John M. Levy, Sonia A. Hirt, Casey J. Dawkins

Contemporary Urban Planning (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Contemporary Urban Planning, 12e provides students with an unvarnished and in-depth introduction to the historic, economic, political, legal, ideological, and environmental factors affecting urban planning today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040047514
• Artikelnr.: 70717598

Autorenporträt

John M. Levy is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States.

Sonia A. Hirt is Dean and Hughes Professor in Landscape Architecture and Planning at the College of Environment + Design at the University of Georgia, United States. She has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Planning History and has been on the editorial boards of nine other scholarly journals. She was a Guggenheim Fellow (2023-2024). Her research focuses on culture, cities, and space, especially in Europe and the United States.

Casey J. Dawkins is Professor of Urban Studies and Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and a faculty member of the National Center for Smart Growth, at the University of Maryland, United States. He serves as an Associate Editor of the journal Housing Policy Debate and is an appointed member of the Maryland Board of Architects. His research focuses on U.S. housing policy; manufactured housing; the causes, consequences, and measurement of residential segregation; and the link between land use regulations and housing affordability.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An Overview
Part 1: The Background and Development of Contemporary Urban Planning
2. The Urbanization of America
3. The History of Planning: Part I
4. The History of Planning: Part II
Part 2: The Structure and Practice of Contemporary Planning
5. The Legal Basis of Planning
With Sarah Schindler
6. Planning and Politics
7. Social Issues
8. The Comprehensive Plan
9. The Tools of Land-Use Planning
Part 3: Fields of Planning
10. Urban Design
With Charles Steger
11. Housing and Community Development
12. Transportation Planning
13. Economic Development Planning
14. Environmental Planning
Part 4: Larger Questions
15. Planning at the National, State, and Metropolitan Levels
With C. David Loeks
16. Planning in Select Other Nations
With Johann Jessen, Clara Irazábal, and Sanjeev Vidhyarthi