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Readings in planning theory

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London Wiley Blackwell 2016Edition: 4thDescription: 615p viiiISBN:
  • 9780631223474
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.121000 FAI
Contents:
Table of contents List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: The Structure and Debates of Planning Theory: Scott Campbell and Susan S. Fainstein. Part I: Foundations of Twentieth-Century Planning: Introduction: 1. Urban Utopias: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyed Wrigth, and Le Corbusier: Robert Fishman. 2. The Death and Life of Great American Cities: Jane Jacobs. 3. Toward a Non-Euclidian Mode of Planning: John Friedmann. Part II: Planning: Justifications and Critiques:. Introduction. 4. Arguments For and Against Planning: Richard Klosterman. 5. Planning the Capitalist City: Richard E. Foglesong. 6. Between Modernity and Postmodernity: The Ambiguous Position of U.S. Planning: Robert A. Beauregard. 7. Authoritarian High Modernism: James C. Scott 8. Making Space: Planning as a Mode of Thought: David C. Perry. Part III: Planning Types: Introduction 9. New Directions in Planning Theory: Susan S. Fainstein. 10. The Science of "Muddling Through": Charles E. Lindblom. 11. Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning: Paul Davidoff. 12. Equitable Approaches to Local Economic Development: Norman Krumholz. 13. The Communicative Turn in Planning Theory and its Implications for Spatial Strategy Formation: Patsy Healey Part IV: Planning in Action: Successes, Failures, and Strategies:. Introduction. 14. What Local Economic Developers Actually Do: Location Quotients versus Press Releases: John M. Levy. 15. Community and Consensus: Reality and Fantasy in Planning: Howell S. Baum. 16. Popular Planning: Coin Street, London: Tim Brindley, Yvonne Rydin, and Gerry Stoker. 17. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice: Bent Flyvbjerg Part V: Race, Gender, and City Planning: Introduction. 18. City Life and Difference: Iris Marion Young. 19. Educating Planners: Unified Diversity for Social Action: June Manning Thomas. 20. Nurturing: Home, Mom, and Apple Pie: Dolores Hayden. 21. Towards Cosmopolis: Utopia as Construction Site: Leonie Sandercock. Part VI: Ethics, the Environment, and Conflicting Priorities: Introduction. 22. APA's Ethical Principles Include Simplistic Planning Theories: William H. Lucy. 23. Risk Assessment and Environmental Crisis: Toward an Integration of Science and Participation: Frank Fischer. 24. Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development: Scott Campbell. Index.
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Table of contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Structure and Debates of Planning Theory: Scott Campbell and Susan S. Fainstein.
Part I: Foundations of Twentieth-Century Planning:
Introduction:
1. Urban Utopias: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyed Wrigth, and Le Corbusier: Robert Fishman.
2. The Death and Life of Great American Cities: Jane Jacobs.
3. Toward a Non-Euclidian Mode of Planning: John Friedmann.
Part II: Planning: Justifications and Critiques:.
Introduction.
4. Arguments For and Against Planning: Richard Klosterman.
5. Planning the Capitalist City: Richard E. Foglesong.
6. Between Modernity and Postmodernity: The Ambiguous Position of U.S. Planning: Robert A. Beauregard.
7. Authoritarian High Modernism: James C. Scott
8. Making Space: Planning as a Mode of Thought: David C. Perry.
Part III: Planning Types:
Introduction
9. New Directions in Planning Theory: Susan S. Fainstein.
10. The Science of "Muddling Through": Charles E. Lindblom.
11. Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning: Paul Davidoff.
12. Equitable Approaches to Local Economic Development: Norman Krumholz.
13. The Communicative Turn in Planning Theory and its Implications for Spatial Strategy Formation: Patsy Healey
Part IV: Planning in Action: Successes, Failures, and Strategies:.
Introduction.
14. What Local Economic Developers Actually Do: Location Quotients versus Press Releases: John M. Levy.
15. Community and Consensus: Reality and Fantasy in Planning: Howell S. Baum.
16. Popular Planning: Coin Street, London: Tim Brindley, Yvonne Rydin, and Gerry Stoker.
17. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice: Bent Flyvbjerg
Part V: Race, Gender, and City Planning:
Introduction.
18. City Life and Difference: Iris Marion Young.
19. Educating Planners: Unified Diversity for Social Action: June Manning Thomas.
20. Nurturing: Home, Mom, and Apple Pie: Dolores Hayden.
21. Towards Cosmopolis: Utopia as Construction Site: Leonie Sandercock.
Part VI: Ethics, the Environment, and Conflicting Priorities:
Introduction.
22. APA's Ethical Principles Include Simplistic Planning Theories: William H. Lucy.
23. Risk Assessment and Environmental Crisis: Toward an Integration of Science and Participation: Frank Fischer.
24. Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development: Scott Campbell.
Index.