Readings in Planning Theory

3. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3080-9
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell

Buch, Englisch, 580 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 912 g

The third edition of Readings in Planning Theory features thirteen new readings that define current debates and presents the works that constitute the main focus of the field, addressing the central issues that face planners as theorists and practitioners.
* Expands the focus on international planning by including globalization and theories of development
* Includes new readings that examine themes emerging in planning theory, including a critique of the modernist roots of centralized planning, a re-emphasis on space in planning, and a discussion of the difficulty of sustainable development
* Features new case studies of planning success and failure on both sides of the Atlantic
* Addresses the range of core planning theory so as to remain the primary text in urban planning courses
* Examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years
* Draws on a wide range of authors who address planning history, arguments for and against planning, competing planning styles, planning ethics, the public interest, and considerations of race and gender

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fainstein, Susan S.

Campbell, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Structure and Debates of Planning Theory

I. Foundations of 20th Century Planning Theory

II. Planning: Justifications and Critiques

III. Planning Types/Normative frameworks

IV. Planning in Action: Successes, Failures, and Strategies

V. Race, Gender and City Planning

VI. Conflicting Priorities

VII. Planning in a Globalized World

Über Autor(innen)

Campbell, Scott
Scott Campbell is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Doctoral Program Director in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He is a co-author of The Rise of the Gunbelt: The Military Remapping of Industrial America. His article on sustainable development won an award for best article of the year from the Journal of the American Planning Association.

Fainstein, Susan S.
Susan S. Fainstein is a Professor in the Urban Planning Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her books include The City Builders (second edition, 2001), and Restructuring the City (1986). Fainstein is also a recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) for lifetime career achievement.

Susan S. Fainstein is a Professor in the Urban Planning Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her books include The Just City (2010), The City Builders (second edition, 2001), and Restructuring the City (1986). Fainstein is also a recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) for lifetime career achievement.

Scott Campbell is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Doctoral Program Director in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He is a co-author of The Rise of the Gunbelt: The Military Remapping of Industrial America (1991). His article on sustainable development won an award for best article of the year from the Journal of the American Planning Association.