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Contemporary Urban Planning, 8/E
John M. Levy, Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University

ISBN-10: 0136025455
ISBN-13: 9780136025450

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 448 pp
Published: 02/12/2008

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A best-selling title in the urban planning market, Contemporary Urban Planning provides students with an insider's view of sub-state urban planning including details on the interplay of politics, law, money, and interest groups. This text is exceptional in its coverage of economics, law, finance, and urban governance.

 

  • Updated content throughout reflects changed federal policy under the Bush administration.
  • Updated material on a wide variety of subjects–Including recent court cases, growth management programs, environmental planning, urban design, and transportation--helps place the practice of planning in a broad context and emphasizes legal and financial factors effecting planning decisions.
  • References to newspaper and magazine sources, as well as traditional research references increases students' interest level with issues that are familiar to them.
  • Chapter-end pedagogy helps students assess their knowledge of previously covered material, and encourages additional study outside of class.
  • An entire chapter devoted to Planning in Other Nations gives students a basis of comparison for planning in American cities.
  • A chapter on Planning for Metropolitan Regions discusses the role of Councils of Governments and public authorities, and increases students' grasp and retention of concepts by using familiar real-world examples.
  • Detailed discussion of the problem of homelessness–-focusing on its links to housing markets and planning practice--demonstrates the relevance of the material with a very familiar issue.
  • Discussion of international efforts to deal with the greenhouse effect maintains student interest and demonstrates the relevance of the material with a topic students can relate to.
  • Coverage of traffic management techniques keeps students up to date on a topic prevalent in their lives.
  • Treatment of the legal issue of restrictive zoning kstudents up to date on the legal issues impacting the practice and study of urban planning.

  • Controversy and resulting legislation and referenda that resulted from the political firestrom over eminent domain following the Supreme Court's Kelo decision.
  • Developments in the United States' and other nations' responses to the problem of global warming.
  • Transportation technology updates and their implications for transportation planning, as well as new developments in the financing or transportation infrastructure. 
  • Possible implications of terrorism for the future of urban planning, and an account of the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site.
  • Description of New York City's High Line project as an illustration of the use of Transfer of Development Rights (TDR).
  • Planning and political implications of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

I. THE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING.

 1. An Overview.

 2. The Urbanization of America.

 3. The History of Planning: Part I.

 4. The History of Planning: Part II.

II. THE STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING.

 5. The Legal Basis of Planning.

 6. Planning and Politics.

 7. The Social Issues.

 8. The Comprehensive Plan.

 9. The Tools of Land-Use Planning.

III. FIELDS OF PLANNING.

10. Urban Design.

11. Urban Renewal and Community Development.

12. Transportation Planning.

13. Economic Development Planning.

14. Growth Management Planning.

15. Environmental and Energy Planning.

16. Planning for Metropolitan Regions.

IV. LARGER QUESTIONS.

17. National Planning in the United States.

18. Planning in Other Nations.

19. Planning Theory.
 
Selected Bibliography.

Index.

    Best-selling title in urban planning market. Levy provides students an insider's view of sub-state urban planning including details on the interplay of politics, law, money, and interest groups. The greatest strength of Levy is its coverage of economics, law, finance, and urban governance.
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