impacts of regional planning
Raising the Bar: creating benchmarks and measuring
success
John W. Rogers, Principal, Keystone Conservation Trust
Carlton Haywood, Director of Program Operations, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Are all our efforts simply the road to sprawl that's paved with good intentions? We need meaningful benchmarks and methods to measure success, and failure, of regional land use planning. This seminar will examine approaches to evaluating and explaining the social and environmental impacts of regional planning initiatives. Back
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Dollars and Common Sense: the economic benefits
of regional planning
Feather Houston (moderator), President, William
Penn Foundation
Paul Gottlieb, Associate Professor, Rutgers University, Department of Agricultural,
Food and Resource Economics
Christopher Jones, Vice President for Research for the Regional Plan Association
Sound regional planning offers the potential to help create jobs, expand,
keep and attract businesses, and sustain vibrant communities, while at the
same time promoting environmental protection and recreation values. This seminar
will explore the economic benefits regional planning can bring. Learn how
to run the numbers and deploy them to bolster support for a regional approach
to smart growth. Back to seminars
People and the Plan: social equity in regional
planning
Dianne R. Brake (moderator), President, Regional Planning Partnership
Harold Adams, Owner, Fee Appraisal Services
Roland Anglin, Faculty Fellow and Executive Director of Rutgers University's New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute
Myron Orfield, Associate Professor of Law & Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota
Whom does your regional plan really benefit? Regional planning efforts have often sparked legitimate controversy over the social equity of resource allocations and development patterns they promote. This seminar will seek to untangle these difficult questions and point the way to achieving equity through regional planning. Back to seminars
Other Seminar Topics:
Regional Focus
Resource-Based Regional Planning
Regional Planning Tools
Strategies for Regional Planning