Synopses & Reviews
This volume examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years and contains work by the most renouned contemporary thinkers in the field.
About the Author
Scott Campbell is Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. His research has focused on defense-industrial cities, regional and environmental planning, and German cities. He is co-author of
The Rise of the Gunbelt (with Ann Markusen, Peter Hall and Sabina Deitrick) and of a forthcoming book on Berlin.
Susan S. Fainstein is Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her research has focused on planning theory, comparative public policy, urban redevelopment, and citizen participation. Among her books are Urban Political Movements, Restructuring the City,The City Builders (Blackwell, 1994), and Divided Cities (co-edited with Ian Gordon and Michael Harloe; Blackwell, 1992).
Table of Contents
1. Planning Theory: What It Is and What It Does: S. Campbell and S. S. Fainstein.
Part I: Foundations of 20th Century Planning:.
2. Urban Utopias: Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier: R. Fishman.
3. The Glory, Destruction, and Meaning of the City Beautiful Movement: W. H. Wilson.
4. The Death and Life of Great American Cities: J. Jacobs.
5. The Neutral City: R. Sennett.
Part II: Planning: Justifications, Critiques, and Contradictions:.
6. Arguments For and Against Planning: R. Klosterman.
7. Planning the Capitalist City: R. E. Foglesong.
8. On Planning the Ideology of Planning: D. Harvey.
9. Can Selfishness Save the Environment?: M. Ridley and B. S. Low.
10. Planning in the Public Domain: From Knowledge to Action: J. Friedmann.
11. Between Modernity and Postmodernity: The Ambiguous Position of US Planning: R. A. Beauregard.
12. Planning Through Debate: The Communicative Turn in Planning Theory: P. Healey.
Part III: Planning Types: .
13. City Planning and Political Values: An Updated View: S. S. Fainstein and N. I. Fainstein.
14. The Science of Muddling Through: C. E. Lindblom.
15. Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning: P. Davidoff.
16. A Public Planning Perspective on Strategic Planning: J. L. Kaufman and H. M. Jacobs.
17. A Retrospective View of Equity Planning: Cleveland 1969-1979: N Krumholz.
Part IV: Planning in Action: Successes, Failures, and Strategies: .
18. What Local Economic Developers Actually Do: Location Quotients Versus Press Releases: J. M. Levy.
19. London's Motorways: P. Hall.
20. Coalition Building by a Regional Agency: Austin Robin and the Port of New York Authority: J. Doig.
21. Space for Progressive Local Policy: Examples from the United States and the United Kingdom: P. Clavel and N. Kleniewski.
Part V: A Discussion on Gender: .
22. Feminist Thoughts on the Theory and Practice of Planning: M. Ritzdorf.
23. Knowing Women/Planning Theory: H. Liggett.
24. Planning A Different Voice: S. S. Fainstein.
25. Some Thoughts About Difference and Pluralism: B. Moore Milroy.
26. Feminist and Planning Theories: The Epistemological Connection: J. Friedmann.
27. Feminist Theory and Planning Theory: The Epistemological Linkages: L. Sandercock and A. Forsyth.
Part VI: Ethics, Professionalism, and Value Hierarchies:.
28. APA's Ethical Principles Include Simplistic Planning Theories: W. H. Lucy.
29. Professional Ethics and Beyond: Values in Planning: P. Marcuse.
30. Risk Assessment and Environmental Crisis: Toward an Integration of Science and Participation: F. Fischer.
31. Learning from Practice Stories: The Priority of Practical Judgement: J. Forester.
Index.