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clear writing for environmental planning
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Community Development Director
Community Noise Equivalent Level
Complicated Words
Emit Carbon Monoxide
environmental document clarity
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Full Size Set
General Plan Update
Grading Plan
National Environmental Policy Act
Nepa
Non-Parallel Construction
Noun Cluster
Park Dedication
Passive Sentence
plain language editing
Planning Commission Action
Proposed Housing Development
public sector documentation
regulatory compliance writing
Surf City
technical writing for planners
Unstable
Urban Growth Boundary
Urban Limit Line
urban policy communication
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Wordy Sentence
Product details
- ISBN 9781884829406
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 127 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 language. The author even includes practice exercises designed to help you recognize and overcome bad writing habits. But even the best writing skills won't help if your document is organized poorly and aimed at the wrong audience.The author also explains why it's essential to know who your readers are before you start writing and how to organize your work so that it will be easy to understand and use."
Natalie Macris
