Jordan Yin - Urban Planning for Dummies

Urban Planning For Dummies

by Jordan Yin, PhD, AICP

Urban Planning For Dummies

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Yin, Jordan, 1970

Urban planning for dummies / Jordan Yin.

Includes index.

Issued also in electronic formats.

ISBN 978-1-118-10023-3

1. City planning. 2. Land usePlanning. I. Title.

HT166.Y56 2012 307.1216 C2011-908072-9

ISBN 978-1-118-10168-1 (ebk); 978-1-118-10166-7 (ebk); 978-1-118-10167-4 (ebk)

Printed in the United States

1 2 3 4 5 RRD 15 14 13 12 11

About the Author

Jordan Yin, PhD, AICP, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and his experience growing up in this great American city inspired him to pursue a career as an urban planner. He has also lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Buffalo, New York; and Kalamazoo, Michigan. Jordan has been involved in urban planning for more than 20 years. He has worked extensively with universities, government agencies, and community organizations on a wide range of issues, including neighborhood planning, affordable housing, environmental conservation, economic development, comprehensive planning, downtown redevelopment, and poverty reduction initiatives.

Jordan is a faculty member of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in urban and regional planning, including workshop classes that engage students in real-world community service projects related to urban planning. He received masters and doctoral degrees in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University and has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners since 1996. Jordan writes a blog about urban planning on his website, www.ask-a-planner.com .

Dedication

To my daughter, Evan. Well go out for ice cream more often, I promise.

Authors Acknowledgments

The opportunity to write a For Dummies book about urban planning has been one of the great experiences of my career. It is also a shining example of the old adage Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it. Without the assistance and support of many people, this already daunting task might have become simply impossible. I thank Robert Hickey and Elizabeth Kuball of the For Dummies series for their invaluable assistance and encouragement on a day-to-day basis. Suggestions and comments from my technical editor, Jennifer Cowley of The Ohio State University, have been especially valuable and appreciated. I owe much of my expertise in urban planning to mentors and colleagues who have shown me the way over many years, especially Norman Krumholz and Pierre Clavel. I am also greatly appreciative of my colleagues at Cleveland State University and have particularly benefited from the support of Edward (Ned) Hill, Wendy Kellogg, W. Dennis Keating, and Sung-Gheel Jang. Joseph Grengs of the University of Michigan and Susan Hoffmann of Western Michigan University also provided valuable support. The professional assistance of Scott Shapiro and Gordon Hare is greatly appreciated. Lastly, the comfort and support of friends and family have been of tremendous importance in seeing this project to completion, including the Yin, Burness, Huston, Dowd, Kasper, Jacobs, Northeim, Henderson-Terwilliger, Holverstott-Cockrell, Wood-Provence, Wassom, May, Antisdale, Posner, Zulewski, Enos, Cross-Coleman, and Moncrief families. Thanks to all.

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