comprehensive plan

All-encompassing blueprint

A comprehensive plan is an official document that guides a community's long-term development, covering land use, transportation, housing, and public services.

Municipal governments adopt comprehensive plans to shape zoning decisions and infrastructure investments: The city's comprehensive plan calls for more mixed-use development along the corridor.

Also called a master plan or general plan.

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scope and completeness

comprehensive planhalf-measure

Inadequate partial action

stopgap · band-aid solution · quick fix · hodgepodge

structure and organization

comprehensive planchaos

Complete disorder and confusion

disorganization · hodgepodge · disarray · muddle · improvisation

temporal orientation

comprehensive planknee-jerk reaction

Instinctive, unconsidered response

crisis management · firefighting · flying blind

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