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Moreover, a mom or dad can rarely just decide to leave town for a weekend without proper planning for childcare or packing (if the kids will go with them). However, a single person could make any sort of last minute decision without considering anyone else's schedule or responsibilities but his/her own.

Another way to view spontaneity is in terms of organic processes, which can occur in private or in public life. A person's home may evolve organically as he/she finds things to bring home and add without any sort of plan. A community can also evolve in this way, and usually does evolve in this way, as people move into close proximity with one another and develop relationships without any sort of intent. For cities; however, endeavors like urban planning take complex processes of development over time with careful scrutiny of objectives ahead of time, evaluation and alteration of processes in the midst of execution, and sometimes alteration of desired outcomes based on evaluations.

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Three possible theoretical approaches to planning are listed as follows: (1) Participatory; (2) Strategic; (3) Environmental. In the case of urban planning, it seems most appropriate to involve some degree of each of these approaches to create the best possible comprehensive outcome. Urban planning should, from the outset, be participatory because it is the inhabitants of communities that will have the biggest role in ensuring that desired outcomes are sustainable. Urban planning should be strategic, especially in the development of goals, evaluation standards, and safety standards. Urban planning should also focus closely on an environmental perspective to ensure that the strategies and participatory action is appropriate for the space and the best use of space….....

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