Planning in The Age of Sprawl - Hamilton County, Ohio

ABSTRACT
Title:
Planning in the Age of Sprawl:
Conflicting Views on Suburbanization.
(Working Paper)
Community COMPASS
Research Report No. 99-001
Subject:
Conflicting views on
suburbanization and sprawl.
Date: September 1999
The Planning Partnership is the long-range
collaborative planning and coordinating committee of
the HCRPC. Its mission is to bring together public,
private and civic sector organizations engaged in
community planning in Hamilton County so that
mutual goals related to physical, economic and social
issues can be planned for comprehensively and
achieved collaboratively.
Community COMPASS is the Comprehensive
Master Plan and Strategies for Hamilton County,
Ohio. It is a major initiative of the Planning
Partnership.
RPC Staff
Ron Miller, AICP, Executive Director
Mark Abell
Karen Ambrosius
Caroline Andrews Statkus, AICP
Jim Bowen
Bob Eaton
Tim Horsley, Ph.D.
Steve Johns, AICP
Lorraine Jordan
Todd Kinskey, AICP
Catalina Landivar-Simon, AICP
Teresa Lawson
Christine Nolan
Lance Schultz, AICP
Steve Sievers, AICP
Paul Smiley
Jay Springer
Project Team
Ron Miller, AICP, Author
Paul Smiley & Jay Springer, Cover Art
Lorraine Jordan & Paul Smiley, GIS Maps
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Notes:
Hamilton County
Regional Planning Commission
Room 807
County Administration Building
138 East Court Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-946-4500 (Phone)
513-946-4475 (Fax)
info@rpc.hamilton-co.org
www.hamilton-co.org/hcrpc
This report presents a summary of
divergent views on suburbanization
and sprawl as well as a scan of the
range of opinions regarding what
should be done. The unique influence
of rugged topography on growth
patterns and sprawl are identified to
facilitate community discussion of
important local issues related to
obscured consequences of sprawl in
Hamilton County’s hillside
environment.
The report is part of a series of
research reports providing technical
information to support Community
COMPASS (Comprehensive Master
Plan and Strategies for Hamilton
County, Ohio).
The content of this paper does not
necessarily reflect the official views or
policies of the Hamilton County
Regional Planning Commission.
About the Cover:
The three Hamilton County maps
show the development pattern of
residential dwellings constructed on
or before 1930, 1960 and 1998
respectively.