Planning in Plain English: Writing Tips for Urban and Environmental Planners

by Natalie Macris

In this volume, the author draws from more than a decade of editing experience to explain how to craft clear, understandable, and highly readable planning documents. The author suggests ways to overcome planners' most common writing foibles: acronymns, jargon, and overuse of the passive voice. And the author provides handy lists to transform mushy nouns into powerful verbs, pare down bloated sentences, and translate ""bureaucratese"" into everyday...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884829406
• ISBN13: 9781884829406
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 6.9"