Contemporary Urban Planning

by Levy, John M.

• ISBN13: 9780130835741
• ISBN10: 0130835749
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

For introductory courses in urbanization, urban affairs, and urban problems. Based on the author's extensive experience as a working planner, this book gives students an insider's view of sub-state urban planningthe nitty-gritty details on the interplay of politics, law, money, and interest groups. The author takes a balanced, non-judgmental approach to introduce a range of ideological and political perspectives on the operation of political, economic, and demographic forces in city planning. Unlike other books on the subject, this text is strong in its coverage of economics, law, finance, and urban governance. It examines the underlying forces of growth and change and discusses frankly who benefits and loses by particular decisions.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Illustration Credits	xi
Acknowledgments	xi
PART I THE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING
An Overview	1	(6)
The Need for Planning	1	(2)
The Specific Concerns of Planning	3	(1)
Who Are the Planners?	4	(1)
Satisfactions and Discontents	5	(1)
The Plan of This Book	5	(2)
The Urbanization of America	7	(18)
Urbanization in the Nineteenth Century	7	(7)
Urban Trends in the Twentieth Century	14	(8)
A Final Note	22	(1)
Summary	22	(1)
Notes	23	(1)
Selected Bibliography	24	(1)
The History of Planning: Part I	25	(25)
Colonial America	25	(2)
Limited Means and Growing Problems	27	(1)
The Pressure for Reform	28	(7)
The Birth of Modern City Planning	35	(3)
The Public Control of Private Property	38	(4)
The Emergence of Regional and State Planning	42	(3)
Grander Visions	45	(3)
Summary	48	(1)
Notes	49	(1)
Selected Bibliography	49	(1)
The History of Planning: Part II	50	(10)
Planning and the Great Depression	51	(2)
The Postwar Period	53	(5)
Summary	58	(1)
Notes	59	(1)
Selected Bibliography	59	(1)
PART II THE STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING
The Legal Basis of Planning	60	(15)
The Constitutional Framework	60	(2)
Public Control over Private Property	62	(5)
State-Enabling Legislation	67	(4)
The Federal Role	71	(2)
Summary	73	(1)
Notes	73	(1)
Selected Bibliography	74	(1)
Planning and Politics	75	(12)
Why Is Planning Political?	75	(1)
Planners and Power	76	(2)
The Fragmentation of Power	78	(1)
Styles of Planning	79	(3)
How Planning Agencies Are Organized	82	(3)
Summary	85	(1)
Selected Bibliography	86	(1)
The Social Issues	87	(13)
The Social Issues in Planning for Housing	88	(9)
Who Does Social Planning?	97	(1)
Summary	98	(1)
Notes	98	(1)
Selected Bibliography	99	(1)
The Comprehensive Plan	100	(11)
The Goals of Comprehensive Planning	100	(2)
The Comprehensive Planning Process	102	(7)
Summary	109	(1)
Notes	109	(1)
Selected Bibliography	110	(1)
The Tools of Land-Use Planning	111	(27)
Public Capital Investment	111	(1)
Land-Use Controls	112	(21)
Combining Capital Investment and Land-Use Controls	133	(2)
Summary	135	(1)
Notes	135	(2)
Selected Bibliography	137	(1)
PART III FIELDS OF PLANNING
Urban Design	138	(25)
What Is Urban Design?	140	(4)
The Urban Design Process	144	(4)
What Is Good Urban Design?	148	(4)
Replanning Suburbia: The Neotraditionalists	152	(5)
Visions of the City of the Future	157	(4)
Summary	161	(1)
Notes	161	(1)
Selected Bibliography	162	(1)
Urban Renewal and Community Development	163	(20)
Urban Renewal	164	(8)
Community Development	172	(3)
The Housing Question	175	(1)
Planning for Housing	176	(4)
Summary	180	(1)
Notes	181	(1)
Selected Bibliography	182	(1)
Transportation Planning	183	(18)
Recent Trends in Urban Transportation	183	(1)
Paying for Transportation	184	(2)
Transportation Planning and Use	186	(1)
The Transportation Planning Process	187	(8)
Changes in the Federal Role	195	(1)
Fine-Tuning the System	196	(1)
Smart Highways and Intelligent Vehicles	197	(2)
Summary	199	(1)
Notes	200	(1)
Selected Bibliography	200	(1)
Economic Development Planning	201	(14)
Historic Roots	202	(1)
Perspectives on Local Economic Development	203	(3)
State Economic Development Efforts	206	(2)
Local Economic Development Efforts	208	(4)
A Look Ahead	212	(1)
Summary	213	(1)
Notes	213	(1)
Selected Bibliography	214	(1)
Growth Management Planning	215	(19)
The Origins of Growth Management	216	(1)
The Mechanics of Growth Management	217	(4)
Winners and Losers in Growth Management	221	(2)
A Sampling of Growth Management Programs	223	(4)
State-Level Growth Management	227	(3)
Growth Management---Pro or Con?	230	(1)
Summary	231	(1)
Notes	231	(1)
Selected Bibliography	232	(2)
Environmental and Energy Planning	234	(23)
The Environmental Planning Problem	235	(1)
Environmental Progress at the National Level	235	(4)
The Intergovernment Context of Environmental Planning	239	(4)
Economic and Political Issues in Environmental Planning	243	(4)
Local Environmental Planning	247	(2)
An Example of Environmental Planning	249	(3)
Energy Planning	252	(2)
Summary	254	(1)
Notes	255	(1)
Selected Bibliography	256	(1)
Planning for Metropolitan Regions	257	(18)
The Political Problem	257	(2)
A Brief History of Metropolitan Area Planning	259	(3)
Minneapolis--St. Paul: A Tale of Two Cities	262	(3)
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	265	(5)
The Atlanta Regional Commission	270	(2)
Summary	272	(1)
Notes	273	(1)
Selected Bibliography	274	(1)
PART IV LARGER QUESTIONS
National Planning in the United States	275	(21)
Is There National Planning in the United States?	275	(1)
The Pattern of Land Settlement	276	(1)
Establishing the Rail Network	277	(2)
Water and the West	279	(5)
Systematic Regional Planning	284	(2)
The Interstate Highway System	286	(3)
Financing the Suburbs	289	(3)
Land Management	292	(1)
Summary	293	(1)
Notes	293	(2)
Selected Bibliography	295	(1)
Planning in Other Nations	296	(33)
Planning in Western Europe	296	(22)
Planning in Eastern Europe	318	(3)
Planning in the Third World	321	(5)
Summary	326	(1)
Notes	327	(1)
Selected Bibliography	328	(1)
Planning Theory	329	(20)
Is Theory Necessary?	329	(1)
A Distinction Between Public and Private Planning	330	(1)
The Process of Planning	331	(7)
Advocacy Planning	338	(1)
Planning from Right and Left	339	(6)
Summary	345	(1)
Notes	346	(1)
Selected Bibliography	347	(2)
Index	349