Table of Contents

Introduction: Communities, Planning, and CommunityViz Part 1 Foundations 1 Getting Started 2 Technical Needs and Data Resources for CommunityViz 3 Planning Study Design Guidelines 4 Custom Impact Models and Analysis 5 Three-Dimensional Scenes 6 Getting the Most from 3-D Part 2 Visioning, Values and Growth Projections 7 Visioning 8 Growth Projections 9 Value Mapping and Special Places Part 3 Making Plans 10 Local Comprehensive Plans 11 Regional Land-Use and Transportation Plans 12 Site Selection and Assessment 13 Resource Plans Part 4 Reviewing Regulations and Development Proposals 14 Analyzing Zoning Regulations 15 Cost-of-Services Analyses 16 Design Review and Form-Based Codes Part 5 Communicating and Interacting 17 Public Meetings, Presentations, and Charrettes 18 Reports, Displays, and Websites 19 Beyond Planning Projects Appendix 1 When and How to Get Help Appendix 2 Data Management Appendix 3 Performance Appendix 4 Data Sources Appendix 5 CommunityViz Features

About the Author

Doug Walker is president and principal of Placeways in Boulder, Colorado. Tom Daniels is a professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews

When communities and organizations want a tool that is easy to use, affordable, and informative, we recommend CommunityViz. Its flexibility, transparency, and robust modeling make it a tool we turn to in our mission to create vibrant, sustainable communities through informed and equitable decision-making. -Ken Snyder, President/CEO, PlaceMatters CommunityViz emerges as a mature tool with unmatched flexibility to construct and test robust scenarios at multiple scales in planning for sustainability. Along the way this engaging book also serves as a practical and straightforward primer on community planning. -Uri Avin FAICP, Regional Growth Management Leader, Parsons Brinckerhoff I've been waiting for this book for years and it's all I hoped it would be. The Planners Guide to CommunityViz makes it clear that CommunityViz is not just planning software, but a well-aligned vision of planning supported with tools, processes, techniques and even caveats. This will be the cornerstone documentation for GIS-based planning decision support for years to come. -Scott N. Lieske PhD, University of Wyoming GIS is more than maps-it's also sketching, modeling, analysis, visualization, and with the help of the CommunityViz extension, an ideal tool for community planning and citizen engagement. This book vividly demonstrates the multi-purpose, multi-layered nature of the technology. As a result, CommunityViz is changing the way planners use GIS. With its transparent and flexible design, CommunityViz opens up the planning process to more people. At the same time, it takes a lot of guesswork, speculation, and pure subjectivity out of the planning equation. -Jack Dangermond, President, Esri