Urban Development The Logic of Making Plans

Name: Urban Development The Logic of Making Plans
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ISBN: 9781559638531

ISBN-10: 1559638532

ISBN-13: 9781559638531

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: Lewis D. Hopkins, Lewis Hopkins

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With increased awareness of the role of plans in shaping urban and suburban landscapes has come increased criticism of planners and the planning profession. Developers, politicians, and citizens alike blame "poor planning" for a host of community ills. But what are plans really supposed to do? How do they work? What problems can they successfully address, and what is beyond their scope? In Urban Development, leading planning scholar Lewis Hopkins tackles these thorny issues as he explains the logic of plans for urban development and justifies prescriptions about when and how to make them. He explores the concepts behind plans, some that are widely accepted but seldom examined, and others…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 6/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 309
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


List of Games


Preface



Plans for Urban Development: Why and How?



Plan-Based Action in Natural Systems



How Plans Work



Strategy, Uncertainty, and Forecasts



Plans by and for Voluntary Groups and Governments



Rights, Regulations, and Plans



Capabilities to Make Plans



Collective Choice, Participation, and Plans



How Plans Are Made



How to Use and Make Plans


Notes


References


About the Author


Index