NCJ Number
25204
Date Published
1973
Length
162 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF APPROACHES TAKEN BY VARIOUS SECOND ROUND CITIES TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS, GENERAL AND DETAILED, OUTLINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING MODEL.
Abstract
AN EARLIER REPORT, THE ELEVEN-CITY STUDY, EXAMINED THE APPROACHES TAKEN BY VARIOUS CITIES IN THE FIRST ROUND OF PLANNING GRANTS. THIS EARLY STUDY FOUND THAT THERE WERE FIVE IDENTIFIABLE PLANNING SYSTEMS OR APPROACHES TAKEN BY CITIES IN RESPONSE TO HUD'S GUIDELINES AND DIRECTIVES. THE STUDY THEN PROCEEDED TO IDENTIFY THE KEY DETERMINANTS OR INFLUENCING FACTORS LEADING TO FORMATION OF THESE PLANNING SYSTEMS. THE METHODOLOGY AND GENERAL APPROACH OF THIS TEN-CITY ANALYSIS FOLLOWS CLOSELY THAT OF THE ELEVEN-CITY STUDY. IT IS AN EFFORT BOTH TO VERIFY OR AMEND THE FINDINGS OF THAT EARLIER ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS TO EXTEND THOSE CONCLUSIONS WHERE POSSIBLE AND APPROPRIATE. THE TEN SECOND-ROUND CITIES WERE SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY, AND FOR THE DISPARITY IN THEIR PRE-MODEL CITIES PLANNING ENVIRONMENTS. THE FOUR ALTERNATIVE PLANNING SYSTEMS FOUND IN THE TEN-CITY STUDY WERE STAFF DOMINANT, STAFFINFLUENCE, PARITY, AND RESIDENT INFLUENCE. EACH PLANNING SYSTEM IS DISCUSSED BELOW IN TERMS OF ITS KEY DETERMINANTS AS THESE EXISTED PRIOR TO OR AT THE OUTSET OF THE PLANNING YEAR. FOLLOWING THE SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURES DEVELOPED FOR THE FIRST-ROUND ELEVEN CITIES STUDY, DATA FOR THIS SECOND-ROUND ANALYSIS WERE COLLECTED BY FIELD STAFF WHO MONITORED AND CONTINUOUSLY ANALYZED THE PLANNING PROCESS IN EACH OF THE TEN CITIES, MAKING EXTENDED MONTHLY VISITS TO EVALUATE ISSUES AND EVENTS AS THEY TOOK PLACE. SEE NCJ-25201 THROUGH NCJ-25203, FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THIS SERIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) YOUNGSTOWN