Readings in Planning Theory

Readings in Planning Theory
ISBN-10
0631223479
ISBN-13
9780631223474
Category
Architecture
Pages
488
Language
English
Published
2003-02-12
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Author
Susan S. Fainstein

Description

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.

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