Contemporary Urban Planning by Levy, John M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface PART 1 THE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING

1 An Overview

The Need for Planning The Specific Concerns of Planning Who Are the Planners? Professional Organizations Satisfactions and Discontents Useful Abilities The Plan of This Book Notes

2 The Urbanization of America

Urbanization in the Nineteenth Century Urban Trends in the Twentieth Century A Turn Toward Reurbanization? Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

3 The History of Planning: Part I

Colonial America Limited Means and Growing Problems The Pressure for Reform The Birth of Modern City Planning The Public Control of Private Property The Emergence of Regional and State Planning Grander Visions Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

4 The History of Planning: Part II

Planning and the Great Depression The Postwar Period Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

PART 2 THE STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING

5 The Legal Basis of Planning

The Constitutional Framework Public Control over Private Property The Rights of Nonresidents The Fight over Eminent Domain State-Enabling Legislation The Federal Role Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

6 Planning and Politics

Why Is Planning Political? Planners and Power The Fragmentation of Power Styles of Planning How Planning Agencies Are Organized Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

7 The Social Issues

The Social Issues in Planning for Housing Other Issues Who Does Social Planning? Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

8 The Comprehensive Plan

The Goals of Comprehensive Planning The Comprehensive Planning Process How Effective Are Comprehensive Plans? Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

9 The Tools of Land-Use Planning

Public Capital Investment Financing Capital Expenditures Land-Use Controls Making Zoning More Flexible Form-Based Zoning Other Types of Local Land-Use Controls Combining Capital Investment and Land-Use Controls Forces Beyond Local Control Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

PART 3 FIELDS OF PLANNING

10 Urban Design

What Is Urban Design? Three Large-Scale Urban Design Examples The Urban Design Process What Is Good Urban Design? Replanning Suburbia: The Neotraditionalists Edge City Visions of the City of the Future Coming to Terms with the Automobile Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

11 Urban Renewal and Community Development

Urban Renewal Community Development The Housing Question Planning for Housing The Housing Bubble and the Problem of Abandonment Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

12 Transportation Planning

Recent Trends in Urban Transportation Paying for Transportation Transportation Planning and Land Use The Transportation Planning Process Optimizing the Traffic System The Growing Role of Tolls and Privatization The Future of the Automobile Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

13 Economic Development Planning

Historic Roots Perspectives on Local Economic Development State Economic Development Efforts Local Economic Development Programs Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

14 Growth Management, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, and Planning for Catastrophe

The Origins of Growth Management Winners and Losers in Growth Management A Sampling of Local Growth Management Programs State-Level Growth Management Growth Management: Pro or Con? The Challenge of Smart Growth Planning for Sustainability Planning for Natural Disasters Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

15 Environmental and Energy Planning

The Environmental Planning Problem The Question of Global Climate Change Environmental Progress at the National Level A Brief History of National Environmental Policy The Link Between National and Local Environmental Planning Economic and Political Issues in Environmental Planning Local Environmental Planning Energy Planning Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

16 Planning for Metropolitan Regions

The Political Problem A Brief History of Metropolitan-Area Planning Minneapolis–St. Paul: A Tale of Two Cities The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey The Atlanta Regional Commission Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

PART 4 LARGER QUESTIONS

17 National Planning in the United States

Is There National Planning in the United States? The Pattern of Land Settlement Establishing the Rail Network Water and the West Systematic Regional Planning The Interstate Highway System Financing the Suburbs Land Management What’s Next? Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

18 Planning in Other Nations

Planning in Western Europe Planning in Eastern Europe Planning in Asia Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

19 Planning Theory

Is Theory Necessary? A Distinction Between Public and Private Planning The Process of Planning Advocacy Planning: The Question of for Whom Planning from Right and Left Summary Notes Selected Bibliography

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