Regenerating the Environment: Are Planners Prepared? A Study of American Municipal Planners’ Environmental Knowledge, Know-How, and Practices
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Published:2023-09-13
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ISSN:0739-456X
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Container-title:Journal of Planning Education and Research
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Journal of Planning Education and Research
Author:
Laurian Lucie1ORCID,
Göçmen Aslıgül2
Affiliation:
1. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Abstract
Planners are in positions to lead the implementation of place-based environmentally sustainable practices. This paper explores the impacts of planners’ education, knowledge, and know-how on local sustainability implementation in practice, using a survey of 253 municipal planners. While most have basic factual knowledge, many do not have practical experiences with, and would not know how to undertake, a variety of sustainable practices. Formal environmental training increases knowledge and know-how, which in turn supports practice. This provides a strong rationale for strengthening environmental training in the core requirements of planning education.
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Subject
Urban Studies,Development,Geography, Planning and Development
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