| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The background and development of contemporary urban 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 -- Index. |
| General note | Revised edition of the author's Contemporary urban planning, 2013. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2016018104 |
| ISBN | 9781138666375 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1138666378 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781138666382 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1138666386 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
