Digital Graphics in Staff Reports
Zoning Practice — January 2016
By Nicola Mammes, Stuart Meck, FAICP
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In the early 1970s, the preparation of staff reports on land-use matters was a complicated and lengthy logistical affair. Things have, of course, changed over the past 45-plus years. The computer, word processing programs, portable document formats that can be posted for viewing on websites, and digital graphics have all affected planning practice, but to what degree?
This issue of Zoning Practice discusses the use of digital graphics in staff reports based on a survey of and interviews with local planners. It describes the research methodology, summarizes the results, and concludes with observations about and recommendations for using digital graphics in contemporary planning practice.
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About the Authors
Nicola Mammes
Nicola Mammes is the Program Director of the City of Philadelphia Zero Fare Program. She is a skilled urban planner with a background in emergency management. Prior to her current role she worked for the City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management supporting the City's community and transportation response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She also worked Director of Emergency Management at Temple University and as a freight planner for the New York City Department of Transportation. She holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University with a focus in transprotation and land use planning.
Stuart Meck, FAICP
My website: http://bloustein.rutgers.edu/meck/