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Readings in Planning Theory

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ISBN-10: 1444330802

ISBN-13: 9781444330809

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Scott Campbell, Susan S. Fainstein

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The Third Edition of the highly successful Readings in Planning Theory continues its well established role in defining the most current debates within the field of planning theory - identifying its boundaries, presenting the works that constitute its central focus, and addressing the central issues that face planners as theorists and practitioners. While maintaining an emphasis on developing an understanding of the process and substance of planning within real world constraints, readings in the new edition reflect many of the developments and rapidly changing dynamics of today's globalized world. Chapter updates and the addition of some 13 new readings place an emphasis on emergent themes…    
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Book details

List price: $25.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 8/26/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 580
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.2

Scott Campbell's paintings have appeared in numerous shows and publications around the world. He has created award-winning comics, such as "Igloo Head and Tree Head," which appeared in the Flight anthology, and is the illustrator of Zombie in Love and Zombie in Love 2 + 1 by Kelly DiPucchio; East Dragon, West Dragon by Robyn Eversole; and If Dogs Run Free by Bob Dylan. Scott lives in New York City. Visit him at PyramidCar.com.

Susan S. Fainstein is Professor of Urban Planning in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. She is the author of The City Builders and coauthor of Restructuring the City and Urban Political Movements .

Introduction: The Stucture and Debates of Planning Theory
Foundations of Twentieth-Century Planning Theory
Introduction
Urban utopias in the Twentieth Century
Auhroritarian High Modernism
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Good City: In Defense of Utopian Thinking
Planning: Justifications and Critiques
Introduction
Utilitarianism's Bad Breath? A Re-evaluation of the Pablic Interest Justification for Planning
Planning the Capitalist City
Urban Design after Battery Park City: Opportunities for Variety and Vitality in Large-Scale Urban Estate Development
Planning Types/Normative Frameworks
Introduction
Planning Thoery and the City
The Science of "Muddling Through"
Advocy and pluralism in Planning
Challenges of Deliberation and Participation
Traditions of Planning Thought
Planning in Action: Successes, Failures, and Strategies
Introduction
Implications of Private-Public Partnerships on the Development of Urban Public Transit Infrastructure The Case of Vancouver, Canaca
Collective Ownership and Community Control and Development: The Long View
Bringing Power to Planning Research: One Researcher's Praxis Story
Social Justice: Race, Gender, Class
Introduction
Inclusive and Democracy
The minority-Race Planner in the Quest for a Just City
Nurturing: Home, Mom, and Apple Pie
Planning as a Heterosexist Project
Planning Goals: Justice, Conflict, and the Right to the City
Introduction
Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development
AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct American Istitute of Certified Planners
Public Policy as Discursive Construct: Social Meaning and Multiple Realities
The Mauling of Public Space
Planning in a Globalized World
Introduction
Re-examining the International Diffusion of Planning
Political Strategies for More Livable Cities: Lessons from Six Cases of Development and Political Transition
Is History Repearing Itself? From Urban Renewal in the United States to Inner-City Redevelopment in China
Re-engaging Planning Theory? Towards "South-Eastern" Perspectives
Credits and Sources
Index