This is the initial post of this blog. The mission of this blog is multi-faceted. One, suburban planning represents a particular challenge. Many planners and others wax over the greatness of city places and rural retreats. Suburbia offers its own unique challenges. Suburban locations need to create their own niche upon the landscape. Suburban areas can be differentiated by their respective location near city centers and their respective age of their individual municipalities. This blog shall concentrate on the "third tier" suburbs which are not mature suburbs nor are they located near the central cities. These suburbs also are not necessarily exurban communities on the edge of the metropolitan fringe that characterized by large tracts of vacant lands primed for greenfield development.
Two, local government staffing for suburban planning is generally limited in its personnel and organizational set ups. One person shops are typical and will be interesting to cite reports on this subject. Three, many planning oriented individuals have spoken on the concept of new urbanism, transit oriented development, and sustainable development. How these different concepts work in suburban settings will be critical to the understanding of current and future planning. Four, this blog will not be limited to North American examples but will explore European Planning and its impact on the landscape of the United States. Five, this blog will also examine social planning. Physical planning is important; however striving for a sense of community is essential for well being of these suburban locations. In this category, the blog includes the need for planning for handicapped and special need populations within the second and third tier suburbs. In the recent past, efforts have been made to concentrate programs and activities for special needs populations in central cities and mature inner ring suburbs.
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