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E. Difficult to prepare capital improvement programs that can be linked to growth -staging of land uses. F. Difficult to prepare long-range utility plans, since such utility plans are best made in conjunction with existing land use and future land use plans with associated densities and configurations. Combination Physical Plan with Goals and Obiectives: 1. Characterized many plans from the mid- 1970's through the present; 2. Contains goals and policies plus a future land use plan, supportive reaps and illustrations, and text describing past conditions with directions for future actions or visions of the city; 3. Advantages: A. Provides a technical and policy basis for land use decisions and locations; B. Provides depth to decisions regarding physical development of the community; and, C. Provides the opportunity for consistency of plan implementation through several generations of planning staff, planning and zoning commissions, and city councils. D. Provides a more defensible basis for establishing zoning districts and their supportive requirements. d. Disadvantages: There appear to be few, if any, disadvantages to this type of plan. Some criticisms have been that some social -oriented issues such as education and certain welfare programs are not typically addressed. However, this can be remedied if communities undertake these special studies as components or special -function studies based on the physical -orientation of the comprehensive plan. Other Types of City Planning Programs - There are other kinds ofplanning programs and theories. Examples include, but are not limited to: continuous city planning (M. Branch, 1960's), delphi method (1970's); value constitutions (1970's); visioning (1980's); strategic planning (1970's and into the present); and others. Broader discussion is beyond the scope of this chapter. This