PLG 710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Mode Choice, Metrolinx, Human Services
1 Dec 2018
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The basic conflict: planning goals v economics and finance. Planning is market intervention to change physical, social and economic patterns. In a market economy, new development physical change operates on economic motives: ex: if plans aren"t economic for someone to invest in then it"s not necessarily all that good. Public finances are usually based on sound investment and efficient spending of scarce funds. There was not much conflict planning facilitated growth and development, while achieving broadly-supported public goods. Market forces were harnessed and directed to achieve planning goals. Public works were seen as a sound investment with a high spending priority: ex: water, sewer, transit services (public works) Planning is increasingly doctrinaire: changed from helping or assisting to trying to change things on a large scale. Public goals are much narrower: certain things valued more than others; preservation of farm land valued more people should live in high-rise apartments so that we can keep farm land.
