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Questions on the Catanese Article

Questions on the Catanese Article. 1) What is the “planning and infrastructure mismatch” the author describes? --What forms does this mismatch take? --Why does the “mismatch” exist?

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Questions on the Catanese Article

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  1. Questions on the Catanese Article 1) What is the “planning and infrastructure mismatch” the author describes? --What forms does this mismatch take? --Why does the “mismatch” exist? 2) How does Catanese describe the typical infrastructure provision process? --What is good about this process? --What is wrong with this process? 3) How is infrastructure provision typically viewed by political leaders? --Why are the “politics of infrastructure” so important for planners to understand? 4) Why have “public-private partnerships” emerged as the new model for infrastructure? --What forms should might theses “PPPs” take? 5) What is the gap between “day-to-day managers” and “long-range planners”? How can this gap be bridged? --What role should planners and planning agencies play in the infrastructure provision process?

  2. Catanese’s Main Points • Infrastructure provides the basic framework for growth. --Consequently infrastructure should be used for guiding and controlling the timing, direction, and magnitude of urban development. • There is a need to reform current infrastructure planning practices. The process should be proactive, not reactive.

  3. Planning Departmentassesses the projectand the current infra to support the project If infrastructure is available or can be made available, the project is permitted Infrastructure is “fitted” to the needs of the project --Dev Exactions --Public Infra Provision Development Guides Infrastructure Provision Reactive Infrastructure Planning Developer proposes a project

  4. Land is zoned and slated for development based upon this vision --Incentives/Inducements Infrastructure is provided to support this future land use vision Developers make proposals consistent with this vision Minor infrastructure changes are made to fit the needs of a project --Contributions/Exactions Infrastructure Provision Guides Development Proactive Infrastructure Planning Community outlines a future land use vision

  5. Catanese’s Main Points • Infrastructure provides the basic framework for growth. Therefore infrastructure should be used for guiding and controlling the timing, direction, and magnitude of urban development. • There is a need to reform current infrastructure planning practices. The process should be proactive, not reactive. • Better coordination of different levels of government is a key to successfully using infrastructure to guide growth.--The MPO Model from Transportation planning • Because infrastructure creates wealth, it should be approached from a “public-private partnership” perspective. --Incentives and Inducements --Contributions and Exactions • “Planning for infrastructure must form a bridge between the ideal, long range vision and short term political expediency.”

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