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Title The Oxford handbook of urban planning / edited by Randall Crane and Rachel Weber
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 864 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series [Oxford handbooks]
Oxford handbooks.
Contents pt. I. Introduction -- Planning as scholarship : origins and prospects / Rachel Weber and Randall Crane -- pt. II. Why plan? : institutions and values -- A. Delivering public goods -- Collective action : balancing public and particularistic interests / Tore Sager -- Urban planning and regulation : the challenge of the market / Yonn Dierwechter and Andy Thornley -- The evolution of the institutional approach to planning / Annette M. Kim -- Varieties of planning experience : toward a globalized planning culture? / John Friedmann -- B. Principles and goals -- Beauty / Elizabeth MacDonald -- Sustainability / Emily Talen -- Justice / Peter Marcuse -- Access / Kevin J. Krizek and David M. Levinson -- Preservation / Na Li and Elisabeth M. Hamin -- Cultural diversity / Karen Umemoto and Vera Zambonelli -- Resilience / Thomas J. Campanella and David R. Godschalk -- pt. III. How and what do we plan? : the means and modes of planning -- A. Plan making -- Making plans / Charles Hoch -- Cities, people, and processes as planning case studies / Eugénie L. Birch -- From good intentions to a critical pragmatism / John Forester -- Visualizing information / Ann-Margaret Esnard -- Modeling urban systems / John D. Landis -- Codes and standards / Eran Ben-Joseph -- B. Frontiers of persistent and emergent questions -- Evolving perspectives on the arts, place, and development / Elizabeth Currid-Halkett -- Reconnecting urban planning and public health / Jason Corburn -- Suburban sprawl and "smart growth" / Yan Song -- Planning for improved air quality and environmental health / Lisa Schweitzer and Linsey Marr -- The local regulation of climate change / J.R. DeShazo and Juan Matute -- The evolving role of community economic development in planning / Karen Chapple -- Housing : planning and policy challenges / Lisa K. Bates -- Cities with slums / Vinit Mukhija -- The public finance of urban form / John I. Carruthers -- City abandonment / Margaret Dewar and Matthew D. Weber -- The changing character of urban redevelopment / Norman Fainstein and Susan D. Fainstein -- Gender, cities and planning / Brenda Parker -- Frontiers in land use and travel research / Marlon G. Boarnet -- pt. IV. Who plans, how well, and how can we tell? -- A. Planning agents -- The civics of urban planning / Carmen Sirianni and Jennifer Girourd -- Urban informality : the production of space and practice of planning / Ananya Roy -- Citizen planners : from self-help to political transformation / Victoria A. Beard -- The real estate development industry / Igal Charney -- The politics of planning / J. Phillip Thompson -- B. Making good plans -- Reading through a plan : a visual theory of plan interpretation / Brent D. Ryan -- Planning and citizenship / Faranak Miraftab -- Plan assessment : making and using plans well / Lewis D. Hopkins
Summary Why plan? How and what do we plan? Who plans for whom? These three questions are then applied across three major topics in planning: States, Markets, and the Provision of Social Goods; The Methods and Substance of Planning; and Agency, Implementation, and Decision Making
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from HTML homepage (Oxford, viewed August 14, 2020)
Subject City planning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
City planning -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
City planning
Städtebau
Stadtplanung
Städtebau.
Urbanisme -- Manuels d'enseignement supérieur.
Urbanisme -- États-Unis.
United States
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
Author Crane, Randall, editor
Weber, Rachel, editor
LC no. 2011034086
ISBN 9780199968763
0199968764