Lessons Learned?
The History of Planning
in Florida

Table of Contents

Chapter I Introduction: Themes - and Remnants of the Past
Chapter II The Early Years
From 1564 to the Early 1900s
Chapter III Emergence, Expansion, and Waning of Interest In Planning
From About 1900 to the Early 1940s
Chapter IV A Period of Quiesence
Mid 1940s to Late 1950s
Chapter V Re-Emerging Interest In Planning
Early 1960s to About 1970
Chapter VI A New Planning Strategy
The Early 1970s
Chapter VII Implementing Florida's 1970s Planning Laws
Mid 1970s to About 1980
Chapter VIII Trying To Put the Pieces Together - Again
Early 1980s to Mid 1980s
Chapter IX Implementing the New Intergovernmental Development Management System
Late 1980s to Early 1990s
Chapter X Moving Toward Flexibility, Followed by Partial Dismantling
Early to Late 1990s
Chapter XI On A Downward Slope
Late 1990s to 2007
Chapter XII Conclusion - and Lessons Learned?