Linking Planning with Budgeting: Examining Linkages between General Plans and Capital Improvement Plans

Publication Date

March 2019

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volume

39

Issue

1

DOI

10.1177/0739456X17715307

First Page

65

Last Page

78

Abstract

Scholars and practitioners in the United States have paid significant attention to the need for consistency in urban planning documents. However, consistency between general plans (GPs) and capital improvement plans (CIPs) has received little attention. Aiming to fill this research gap, this article first reviews the academic and professional literature to identify the strategies that local governments use to ensure strong consistency between GPs and CIPs. Then, it reviews the GPs and CIPs of four cities and presents a framework for evaluating whether, how, and how well local governments are implementing strategies that enhance GP–CIP consistency.

Keywords

infrastructure and capital facilities, public administration, capital improvement plan, capital budgeting, municipal budgeting, infrastructure planning, municipal finance, local finance, infrastructure finance, local budgeting

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