| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index. |
| Contents |
Plans for Urban Development: Why and How? -- Plan-Based Action in Natural Systems -- How Plans Work -- Strategy, Uncertainty, and Forecasts -- Plans by and for Voluntary Groups and Governments -- Rights, Regulations, and Plans -- Capabilities to Make Plans -- Collective Choice, Participation, and Plans -- How Plans Are Made -- How to Use and Make Plans. |
| Summary |
With increased awareness of the role of plans in shaping urban and suburban landscapes has come increased criticism of planners and the planning profession. Developers, politicians, and citizens alike blame "poor planning" for a host of community ills. But what are plans really supposed to do? How do they work? What problems can they successfully address, and what is beyond their scope? In Urban Development, leading planning scholar Lewis Hopkins tackles these thorny issues as he explains the logic of plans for urban development and justifies prescriptions about when and how to make them. He explores the concepts behind plans, some that are widely accepted but seldom examined, and others that modify conventional wisdom about the use and usefulness of plans. The book: places the role of plans and planners within the complex system of urban development offers examples from the history of plans and planning discusses when plans should be made (and when they should not be made) gives a realistic idea of what can be expected from plans examines ways of gauging the success or failure of plansThe author supports his explanations with graphics, case examples, and hypothetical illustrations that enliven, clarify, and make concrete the discussions of how decisions about plans are and should be made. Urban Development will give all those involved with planning human settlements a more thorough understanding of why and how plans are made, enabling them to make better choices about using and making plans. It is an important contribution that will be essential for students and faculty in planning theory, land use planning, and planning project courses. Publisher description. |
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"Urban Development will give all those involved with planning human settlements a more thorough understanding of why and how plans are made, enabling them to make better choices about using and making plans. It is an important contribution that will be essential for students and faculty in planning theory, land use planning, and planning project courses."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City planning.
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City planning. |
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City planning -- Evaluation.
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City planning -- Evaluation. |
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Social choice.
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Social choice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hopkins, Lewis D. Urban development. Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2001 1559638532 (DLC) 2001002229 (OCoLC)46793160 |
| ISBN |
1417539534 electronic book |
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9781417539536 electronic book |
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9781610913454 electronic book |
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1610913450 electronic book |
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1559638532 paperback : alkaline paper |
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9781559638531 paperback : alkaline paper |
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1559638524 cloth : alkaline paper |
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9781559638524 cloth : alkaline paper |
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