Planning is an important avenue to community emergency preparedness. The practice of emergency response planning is best thought of as a process - a continuing sequence of analyses, plan development, ...

Mayor Abraham Beame (foreground) with President Carter in the South Bronx in 1977. It was in 1975, during Beame’s tenure as mayor, that the city’s Uniform Land Use Procedure, or ULURP, was created.

The planning process included three sequential phases—Understand, Explore, and Realize. This rigorous process identified pressing campus and urban issues, analyzed facility assets, and conducted ...

Public participation is a cornerstone of city planning and a pillar of democracy. Everyone should have a voice in how decisions are made, especially in local government. In San Diego, city-sponsored ...

The Charter Review Commission appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, though initially focused on term limits and non-partisan elections, recently invited comments about the city's Uniform Land Use ...

Communities face several challenges and complex decisions related to natural hazards, which are increasingly exacerbated by climate change. Furthermore, the increased frequency of extreme weather ...

The community planning process in the city of San Diego is important because it allows the public to engage with land use and transportation decisions. The public must have confidence in the integrity ...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defined child-friendly cities as those that prioritize children’s access to safe environments, healthcare, education, green spaces, and the ...

Columbia will host a public meeting April 1 to gather community input for the Congaree Riverfront District master plan, a proposed 100-acre riverfront development.

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Goochland County’s Parks and Recreation Department announced that it is beginning its master plan process. The plan was put in place to recognize and address priorities, ...

Officials with the Kensington Planning Process-- a collaborative effort that includes residents, organizations and civic groups -- on Wednesday, shared an update on the ongoing effort and detailed how ...