Types of Planning Institutional 2. Neighborhood, residential, and community planning Urban planning 3. Resource, conservation 4. , preservation planning Social and cultural planning Economic development State 5. , regional 6. , and national planning 7. Strengths Good planning is iterative, meaning that the phases of planning repeat themselves. This allows decision-makers to learn from past mistakes and successes.
Good planning uses the powers of human foresight to their greatest potential.
For example, city bylaws can be designed to minimize negative impacts on the future quality of social, economic and ecological resources. Planning has the potential to resolve conflict in effective and healthy ways. Informal community planning can be a very strong tool for social change. A great deal of such community planning relies on having adequate social resources. Weaknesses Planning processes must have clear timetables or they can be used as a way to indefinitely avoid action 8. or to delay necessary changes.