This report explores how, why, and to what ends the Partnership for Sustainable
Development is attempting to integrate land use and transportation planning in the United
States. Analysis of the Partnership’s organization and operation reveals that while the
Partnership Agreement suggests that the goal is policy integration, the vague objectives in
the agreement and weak linkages displayed between the Partnership members--the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, and
Environmental Protection Agency--are indicative of basic policy coordination. Historical
and cultural characteristics of the departments are partly responsible for the gap between
the goals and the rhetoric. To understand how integrated planning works the report
examines the Chicago Metropolitan Planning Agency's current planning efforts and best
practices from the European Union, where integrated planning has occurred for almost 20
years. The report ends with recommendations for the Partnership about how to learn from
the experiences of the Chicago Metropolitan Planning Agency and the European Union. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1004 |
| Date | 15 November 2010 |
| Creators | Starr, Olivia L. |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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