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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Growth and change is going to happen regardless, and so you need plans to deal with it. Even though the Office of Planning made a reasonable proposal which would only increase height by 25% (I think it could have been higher), the City Council did not vote in favor of considering a change.

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Metrics for measuring the health of rivers, lakes, and oceans in your community

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Local planning initiatives. Many communities are engaged in waterfront revitalization, but this becomes problematic with the effect of climate change, sea level rise, tides, etc. Waterfront revitalization.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But these many decades later the two counties mostly have independent planning regimes and little coordination when it comes to land use, although the MNCPPC structure still exists and there are some joint functions. Even in the best of times there is a lot of opposition to planning and planners.