Practicing Planner — Vol.11, No.1

Vol. 11, No. 1 — Spring 2013

The authors identify reasons why communities have failed to achieve environmental aims. Read the Planning Practice Feature.

New roads induce traffic and have thus never solved problems of traffic congestion, the author contends. Read the Special Feature.

The author describes a fiscal impact analysis of land uses applied in a city with unique financial circumstances.



			Local government finance is very complex, and simple, quick methods of fiscal impact analysis do not foster adequate understanding given those complexities.

A Chapel Hill, North Carolina, planner shares a story and lessons about neighborhood planning. Read Planning Essentials.