Lessons Learned?
The History of Planning
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Lessons Learned?
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We wanted to write a history of planning in Florida. After all, we had lived through most of its recent history. The book was to be more than just about the history of planning - or growth management, as many people now think of it.
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We wanted to go back further than the 1970s, back into the stage-setting years of the 1960s, the planning experiences of the early 20th century, and even back to the plans laid out by the Spaniards and the aboriginal Americans before them. Florida has such a rich history of planning.
Little is done in isolation, so we also wanted to discuss the national environment within which planning events in Florida were taking place. Hence, our book evolved into both a history of planning in Florida, and in lesser detail, a history of planning in the United States.
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We tried to make this history of planning in Florida as complete as we could, yet far more waits to be done by other writers. There are many lessons to be learned from this history. Perhaps the greatest lesson is that it is not just the process of planning that determines its success. The economic and political environment within which planning operates exerts an even greater influence.
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Comments about 'Lessons Learned'
... Lessons Learned is a significant contribution to our understanding of the politics and economics of land and water use planning in Florida. (Bob Graham, U.S. Senator from 1987 to 2005 and Governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987.)
... the authors ... illustrate how the effectiveness of actions has been eroded by a historically prevailing attitude of growth at any cost. (Reuben O’D. Askew, Governor of Florida from 1972 to 1979.)
... This comprehensive chronicle bears witness to the daunting challenges so many planners have labored to overcome. (Charles Pattison, FAICP, President and Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Florida.)
... Lessons Learned? should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand... America's continuing challenge to balance growth... (James Murley, former secretary of the Florida Dept of Community Affairs)
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