Contemporary Urban Planning
International Edition
9th Edition
Published on 20. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-205-03021-7 (ISBN)
Description
Updated in a new 9th edition, Contemporary Urban Planning provides readers with in-depth coverage of the historic, economic, political, legal, and environmental factors affecting urban planning.
With updated coverage of the Obama administration's response to the 2009 economic downturn, Levy also addresses the most pressing issues in urban development today - including the subprime mortgage crisis and home foreclosures, federal funding for public transportation, and new standards for "green" buildings.
With updated coverage of the Obama administration's response to the 2009 economic downturn, Levy also addresses the most pressing issues in urban development today - including the subprime mortgage crisis and home foreclosures, federal funding for public transportation, and new standards for "green" buildings.
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Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
592 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-03021-7 (9780205030217)
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Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART 1 THE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING
1 An Overview
The Need for Planning
The Specific Concerns of Planning
Who Are the Planners?
Professional Organizations
Satisfactions and Discontents
Useful Abilities
The Plan of This Book
Note
2 The Urbanization of America
Urbanization in the Nineteenth Century
Urban Trends in the Twentieth Century
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
3 The History of Planning: Part I
Colonial America
Limited Means and Growing Problems
The Pressure for Reform
The Birth of Modern City Planning
The Public Control of Private Property
The Emergence of Regional and State Planning
Grander Visions
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
4 The History of Planning: Part II
Planning and the Great Depression
The Postwar Period
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
PART 2 THE STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING
5 The Legal Basis of Planning
The Constitutional Framework
Public Control over Private Property
The Rights of Nonresidents
The Fight over Eminent Domain
State-Enabling Legislation
The Federal Role
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
6 Planning and Politics
Why Is Planning Political?
Planners and Power
The Fragmentation of Power
Styles of Planning
How Planning Agencies Are Organized
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
7 The Social Issues
The Social Issues in Planning for Housing
Other Issues
Who Does Social Planning?
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
8 The Comprehensive Plan
The Goals of Comprehensive Planning
The Comprehensive Planning Process
How Effective Are Comprehensive Plans?
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
9 The Tools of Land-Use Planning
Public Capital Investment
Land-Use Controls
Making Zoning More Flexible
Form-Based Zoning
Other Types of Local Land-Use Controls
Combining Capital Investment and Land-Use Controls
Forces Beyond Local Control
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
PART 3 FIELDS OF PLANNING
10 Urban Design
What Is Urban Design?
The Urban Design Process
What Is Good Urban Design?
Replanning Suburbia: The Neotraditionalists
Edge City
Visions of the City of the Future
Coming to Terms with the Automobile
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
11 Urban Renewal and Community Development
Urban Renewal
Community Development
The Housing Question
Planning for Housing
The Housing Bubble and the Problem of Abandonment
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
12 Transportation Planning
Recent Trends in Urban Transportation
Paying for Transportation
Transportation Planning and Land Use
The Transportation Planning Process
Changes in the Federal Role
Fine-Tuning the System
The Growing Role of Tolls and Privatization
Smart Highways, Intelligent Vehicles, and New Machines
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
13 Economic Development Planning
Historic Roots
Perspectives on Local Economic Development
State Economic Development Efforts
Local Economic Development Programs
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
14 Growth Management, Smart Growth, and Sustainable Development
The Origins of Growth Management
Winners and Losers in Growth Management
A Sampling of Local Growth Management Programs
State-Level Growth Management
Growth Management-Pro or Con?
The Challenge of Smart Growth
Planning for Sustainability
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
15 Environmental and Energy Planning
The Environmental Planning Problem
Environmental Progress at the National Level
The Question of Global Climate Change
Environmental Policy During the Bush and Obama Administration
The Intergovernment Context of Environmental Planning
Economic and Political Issues in Environmental Planning
Local Environmental Planning
An Example of Environmental Planning
Energy Planning
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
16 Planning for Metropolitan Regions
The Political Problem
A Brief History of Metropolitan-Area Planning
Minneapolis-St. Paul: A Tale of Two Cities
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
The Atlanta Regional Commission
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
PART 4 LARGER QUESTIONS
17 National Planning in the United States
Is There National Planning in the United States?
The Pattern of Land Settlement
Establishing the Rail Network
Water and the West
Systematic Regional Planning
The Interstate Highway System
Financing the Suburbs
Land Management
What's Next?
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
18 Planning in Other Nations
Planning in Western Europe
Planning in Eastern Europe
Planning in the Third World
A Look Ahead
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
19 Planning Theory
Is Theory Necessary?
A Distinction Between Public and Private Planning
The Process of Planning
Advocacy Planning
Planning from Right and Left
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
PART 1 THE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING
1 An Overview
The Need for Planning
The Specific Concerns of Planning
Who Are the Planners?
Professional Organizations
Satisfactions and Discontents
Useful Abilities
The Plan of This Book
Note
2 The Urbanization of America
Urbanization in the Nineteenth Century
Urban Trends in the Twentieth Century
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
3 The History of Planning: Part I
Colonial America
Limited Means and Growing Problems
The Pressure for Reform
The Birth of Modern City Planning
The Public Control of Private Property
The Emergence of Regional and State Planning
Grander Visions
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
4 The History of Planning: Part II
Planning and the Great Depression
The Postwar Period
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
PART 2 THE STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING
5 The Legal Basis of Planning
The Constitutional Framework
Public Control over Private Property
The Rights of Nonresidents
The Fight over Eminent Domain
State-Enabling Legislation
The Federal Role
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
6 Planning and Politics
Why Is Planning Political?
Planners and Power
The Fragmentation of Power
Styles of Planning
How Planning Agencies Are Organized
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
7 The Social Issues
The Social Issues in Planning for Housing
Other Issues
Who Does Social Planning?
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
8 The Comprehensive Plan
The Goals of Comprehensive Planning
The Comprehensive Planning Process
How Effective Are Comprehensive Plans?
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
9 The Tools of Land-Use Planning
Public Capital Investment
Land-Use Controls
Making Zoning More Flexible
Form-Based Zoning
Other Types of Local Land-Use Controls
Combining Capital Investment and Land-Use Controls
Forces Beyond Local Control
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
PART 3 FIELDS OF PLANNING
10 Urban Design
What Is Urban Design?
The Urban Design Process
What Is Good Urban Design?
Replanning Suburbia: The Neotraditionalists
Edge City
Visions of the City of the Future
Coming to Terms with the Automobile
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
11 Urban Renewal and Community Development
Urban Renewal
Community Development
The Housing Question
Planning for Housing
The Housing Bubble and the Problem of Abandonment
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
12 Transportation Planning
Recent Trends in Urban Transportation
Paying for Transportation
Transportation Planning and Land Use
The Transportation Planning Process
Changes in the Federal Role
Fine-Tuning the System
The Growing Role of Tolls and Privatization
Smart Highways, Intelligent Vehicles, and New Machines
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
13 Economic Development Planning
Historic Roots
Perspectives on Local Economic Development
State Economic Development Efforts
Local Economic Development Programs
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
14 Growth Management, Smart Growth, and Sustainable Development
The Origins of Growth Management
Winners and Losers in Growth Management
A Sampling of Local Growth Management Programs
State-Level Growth Management
Growth Management-Pro or Con?
The Challenge of Smart Growth
Planning for Sustainability
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
15 Environmental and Energy Planning
The Environmental Planning Problem
Environmental Progress at the National Level
The Question of Global Climate Change
Environmental Policy During the Bush and Obama Administration
The Intergovernment Context of Environmental Planning
Economic and Political Issues in Environmental Planning
Local Environmental Planning
An Example of Environmental Planning
Energy Planning
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
16 Planning for Metropolitan Regions
The Political Problem
A Brief History of Metropolitan-Area Planning
Minneapolis-St. Paul: A Tale of Two Cities
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
The Atlanta Regional Commission
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
PART 4 LARGER QUESTIONS
17 National Planning in the United States
Is There National Planning in the United States?
The Pattern of Land Settlement
Establishing the Rail Network
Water and the West
Systematic Regional Planning
The Interstate Highway System
Financing the Suburbs
Land Management
What's Next?
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
18 Planning in Other Nations
Planning in Western Europe
Planning in Eastern Europe
Planning in the Third World
A Look Ahead
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
19 Planning Theory
Is Theory Necessary?
A Distinction Between Public and Private Planning
The Process of Planning
Advocacy Planning
Planning from Right and Left
Summary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index