PART OF A KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SERIES ON COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THIS MONOGRAPH DISCUSSES THE STAGES IN THE PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE URBAN SCHEMES. FIRST OF ALL, SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE, ECONOMIC, FEASIBILITY, POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SATISFACTION ARE VITAL TO SUCCESSFUL PLANNING. ORGANIZATION FOR PLANNING CLASS FOR A RECOGNITION OF NEEDS, CREATION AND APPROVAL OF A LEGAL PLANNING DOCUMENT, FORMATION OF A PLANNING COMMISSION, RECRUITMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER, AND LOCAL OR FEDERAL FUNDING. THE PREPARATION STAGE ENTAILS SETTING AND REFINING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, CONDUCTING A THOROUGH COMMUNITY SURVEY AND ANLYZING THE RESULTS, AND DEVISING SUCH MEANS AS ZONING REGULATIONS, OFFICIAL MAPS, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS TO CARRY OUT THE PLAN. PROVISIONS MUST BE MADE FOR LAND USE, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, PUBLIC UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION, PARK, RECREATIONAL, AND OPEN SPACE, AND REJUVENATION OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. BROADLY BASED COOPERATION AND SUPPORT, PERIODIC REVIEW AND REVISION, AND LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNING ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THE PLAN IN OPERATION. (THE DOCUMENT INCLUDES 19 REFERENCES, AN EVALUATION OF VARIOUS PLANNING TECHNIQUES, AND A PROPOSED LAND USE MAP OF MANHATTAN, KANSAS. (LY)