The Effect of Mandated Planning on Plan Quality
| Autor: | Gene Bunnell, Edward J. Jepson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Protocol (science)
Engineering Process management business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Land-use planning Plan (drawing) Development Public relations Test (assessment) Urban Studies Urban planning Quality (business) Comprehensive planning Mandatory Programs business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Planning Association. 77:338-353 |
| ISSN: | 1939-0130 0194-4363 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01944363.2011.619951 |
| Popis: | Problem: What is a “good plan”? Among their key goals, plans aim to communicate, influence and engage. Persuasiveness (the ability to engage and motivate) is, therefore, an essential plan quality. Unfortunately, all too many comprehensive plans lack this important quality. In addition, state planning mandates intended to strengthen planning can instead worsen this shortcoming. Purpose: To develop a methodology to measure and compare the communicative and persuasive qualities of plans in states with and without planning mandates. Methods: A specially designed protocol was developed to measure the communicative and persuasive qualities of comprehensive plans. Plans of 20 municipalities in states with planning mandates were compared with those of 20 municipalities in states without planning mandates. Statistical analyses of the results were conducted using the Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney (U) test and simple t tests. Results and conclusions: Requiring local governments to prepare plans did not result in better plan... |
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