3. Resource Materials

The following publications and materials contain practical and useful information to guide in the preparation of a successful plan, as well as in structuring and carrying out planning processes leading to the preparation or revision of a plan.

LAND USE POLICY

Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States, by Kenneth T. Jackson (Oxford University Press, 1985).

Land Use in America: The Report of the Sustainable Use of Land Project, by Henry L. Diamond and Patrick F. Noonan (Island Press, Washington, D.C., 1996).

Tomorrow by Design: A Regional Process for Sustainability, by Philip H. Lewis, Jr. (John Wiley & Sons, 1996).

GENERAL PLANNING

Guidelines for Preparing Urban Plans, by Larz T. Anderson (American Planning Association Planners Press, 1995.)

Planning Made Easy, by William Toner, Efraim Gil and Enid Jucchesi (American Planning Association Planners Press, 1994).

Neighborhood-Based Planning, by Wendelyn A. Martz (American Planning Association Planning Advisory Service Report Number 455, 1995).

The Small Town Planning Handbook (Second Edition), by Thomas Daniels, John Keller and Mark Lapping (American Planning Association Planners Press, 1995).

HIRING A PLANNING CONSULTANT

Selecting and Retaining a Planning Consultant, by Eric Damian Kelly (American Planning Association Planning Advisory Service Report Number 443, 1993).

How to Oversee Consultant Spending, (Project Management Publications, 1995).

How to Negotiate with Consultants, (Project Management Publications, 1990).

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

The Activist's Handbook: A Primer for the 1990s and Beyond, by Randy Shaw (University of California Press, 1996).

Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference, by David D. Chrislip and Carl E. Larson (Jossey-Bass, 1994).

Everyone Wins! by Richard D. Klein (American Planning Association Planners Press, 1990).

Participation Tools for Better Land Use Planning, by C. Nicholas Moore. (Center for Livable Communities, 1995).