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The four types of planning approaches are the resource assessment
approach, the hubs and corridors approach, the grassroots driven
approach and balanced greenway planning.
1.) Resource Assessment Approach. The states of Rhode
Island and Georgia appear to use this approach. Both states begin
with a statewide resource assessment by identifying environmentally
sensitive areas, e.g. wetland systems, for the green space protection
and for logical river and other greenway corridors to link these
green spaces.
2.) Hubs and Corridors Approach. Florida and New York
provide a very broad framework for greenway planning. They identified
dozens of major recreational and cultural hubs in Florida, and
seven significant resource areas in New York, e.g. the Adirondacks,
the Catskills, and the Fingerlake region. Then the planners proposed
greenways to link the recreational and cultural hubs of their
states.
3.) Grassroots Driven Approach. Maryland, Connecticut
and Delaware have produced greenway vision maps that strongly
rely on grassroots efforts. "The state of Maryland began
their greenway efforts with a quick conceptual vision plan (including)
existing and proposed greenways and green spaces. Connecticut
began with the mapping of the locally initiated greenways and
added other potential greenway corridors . . . The state of Delaware
invited interested citizens to draw their greenway proposals
on a state map which the state planners then refined (Ibid.,
p. 29)".
4.) Balanced Greenway Planning. Vermont, New Jersey, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Colorado are in various stages of
developing greenway plans, balancing grassroots efforts with
planning done by relevant state agencies.
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