Resources - Master Plan

• Ames, Steven, editor.  Guide to Community Visioning, APA Planners Press, 1993, 41 pages, spiral bound. (BAS)
• Anderson, Larz T.  Guidelines for Preparing Urban Plans, APA Planners Press, 1995, 231 pages, hardcover. (INT)
• Arendt, Randall.  Crossroads, Hamlet, Village, Town:  Design Characteristics of Traditional Neighborhoods, Old and New, APA Planners Press, 1999, 144 pages, paperback.* (INT)
• Arendt, Randall.  Rural by Design:  Maintaining Small Town Character, Center for Rural Massachusetts, 1994, 441 pages, paperback.* (INT)
• Armstrong, Melissa.  “Futuring,” Planning and Zoning News, October 1988, p. 7-11. (BAS)
• MP Branch, Melville C.  Comprehensive City Planning, APA Planners Press, 1985, 238 pages, hardcover. (INT)
• Campoli, Julie; Humstone, Elizabeth; and Maclean, Alex.  Above and Beyond:  Visioning Change in Small Towns and Rural Areas, APA Planners Press, 2002, 210 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Daniels, Thomas.  When City and Country Collide, Island Press, 1999, 361 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Daniels, Thomas; Keller, John; and Lapping, Mark.  The Small Town Planning Handbook, American Planning Association, 1995, 305 pages, paperback. (BAS)
• Diebel, Alice and Schindler, Kurt.  “Planning Under Michigan Planning Enabling Acts:  The Wexford County Example,” Planning and Zoning News, May 2003, p. 5-10. (INT)
• Eidelson, Mark, et al.  Workbook for Preparing or Updating a Master Plan and/or Preparing a Growth Management Plan, prepared for the Michigan Society of Planning by Planning & Zoning Center, 1992, 73 pages, paperback. *(BAS)
• Fortin, Lucie.  “Community Parks and Recreation Master Planning,” Michigan Planner, April 1998, p. 1. (BAS)
• Garvin, Alexander.  “A Realistic Approach to City and Suburban Planning,” The American City:  What Works, What Doesn’t, McGraw-Hill, 1996, Chapter 1, p. 1-8. (INT)
• Goodman, William, editor.  Principles and Practice of Urban Planning, International City Management Association, 1968, 621 pages, hardcover.* (BAS)
• Hoch, Charles; Dalton, Linda; and So, Frank S.  The Practice of Local Government Planning, 3rd Edition, International City/County Management Association, 2000, 496 pages, paperback.* (BAS)
• Jakobsen, Leo.  “Characteristics of the Master Plan,” Planning and Zoning News, January 1987, p. 18-19. (BAS)
• Jones, Bernie.  Neighborhood Planning, APA Planners Press, 1990, 136 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Kelly, Eric Damian and Becker, Barbara.  Community Planning, Island Press, 2000, 478 pages, paperback. (BAS)
• Kent, T.J.  The Urban General Plan, APA Planners Press, 1990, 213 pages, hardcover. (BAS)
• Kilpatrick, Jay.  “Rural Preservation:  The Key is Defining the Objective,” Michigan Planner, September 1997, p. 1. (BAS)
• Michigan Township Association.  The Township Guide to Planning and Zoning, 1998, 230 pages, paperback.* (INT)
• Nelessen, Anton.  Visions for A New American Dream:  Process, Principles, and an Ordinance to Plan and Design Small Communities, APA Planners Press, 1994, 374 pages, paperback.* (INT)
• MP Nellis, Lee and Van Gilder, Karen.  The Planning for Results Guidebook:  Practical Advice for Building Successful Rural Communities, Sonoran Institute and the National Association of Counties, 2003, 104 pages, paperback. (BAS)
• Okubo, Derek.  The Community Visioning and Strategic Planning Handbook, National Civic League Press, 1997, 50 pages, paperback. (BAS)
• Smith, Herbert.  Planning America’s Communities:  Paradise Found? Paradise Lost? APA Planners Press, 1991, 262 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Williams, Roger.  “Grand Traverse County Uses Futuring to Create a New Master Plan,” Michigan Planner, May 1997, p. 1. (BAS)