Critical Readings in Planning Theory
eBook - PDF

Critical Readings in Planning Theory

Urban and Regional Planning Series

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Critical Readings in Planning Theory

Urban and Regional Planning Series

About this book

Urban and Regional Planning Series, Volume 27: Critical Readings in Planning Theory presents a critical perspective on urban and regional planning. This book provides an understanding of various theoretical perspectives on planning. Organized into five parts encompassing 19 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the economic and social theory of planning. This text then examines the procedural planning theory, which deals with the making and implementing of plans. Other chapters consider the introduction of the systems approach to planning. This book discusses as well the theoretical respecification of the nature of town planning as it has developed under capitalism. The final chapter deals with the ideology of planning that is consistent with the view that town planning can be objectively useful. This book is a valuable resource for students of planning who want to understand planning as it is. Urban planners and engineers will also find this book useful.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Critical Readings in Planning Theory
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Contributors
  8. PART ONE: A Critique of Pure Planning
  9. PART TWO: Planners as Urban Managers
  10. PART THREE: Capitalist Urbanization and the State: Marxist Critiques
  11. PART FOUR: Alternatives and Contradictions
  12. PART FIVE: The Future
  13. Notes on Further Reading
  14. Name Index
  15. Subject Index