan making; plan quality; plan quality evaluation; LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; BRITISH-COLUMBIA; CLIMATE-CHANGE; UNITED-STATES; IMPLEMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRINCIPLES; MANAGEMENT; MANDATES

作者单位

[Guyadeen, Dave] Dalhousie Univ, Sch Planning, Halifax, NS, Canada. Guyadeen, D (reprint author), Dalhousie Univ, Sch Planning, Halifax, NS, Canada. E-Mail: dave.guyadeen@dal.ca

摘要

Problem, research strategy, and findings : Researchers have developed conceptual consensus on core plan characteristics that contribute to plan quality, but rarely assess how practitioners view plan quality. I explore how Canadian planners view the characteristics thought to create quality plans. I asked planners in 290 municipalities across southern Ontario (Canada) their view of the importance of plan quality and asked that they identify additional plan quality characteristics, rate the influence of various plan characteristics, and explain why they omitted certain characteristics in their official plans. I find that practitioners valued quality plans because they facilitate implementation and help inspire the community while adding credibility and legitimacy to planning processes and the planning profession. Planners did not value all plan elements equally; they felt that clear and enforceable polices were crucial, but that it was less important to report participation in plan preparation or discuss monitoring or interorganizational cooperation in the official plan. Planners did not always include important plan quality elements in their official plans because they lacked sufficient resources to prepare comprehensive plans and rarely significantly updated older plans. These case study findings may not be generalizable to other jurisdictions in Canada or internationally, but still offer useful insights. Takeaway for practice : Scholars should ensure that planning practitioners have a key role in shaping understanding of plan quality. Academics and practitioners should work together to create reflective practitioners who use plan quality characteristics to guide them as they create or update plans. The profession needs to better train current and future planners on how to prepare and evaluate quality plans through improvements in planning curricula and professional development courses offered by the American Planning Association and the Canadian Institute of Planners.