Urban Planning Theory Since 1945

Informationen zum Autor Nigel Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Planning and Architecture, Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Klappentext Following the Second World War, modern systems of urban and regional planning were established in Britain and most other developed countries. In this book, Nigel Taylor describes the changes in planning thought which have taken place since then. He outlines the main theories of planning, from the traditional view of urban planning as an exercise in physical design, to the systems and rational process views of planning of the 1960s; from Marxist accounts of the role of planning in capitalist society in the 1970s, to theories about planning implementation, and more recent views of planning as a form of `communicative action'. Zusammenfassung This study describes the development of urban planning ideas since the end of World War II to the 1990s. It outlines the main theories of planning! from the traditional view of urban planning as an exercise in physical design! to more recent views of planning as a form of "communicative action". Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: EARLY POST-WAR PLANNING THEORY Town Planning as Physical Planning and Design The Values of Post-War Planning Theory Early Critiques of Post-War Planning Theory PART TWO: PLANNING THEORY IN THE 1960S The Systems and Rational Process Views of Planning Planning as a Political Process PART THREE: PLANNING THEORY FROM THE 1970S TO THE 1990S Theory about the Effects of Planning Rational Planning and Implementation Planning Theory after the New Right PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS Paradigm Shifts, Modernism, and Postmodernism

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Nigel (University of the West of Engla Taylor, Nigel Taylor, Taylor Nigel
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.1998
• EAN: 9780761960942
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-6094-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 241 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Urban communities, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), City and town planning: architectural aspects, Urban Geography;Public Policy & Public Administration