Readings in Planning Theory

by ScottCampbell (Editor)

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  1996

  $5.87

  This volume examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years. Rather than developing a model planning process, the editors have selected a set of classic and contemporary writings to address a central question: What role can planning play in making the good city and region within the constraints of a capitalist political economy and a democratic political system? The volume draws upon a wide range of authors who address planning history, challenges to public planning, competing planning styles, planning ethics, the public interest, and important case studies of planning. Some contributors also challenge conventional planning theory from postmodernist, communicative and feminist perspectives.The book will be of interest to planners, policy makers, students of planning, geographers and anyone who wishes to understand the challenges to planning at the end of the twentieth century. It is a companion volume to Readings in Urban Theory, also published by Blackwell.

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  2003

  $3.30

  The second edition of this very successful volume examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years. * 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. * Theoretical perspectives include political economy, postmodernism, communicative rationality, and feminism. * Readings new to this edition examine themes emerging in planning theory, including a critique of the modernist roots of centralized planning, a reemphasis on space in planning, and a discussion of the difficulty of sustainable development. * Features new case studies of planning success and failure in both the United States and the United Kingdom. * Contains thirteen wholly new readings.