But, as so often in the political sphere, some early pledges are being reneged upon.Seven years is not over-long in planning circles, but it is a decent lead time.
The antidote, in vogue in planning circles, if not in state houses, is mixed-use zoning and mixed-income dwelling, so that people don't have to travel so far to go to work or to buy what they need.
The Bloomberg administration's plans for the port of New York today are nearly as transformative, and Ms. Burden, long a major player in city planning circles, has a vision for New York every bit as encompassing as Moses's was.
The proposal has set off a debate in urban planning circles, although all sides agree that it is unlikely to result in more than two buildings in the next decade and a total of 4.5 million square feet of new office space over the next 30 years.
As Lewis Mumford, one of Jacobs's opponents, wrote at the time: "Here was a new kind of 'expert', very refreshing in current planning circles, where minds unduly fascinated by computers carefully confine themselves to asking only the kind of question that computers can answer and are completely negligent of the human contents or the human results.
The epidemic of overweight and obesity has sparked interest in urban planning circles.
Of this diversity, new single-family homes built at the urban fringe have become the subject of much criticism in planning circles because of the potential impacts such development can have on agricultural, forest, and other lands valued for their natural resource qualities.
As long you only sell the widgets (as opposed to providing after-sale service or support), Public Law 86-272 says that you don't have to pay taxes on 90% of that income known affectionately in tax planning circles as "nowhere income".
Norfolk's efforts to revitalize its downtown have attracted acclaim from economic development and urban planning circles throughout the country.
Since then, Australian defence policy has been focused more upon the Regular Army, and there has been considerable debate about the role of the Army Reserve within defence planning circles.
