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Contemporary Urban Planning, twelfth edition, provides students with an unvarnished and in-depth introduction to the historic, economic, political, legal, ideological and environmental factors affecting urban planning today. Planning is a highly political activity. Urban and regional planning decisi...

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Main Authors: Levy, John M. (Author), Hirt, Sonia (Author), Dawkins, Casey J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2025].
Edition:Twelfth edition.
Subjects:
City planning > United States.
Urban policy > United States.
Urbanization > United States.
Sociology, Urban > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • An Overview
  • The Urbanization of America
  • The History of Planning: Part I
  • The History of Planning: Part II
  • The Legal Basis of Planning
  • Planning and Politics
  • Social Issues
  • The Comprehensive Plan
  • The Tools of Land-Use Planning
  • Urban Design
  • Housing and Community Development
  • Transportation Planning
  • Economic Development Planning
  • Environmental Planning
  • Planning at the National, State, and Metropolitan Levels*
  • Planning in Select Other Nations.