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Table of Contents:

• The background and development of contemporary planning
• An overview
• The urbanization of America
• The history of planning : part I
• The history of planning : part II
• The structure and practice of contemporary planning
• The legal basis of planning
• Planning and politics
• The social issues
• The comprehensive plan
• The tools of land-use planning
• Fields of planning
• Urban design
• Urban renewal and community development
• Transportation planning
• Economic development planning
• Growth management, smart growth, sustainable development, and planning for catastrophy
• Environmental and energy planning
• Planning for metropolitan regions
• Larger questions

• National planning in the United Sstates
• Planning in other nations
• Planning theory.

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Author/Creator:

Levy, John M. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Contemporary urban planning [by Levy, J.M.]

Subjects:

City planning — United States

Urban policy — United States

Urbanization — United States

Sociology, Urban — United States

City planning

Urban policy

Urbanization

Sociology, Urban

United States

General Notes:

Revised edition of the author's Contemporary urban planning, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xii, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

HT167 .L38 2017

ISBNs:

9781138666382 (pbk., alk. paper)
1138666386 (pbk., alk. paper)
9781138666375 (hardback, alk. paper)
1138666378 (hardback, alk. paper)
9781315619408 (ebook) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2016018104

OCLC Numbers:

946987498