GEOG434 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Placemaking, Clean Power Plan, American Planning Association

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG434
• Professor: Barnes Philip

Document Summary

Creating a better future (or, make planning great again): planning with sustainability. Extremely forward thinking- trying to direct the course of the future over long time frames -(either to avoid socio-economic and environmental problems and inequalities or amplify positive effects) Establish development goals and objectives around the three e framework. More subject areas (economics, transport, land-use, energy, housing, food, climate change, environment, public health, equity , placemaking, governance) Seeing relationships between the subject areas (holistic view) Accommodate population growth (through births or migrations) as well as population declining (rust belt cities) Avoid negative impacts especially with respect to the three e framework (environmental degradation, economic decline, and inequities) Amplify positive effects, with emphasis on co-benefits (for instance a cleaner environment improves public health) To protect the public"s health, safety, and general welfare . When we can clearly predict the undesirable consequences of maintaining the status quo, especially thinking about the long term.