More than the Sum of Their Parts: Approaches to Understand a Network of Plans

Sierra Woodruff; Sara Meerow; Bryce Hannibal; Melina Matos; Malini Roy; Philip Gilbertson

doi:10.1177/0739456X221096395

More than the Sum of Their Parts: Approaches to Understand a Network of Plans

Sierra Woodruff, Sara Meerow, Bryce Hannibal, Melina Matos, Malini Roy, Philip Gilbertson

Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, School of (SGSUP)

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Abstract

Communities create a variety of plans that collectively shape future development patterns. Methodological approaches to analyze multiple plans and their relationships have been underdeveloped. We compare four complementary methodological approaches to study the relationships between plans: (1) cross-referencing, (2) plan quality evaluation, (3) plan integration for resilience scorecard, and (4) social network analysis. We apply each approach to Boston’s network of plans to understand how the city’s plans together address current and future flooding. We find relatively strong integration of plans in Boston. When combined, these four approaches provide a more comprehensive framework for understanding networks of plans.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Journal of Planning Education and Research
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X221096395
State	Accepted/In press - 2022

Keywords

climate change
coordination
flooding
network of plans
plan integration
social network analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Urban Studies

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