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The rich diversity of opinions on alternative spatial patterns of development certainly creates a formidable challenge for planning in the age of sprawl. The abundance of authors on issues of sprawl and spatial framework assures lots of alternative strategies for consideration. However, any attempt to improve the options as to how people in Hamilton County live will require a hard row against powerful currents of culture and history. We will need to develop a long-term future orientation and realize that results must be measured in generations rather than years—an uncommon time horizon in contemporary planning. The comprehensive planning effort being initiated by the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission will help to identify the possibilities, opportunities and problems that exist on the horizon, from which we can derive a clearly articulated and timeless vision. It will help us to invent ways we can create growth patterns that are responsive to the needs and values of people at all income levels, and also help maintain Hamilton County’s quality of life and economic competitiveness. It will help us to integrate the opposing forces of community and privacy, auto and pedestrian, large institution and small business, suburban and urban, pedestrianfriendly and auto convenient. Proposed major improvements in the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission’s committee structure and new initiatives in comprehensive countywide planning are intended to capture the values and perceptions of people from the three sectors of our society--public, private and civic. We encourage your participation as we launch this important dialogue. Notes 1 Dowell Myers and Alicia Kitsuse, “The Debate Over Future Density of Development: An Interpretive Review”. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1999. This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the density debate in California as it is conducted in “Beyond Sprawl: New Patterns of Growth to Fit the New California” and “Preserving the American Dream: The Truth About Suburban Communities and Housing Choice”, rival reports published in 1995 with the respective sponsorship of Bank of America and Wells Fargo Bank. 12 HCRPC PLANNING IN THE AGE OF SPRAWL
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