Thesis
Identifying opportunities for coordinating environmental planning in the Tri-Cities metropolitan statistical area
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100275
Abstract
Metropolitan statistical areas face coordination challenges and this is especially true when, as in the Tri-Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area, individual cities are in close proximity. Given the range of estimates for a 2030 population of the Tri-Cities, ten metropolitan statistical areas were selected to serve as indicators of potential challenges the Tri-Cities metropolitan area may face as it continues to grow. Planners and development professionals in these ten sample areas were given the opportunity to complete a survey indicating their level of satisfaction with coordination on individual issues. Respondents were also given the opportunity to offer their own suggestions for areas that could benefit from improved cooperation and collaboration. Suggestions were provided through answers to both open- and closed-ended questions. The surveys indicated a perception that metropolitan planners valued cooperation on economic development significantly more than they valued cooperation on zoning and master plans. This proves problematic because of connections between zoning to economic development. Due to the representative groups’ perceived need for cooperation in economic development, however, it is recommended that metropolitan planning organizations coordinate zoning within the different jurisdictions of metropolitan areas while leaving the development of master plans to individual cities.
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Details
- Title
- Identifying opportunities for coordinating environmental planning in the Tri-Cities metropolitan statistical area
- Creators
- Mikael S. McFeely
- Contributors
- Todd Norton (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Environment, School of the (CAHNRS)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525038701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis