CP6112 - Introduction To Land Use

Course Description

Concern with how land uses are arranged is the unique province of the planning profession. It is, in fact, the area in which most planners practice their craft. Land use is also unique in the way it touches all other areas of planning. It can be an implementation technique for environmental planning, a driving force for transportation planning or a determinant of an economic development strategy. This course is intended to provide an introduction to land use planning for those who intend to concentrate their studies in this area and also provide a general overview for those who have other primary interests that have linkages to land use. This class will operate as a seminar with class discussions organized around the assigned readings. It is imperative that you come to class prepared to intelligently discuss the readings assigned for that day. Readings are available on electronic reserve at www.library.gatech.edu/architect . The class is not designed to create a plan, as in a studio, but to understand the underlying rationale for land planning and to become familiar with some of the recent innovations in plan making and implementation. When combined with the CP 6122 - Land Use Planning Methods class, students will have a solid foundation in both the theoretical and practical aspects of land use planning.

Required Text:

Edward J. Kaiser, David R. Godschalk and F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. 1995. Urban Land Use Planning . Fourth Edition. Urbana , IL : University of Illinois Press.

On Reserve:

Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, 1999. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. North Point Press.

Anne Venez Moudon and Michael Hubner. eds. 2000 . Monitoring Land Supply with Geographic Information Systems. New York : John Wiley and Sons.

Arthur O'Sullivan. 1993. Urban Economics . Boston , MA : Irwin.

Calthorpe, Peter. 1993. The Next American Metropolis . New York : Princeton Architectural Press.

Chapin, F. Stuart and Edward Kaiser. 1979. Urban Land Use Planning . Third Edition. Urbana , IL : University of Illinois Press.

Frank S. So, et al. eds. 1988. The Practice of Local Government Planning . Washington , D.C. : International City Management Association.

Section I -   Land Use Determinants

Course Introduction and Overview

Land Use Perspectives

Kaiser, Chapin and Godschalk – Chap. 1-2

The Private Development Process

U.S. Conference of Mayors, pp. 1-34

Miles et al. pp. 3-30

Market Determinants of Urban Growth

O'Sullivan – Chapter 7

Economic Models of Urban Growth

O'Sullivan – Chapter 8

Land Users – An Activity Perspective

Chapin and Kaiser, Chap. 7

Patterns of Urban Development

French et al. “Land Use Patterns in the Atlanta Metropolitan Region”

Gordon and Richardson JAPA 63:1 “Are Compact Cities a Desirable Planning Goal?”

Ewing JAPA 63:1 Is Los Angeles-Style Sprawl Desirable?

Section II -   The Role of Planning

The Rationale for Land Use Planning

Kaiser and Godschalk, JAPA 61:3, “ Twentieth Century Land Use Planning: A Stalwart Family Tree.”

Calthorpe, The Next American Metropolis , pp 9-38

Steps in the Plan Making Process

Kaiser, Godschalk and Chapin, Chap 3

Chapin and Kaiser, 1979. Chap. 8

Existing Land Use Inventory

Kaiser, Godschalk and Chapin, Chap 8

Moudon and Hubner, Ch.-1-2

Conducting a Land Use Inventory

Begin Field Exercise

Field Exercise

Background Information - Population and Economy

Kaiser, Godschalk and Chapin, Chap. 5-6

Background Information - Environment and Infrastructure

Kaiser, Godschalk and Chapin, Chap. 7 and 9

Section III -   Plan Evaluation

Approaches to Plan Evaluation

Baer. 1997. “General Plan Evaluation Criteria: An Approach to Making Better Plans” JAPA 63:3 , pp. 329-344.

Berke and French. 1994. "The Influence of State Mandates on Local Plan Quality." JPER 13:4

Burby. 2003. “Making Plans That Matter: Citizen Involvement and Government Action.” JAPA 69:1.

Talen. “After the Plans” JPER.

Flessig Smart Scorecard.

State Planning Frameworks

Georgia Department of Community Affairs, “Minimum Standards and Procedures for Local Comprehensive Planning”

California Office of Planning and Budget, “General Plan Guidelines” HARD COPY ON RESERVE

Cobb, PAS 480/481 “Toward Modern Statutes: A Survey of State Laws on Local Land Use Planning”

Knapp, PAS 480/481 “Toward Model Statutes for the Land Use Element: an Assessment of Current Requirements and Practice”

Plan Implementation

So, et al., 1988, pp. 198-250.

So, et al., 1988, pp. 251-283

Team Presentations

Assignment 2 - Plan Review and Evaluation

Section IV -   New Directions in Land Use Planning

What is this thing called Smart Growth?

Calthorpe, Guidelines, pp. 39-89

Duany and Plater-Zyberk, pp 3-99

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/smartgrowth/

http://www.smartgrowth.net/

Frank et. al. 2002. Smart Growth Tour

Examples of Smart Growth

ULI, pp. 1-128

Sample Ordinances

Who Knows How to Mix Uses?

French, “Optimizing the Land Use Mix: Which Uses, What Techniques?”

Smart Growth Field trip

Creating Walkable Communities

Southworth, Michael. 1997. “An Evaluation of Neo-Traditional Communities on the Urban Fringe” Journal of the American Planning Association. 63:1 (Winter).

Greenfield vs. Infill Development

An Alternative View

Gabor Zevony, “The Role of Carrying Capacity in Growth Management”

Impediments to Smart Growth

Steven P. French. 2001. “ Overcoming the Barriers to Smart Growth: Regional Benefits versus Neighborhood Concerns” paper presented at 43rd ACSP Annual Conference Cleveland, Ohio.

Student Presentations

Course Wrap-up and Evaluation

Assignment 3 Due