Contemporary Urban Planning

by Levy; John M

• ISBN13: 9780205851737
• ISBN10: 0205851738
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Updated in its 10thedition, Contemporary Urban Planningprovides readers with in-depth coverage of the historic, economic, political, legal, and environmental factors affecting urban planning as well as specific chapters on the various fields of planning. With updated coverage of the Obama administration's response to the present economic downturn, the text addresses the most pressing issues in urban development today - including the subprime mortgage crisis and home foreclosures, federal funding for public transportation, and new standards for "green" buildings. The book also includes new material on the rapidly growing field of planning for natural catastrophes.

Table of Contents

The Background and Development of Contemporary Planning
An Overview	p. 1
The Need for Planning	p. 1
The Specific Concerns of Planning	p. 3
Who Are the Planners?	p. 4
Professional Organizations	p. 5
Satisfactions and Discontents	p. 6
Useful Abilities	p. 7
The Plan of this Book	p. 7
Notes	p. 8
The Urbanization of America	p. 9
Urbanization in the Nineteenth Century	p. 9
Urban Trends in the Twentieth Century	p. 15
Summary	p. 25
Notes	p. 26
Selected Bibliography	p. 26
The History of Planning: Part I	p. 27
Colonial America	p. 28
Limited Means and Growing Problems	p. 30
The Pressure for Reform	p. 31
The Birth of Modern City Planning	p. 38
The Public Control of Private Property	p. 40
The Emergence of Regional and State Planning	p. 44
Grander Visions	p. 47
Summary	p. 51
Notes	p. 52
Selected Bibliography	p. 52
The History of Planning: Part II	p. 53
Planning and the Great Depression	p. 53
The Postwar Period	p. 56
Summary	p. 66
Notes	p. 67
Selected Bibliography	p. 67
The Structure and Practice of Contemporary Planning
The Legal Basis of Planning	p. 68
The Constitutional Framework	p. 68
Public Control over Private Property	p. 70
The Rights of Nonresidents	p. 80
The Fight over Eminent Domain	p. 82
State-Enabling Legislation	p. 84
The Federal Role	p. 86
Summary	p. 88
Notes	p. 89
Selected Bibliography	p. 90
Planning and Politics	p. 91
Why Is Planning Political?	p. 91
Planners and Power	p. 93
The Fragmentation of Power	p. 94
Styles of Planning	p. 98
How Planning Agencies are Organized	p. 100
Summary	p. 103
Notes	p. 104
Selected Bibliography	p. 104
The Social Issues	p. 105
The Social Issues in Planning for Housing	p. 106
Other Issues	p. 115
Who Does Social Planning?	p. 119
Summary	p. 120
Notes	p. 120
Selected Bibliography	p. 121
The Comprehensive Plan	p. 122
The Goals of Comprehensive Planning	p. 122
The Comprehensive Planning Process	p. 124
How Effective are Comprehensive Plans?	p. 132
Summary	p. 133
Notes	p. 133
Selected Bibliography	p. 134
The Tools of Land-Use Planning	p. 135
Public Capital Investment	p. 135
Financing Capital Expenditures	p. 136
Land-Use Controls	p. 140
Making Zoning More Fexible	p. 149
Form-Based Zoning	p. 160
Other Types of Local Land-Use Controls	p. 163
Combining Capital Investment and Land-Use Controls	p. 164
Forces Beyond Local Control	p. 166
Summary	p. 168
Notes	p. 169
Selected Bibliography	p. 170
Fields of Planning
Urban Design	p. 171
What Is Urban Design?	p. 172
The Urban Design Process	p. 176
What Is Good Urban Design?	p. 181
Replanning Suburbia: The Neotraditionalists	p. 187
Edge City	p. 193
Visions of the City of the Future	p. 199
Coming to Terms with the Automobile	p. 204
Summary	p. 205
Notes	p. 206
Selected Bibliography	p. 206
Urban Renewal and Community Development	p. 208
Urban Renewal	p. 209
Community Development	p. 218
The Housing Question	p. 221
Planning for Housing	p. 223
The Housing Bubble and the Problem of Abandonment	p. 226
Summary	p. 233
Notes	p. 234
Selected Bibliography	p. 235
Transportation Planning	p. 236
Recent Trends in Urban Transportation	p. 236
Paying for Transportation	p. 240
Transportation Planning and Land Use	p. 241
The Transportation Planning Process	p. 243
Changes in the Federal Role	p. 253
Fine-Tuning the System	p. 254
The Growing Role of Tolls and Privatization	p. 255
Smart Highways, Intelligent Vehicles, and New Machines	p. 257
Summary	p. 259
Notes	p. 261
Selected Bibliography	p. 261
Economic Development Planning	p. 262
Historic Roots	p. 263
Perspectives on Local Economic Development	p. 264
State Economic Development Efforts	p. 267
Local Economic Development Programs	p. 269
Summary	p. 278
Notes	p. 278
Selected Bibliography	p. 279
Growth Management, Smart Growth, and Sustainable Development	p. 280
The Origins of Growth Management	p. 282
Winners and Losers in Growth Management	p. 283
A Sampling of Local Growth Management Programs	p. 285
State-Level Growth Management	p. 289
Growth ManagementùPro or Con?	p. 294
The Challenge of Smart Growth	p. 295
Planning for Sustainability	p. 298
Summary	p. 303
Notes	p. 304
Selected Bibliography	p. 306
Environmental and Energy Planning	p. 307
The Environmental Planning Problem	p. 308
The Question of Global Climate Change	p. 308
Environmental Progress at the National Level	p. 311
A Brief History of National Environmental Policy	p. 314
The Link Between National and Local Environmental Planning	p. 321
Economic and Political Issues in Environmental Planning	p. 323
Local Environmental Planning	p. 327
Energy Planning	p. 331
Summary	p. 338
Notes	p. 339
Selected Bibliography	p. 340
Planning for Metropolitan Regions	p. 341
The Political Problem	p. 341
A Brief History of Metropolitan-Area Planning	p. 343
Minneapolis-St. Paul: A Tale of Two Cities	p. 347
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	p. 349
The Atlanta Regional Commission	p. 354
Summary	p. 356
Notes	p. 357
Selected Bibliography	p. 357
Larger Questions
National Planning in the United States	p. 358
Is There National Planning in the United States?	p. 358
The Pattern of Land Settlement	p. 359
Establishing the Rail Network	p. 361
Water and the West	p. 362
Systematic Regional Planning	p. 366
The Interstate Highway System	p. 369
Financing the Suburbs	p. 372
Land Management	p. 375
What's Next?	p. 376
Summary	p. 377
Notes	p. 377
Selected Bibliography	p. 379
Planning in Other Nations	p. 380
Planning in Western Europe	p. 380
Planning in Eastern Europe	p. 408
Planning in Asia	p. 414
Summary	p. 419
Notes	p. 420
Selected Bibliography	p. 422
Planning Theory	p. 423
Is Theory Necessary?	p. 423
A Distinction Between Public and Private Planning	p. 424
The Process of Planning	p. 425
Advocacy Planning: The Question of for Whom	p. 434
Planning from Right and Left	p. 435
Summary	p. 440
Notes	p. 441
Selected Bibliography	p. 442
Index	p. 443
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