Urban Planning

By: Tuezin Baycan (Editor), Peter Batey (Editor), Kenneth Button (Editor), Peter Nijkamp (Editor)

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'Urban planning is a diverse discipline with many faces. Some treat it as applied politics; an instrument to operationalize ideology. Others focus on form, method, technique and process, while others emphasize networks, the environment, economics and sustainability. But ultimately the urban planner is a doctor and the urban society, in all its dimensions, the patient. It is the planner's task to keep the patient happy and healthy and to achieve this goal a balance needs to be struck between all of the aspects above. This volume is indicative of the multi-dimensionality of the profession. It contains some of the most outstanding and groundbreaking works that have been produced by some of the greatest thinkers in all the major fields of urban planning over the past half century.' - Hermanus S. Geyer, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, South Africa With the global expansion of urbanization there is a need to ensure that cities develop in a way that allows all residents to benefit from urban life. This volume contains a collection of classic and more recent papers that provide insight into the problems encountered in urbanization and the ways in which planning has evolved to meet the resultant challenges. It is broad in its coverage, and its content includes both theoretical and applied contributions as well as looking at urban planning issues in the developing as well as the developed world.

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Series Preface
Introduction
Planning Theory and Practice
A Theory of Urban Form	p. 3
Paradigms and Planning Practice: Conceptual and Contextual Considerations	p. 17
Planning Theory Revisited	p. 33
Reflections on the Future Understanding of Planning Practice	p. 42
Relational Concepts of Space and Place: Issues for Planning Theory and Practice	p. 61
The Performance of Spatial Planning	p. 85
Planning of Urban Settlements
The Neighborhood and the Neighborhood Unit	p. 107
The Economic Base of the Metropolis: Critical Remarks on the "Basic-Nonbasic" Concept	p. 122
What Are New Towns For?	p. 141
Optimally in City Size, Systems of Cities and Urban Policy: A Sceptic's View	p. 160
Environmental Quality, Metropolitan Areas and Traditional Settlements	p. 180
Are Compact Cities a Desirable Planning Goal?	p. 207
Future Urban Structure
The Form and Structure of the Future Urban Complex	p. 221
Editorial: Sustainable Cities: Urban Policies for the Future	p. 250
Telematics and the Convergence of Urban Infrastructure: Implications for Contemporary Cities	p. 262
The Future of the Metropolis and its Form	p. 278
Telecommunications and the Future of Cities: Debunking the Myths	p. 288
Impacts of Information Technologies on Urban Economies and Politics	p. 297
Urban Planning in the Developing World
Urban Change in the Third World: Are Recent Trends a Useful Pointer to the Urban Future?	p. 307
Urban Planning in the Developing World: Lessons from Experience	p. 327
Environmental Management and Urban Development: Issues and Options for Third World Cities	p. 341
Third World Cities: Housing, Infrastructure and Servicing	p. 351
Strategic Decisions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Third World	p. 377
Third World Cities: Sustainable Urban Development	p. 391
Urban Planning Models
Plan or Projection: An Examination of the Use of Models in Planning	p. 413
Taking Stock of Techniques for Shaping Urban Growth	p. 421
Models in Urban Planning: A Synoptic Review of Recent Literature	p. 433
Methods in Strategic Planning: Part I: A Descriptive Review	p. 461
Methods in Strategic Planning: Part II: A Prescriptive Review	p. 476
Old Wine in a New Bottle? Planning Methods and Techniques in the 1990s	p. 493
Community Involvement in Urban Planning
A Ladder of Citizen Participation	p. 511
Citizen Participation in City and Regional Planning: An Effective American Methodology	p. 520
Public Involvement and Planning: Looking Beyond the One to the Many	p. 530
Name Index	p. 555
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