Urban+sprawl_evaluating+existing+policy


 * Evaluating the Existing Policy**

**Goal** What is the goal of the policy? If you don’t know what it’s supposed to do, you can’t measure its success or failure. What problem or problems is this policy supposed to address? Does it address the causes or affects of the problem? The goal of the policy is to reduce the growth of urban sprawl. ** R **** IVALS ** Who supports this policy? Who opposes it? Rivals are great sources of information but make sure you double check their facts. Construction workers and town hall people who have to move to other towns to establish new buildings oppose this policy. Residents of the cities whom want less developments occuring support this policy. ** A **** DVANTAGES **   What are the policy’s benefits? What is good about the policy? Will it achieve (or has it achieved) its goal? Does it protect people from harm? Does it ensure people’s liberties? The policies benefits are that there is more open space and less crowding leading to protecting the environment and ourselves.

** D **** ISADVANTAGES **   What are the policy’s costs? What is bad about the policy? Is it inefficient? Is it expensive? Does it cause harm? Does it intrude on people’s liberties? Are their potential consequences that may cause damage? Stop production of buildings in already populated areas, meaning cities will have to find other land to create urbanalization. ** E **** VALUATE THE ALTERNATIVES ** One alternative is to do nothing. Most serious problems have various policy proposals. Evaluate them. Look at their goals, advantages, and disadvantages (i.e. complete a version of this sheet for each alternative). Compromise, have neighbors that have both space but yet compact with only the necessities.