City planning for civil engineers, environmental engineers, and surveyors

• Main Author: Bauer, Kurt W.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
• Subjects: City planning.; Civil engineering.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781439808931
• Physical Description: xxi, 489 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.).

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Definition of terminology
• 3. The historical context of urban planning in the United States
• 4. Compilation of essential data : a brief overview
• 5. Map requirements for city planning
• 6. Population data and forecasts
• 7. Economic data and forecasts
• 8. Land use and supporting infrastructure data
• 9. Natural resource base inventories
• 10. Institutional structure for city planning and the comprehensive plan
• 11. Objectives, principles, and standards
• 12. Land use planning
• 13. Neighborhood unit concept
• 14. Principles of good land subdivision design
• 15. Street patterns and transportation planning
• 16. Other plan elements
• 17. Plan implementation : land subdivision control
• 18. Plan implementation : zoning
• 19. The official map
• 20. Capital improvement programming.