Readings in Planning Theory

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. The editors have selected a set of classic and contemporary writings to address a central question: What role can planning theory play in making the good city and region within the constraints of a capitalist political economy and a democratic political system? The volume 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. The second edition also features new case studies of planning success and failure in both the United States and the United Kingdom.In this second edition of Readings in Planning Theory the editors retain 10 of the 28 original readings from the first edition. Four other readings have been updated with more recent writings from the same author (the opening introduction and the chapters by Fainstein, Krumholz and Healey). Thirteen readings are wholly new.

List of contents

List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Structure and Debates of Planning Theory: Scott Campbell and Susan S. Fainstein.Part I: Foundations of Twentieth-Century Planning:Introduction:1. Urban Utopias: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyed Wrigth, and Le Corbusier: Robert Fishman.2. The Death and Life of Great American Cities: Jane Jacobs.3. Toward a Non-Euclidian Mode of Planning: John Friedmann.Part II: Planning: Justifications and Critiques:Introduction.4. Arguments For and Against Planning: Richard Klosterman.5. Planning the Capitalist City: Richard E. Foglesong.6. Between Modernity and Postmodernity: The Ambiguous Position of U.S. Planning: Robert A. Beauregard.7. Authoritarian High Modernism: James C. Scott.8. Making Space: Planning as a Mode of Thought: David C. Perry.Part III: Planning Types:Introduction.9. New Directions in Planning Theory: Susan S. Fainstein.10. The Science of "Muddling Through": Charles E. Lindblom.11. Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning: Paul Davidoff.12. Equitable Approaches to Local Economic Development: Norman Krumholz.13. The Communicative Turn in Planning Theory and its Implications for Spatial Strategy Formation: Patsy Healey.Part IV: Planning in Action: Successes, Failures, and Strategies:Introduction.14. What Local Economic Developers Actually Do: Location Quotients versus Press Releases: John M. Levy.15. Community and Consensus: Reality and Fantasy in Planning: Howell S. Baum.16. Popular Planning: Coin Street, London: Tim Brindley, Yvonne Rydin, and Gerry Stoker.17. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice: Bent Flyvbjerg.Part V: Race, Gender, and City Planning:Introduction.18. City Life and Difference: Iris Marion Young.19. Educating Planners: Unified Diversity for Social Action: June Manning Thomas.20. Nurturing: Home, Mom, and Apple Pie: Dolores Hayden.21. Towards Cosmopolis: Utopia as Construction Site: Leonie Sandercock.Part VI: Ethics, the Environment, and Conflicting Priorities:Introduction.22. APA's Ethical Principles Include Simplistic Planning Theories: William H. Lucy.23. Risk Assessment and Environmental Crisis: Toward an Integration of Science and Participation: Frank Fischer.24. Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development: Scott Campbell.Index.

About the author

Scott Campbell is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Doctoral Program Director in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.

Susan S. Fainstein is a Professor in the Urban Planning Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Product details

• Authors: Dave Campbell, Scott Campbell, Susan S. Campbell, Fainstein, Susan S. Fainstein
• Assisted by: Scott Campbell (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.2003
• EAN: 9780631223474
• ISBN: 978-0-631-22347-4
• No. of pages: 488
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology