乔治城位于德克萨斯州首府奥斯丁以北25英里。由于80年代中期出现了经济繁荣兴盛的局面,在80年代末,乔冶城的人口增加到17000人,比80年代初的9500人增加了79％。 人口数量的激增,使原有的规划面临挑战。乔治城也被建设者冠以“棘手的、难于规划的社区” 的名声。它的主要问题在于,人口的激增超出原有总体规划的规模(1983年开始制订,1995年修订),而实际建设又忽视了原有的“土地使用及设施规划”。比如:在1985年修订后不到一年,乔治城市议会又通过了一项“意向性规划”(Concept Georgetown is 25 miles north of Austin, the capital of Texas. Due to the booming economy in the mid-1980s, the population of Qiaoye City increased to 17,000 in the late 1980s, an increase of 79% over 9500 in the early 1980s. The dramatic increase in the number of people has caused the original plan to face challenges. Georgetown is also known by builders as a “tough, difficult to plan community.” Its main problem is that the population surge exceeds the scale of the original master plan (developed in 1983 and revised in 1995), and the actual construction has overlooked the original “land use and facility planning.” For example, less than a year after the revision in 1985, the George Town Council passed another “intentional plan” (Concept).