The urban and regional planning reader

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Author:

Birch, Eugenie Ladner.

ISBN:

9780415319973

9780415319980

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.

Physical Description:

xviii, 441 s. : ill., kort.

Series:

Urban reader series

Routledge urban reader series

General Note:

Del af indholdsfortegnelse: Introduction (EUGAeNIE L. BIRCH) PART 1. THE WORLD OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING Introduction 1. The State of the World's Cities (JAY H. MOOR and RASNA WARAH) 2. Megaforces Shaping the Future of the Nation's Cities (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT) 3. Planning, Urban Revitalization and Inner City: An Exploration of Structural Racism (CATHERINE L. ROSS and NANCEY GREEN LEIGH) 4. Pluralistic Planning for Multicultural Cities (MOHAMMAD A. QADEER) 5. Suburbia: Homeland of the American Future (JOEL KOTKIN) 6. The New Suburban Typology (MYRON ORFIELD) PART 2. HISTORY AND THEORY OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING Introduction 7. Modernism and Early Urban Planning (RICHARD T. LEGATES and FREDERIC STOUT) 8. Reflections and Research on the U.S. Experience (MICHAEL B. TEITZ) 9. Practitioners and the Art of Planning (EUGAeNIE L. BIRCH) 10. The Shapes of Suburbia (DOLORES HAYDEN) 11. Ramapo at Thirty, The Changing Role of the Plan in Land Use Regulation (EDWARD J. SULLIVAN and MATTHEW J. MICHEL) 12. Anglo-American Town Planning Theory Since 1945: Three Significant Developments But No Paradigm Shifts (NIGEL TAYLOR) 13. New Directions in Planning Theory (SUSAN FAINSTEIN) PART 3. CLASSICS IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING Introduction 14. Dimensions of Performance (KEVIN LYNCH) 15. Downtown is for People (JANE JACOBS) 16. Home Remedies for Urban Cancer (LEWIS MUMFORD) 17. The Master Plan, An Impermanent Constitution (CHARLES HAAR) 18. Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning (PAUL DAVIDOFF) 19. The Metropolitan Region (IAN MCHARG) 20. Paying for the Plan (ROBERT D. YARO and TONY HISS) PART 4. THE PLAN: ITS ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY USES Introduction 21. Twentieth Century Land Use Planning, A Stalwart Family Tree (EDWARD J. KAISER and DAVID R. GODSCHALK) 22. Regionalism (OLIVER GILLHAM) 23. Does Planning Need the Plan? (MICHAEL NEUMAN) 24. How Plans Work (LEWIS D. HOPKINS) 25. The Land Planning Arena.

Abstract:

Summary: The Urban and Regional Planning Reader draws together the very best of classic and contemporary writings to illuminate the planning of cities and metropolitan areas. Forty-seven generous selections include contributions from Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, Ian McHarg, Paul Davidoff, Charles Harr, Susan Fainstein and Charles J. Hoch through to Timothy Beatley; Jonathan Barnett, Alex Garvin, Tom Daniels, Andres Duany and Barbara Faga. The variety and wide selection of readings offers one of the most innovative amalgamations of planning research and practice.The Reader lays out the context, range of concerns, history, methods and key topics for 21st century urban and regional planning. Sections on the world of planning, history and theory, classic readings, practice and current issues include writings with a focus on the distribution of space and place, essays on housing, transportation design, environment, community development, the effects of cultural diversity and information technology on land use and other topics. It displays the techniques used to direct and control growth, including zoning, master planning, public budgeting and citizen participation.It explores different types of plans distinguished by their scale and reference type. It references analytical and presentation techniques and outlines ethical issues confronting planners. This Urban and Regional Planning Reader provides an essential resource, for students of planning, drawing together important but widely dispersed writings and the associated bibliography is a resource which enables deeper investigations. The synthesis is also valuable for lecturers and researches in the area and the pertinent editorial commentaries preceding each entry not only demonstrate its significance, but also outline the issue surrounding the topic.

Subject Term:

City planning.

City planning -- United States.

Regional planning.

Regional planning -- United States.

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Birch, Eugenie Ladner.

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The Urban and Regional Planning Reader draws together the very best of classic and contemporary writings to illuminate the planning of cities and metropolitan areas. Forty-seven generous selections include contributions from Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, Ian McHarg, Paul Davidoff, Charles Harr, Susan Fainstein and Charles J. Hoch through to Timothy Beatley; Jonathan Barnett, Alex Garvin, Tom Daniels, Andres Duany and Barbara Faga. The variety and wide selection of readings offers one of the most innovative amalgamations of planning research and practice.

The Reader lays out the context, range of concerns, history, methods and key topics fornbsp;twenty-first century urban and regional planning. Sections on the world of planning, history and theory, classic readings, practice and current issues include writings with a focus on the distribution of space and place, essays on housing, transportation design, environment, community development, the effects of cultural diversity and information technology on land use and other topics. It displays the techniques used to direct and control growth, including zoning, master planning, public budgeting and citizen participation. It explores different types of plans distinguished by their scale and reference type. It references analytical and presentation techniques and outlines ethical issues confronting planners.

This Urban and Regional Planning Reader provides an essential resource, for students of planning, drawing together important but widely dispersed writings and the associated bibliography is a resource which enables deeper investigations. The synthesis is also valuable for lecturers and researches in the area and the pertinent editorial commentaries preceding each entry not only demonstrate its significance, but also outline the issue surrounding the topic.