Planning in the USA: Policies, Issues, and Processes

by J. Barry Cullingworth, Roger Caves

This extensively revised and expanded third edition of Planning in the USA continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning. Discussing land use, urban planning and environmental protection policies, this fully illustrated book explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which policy issues are identified, defined and approached.

New planning legislation and regulations at the state and federal layers of government are exemplified alongside examples of local ordinances in a variety of planning areas. New material includes:


a new chapter on the Comprehensive Plan a new chapter on the use of technology in planning a discussion on planning in New Orleans after Katrina the implications and aftermath of Kelo v. New London a discussion on the Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming a discussion on form-based codes, performance zoning an enhanced discussion of financing urban development, including General Obligation Bonds and Revenue Bonds the implications of Oregon s Measure 37 a discussion on congestion charging a discussion on wetlands a discussion of Big-Box stores and aesthetics a discussion on the Main Street Program and Business Improvement Districts.
The text features numerous boxed case studies, illustrations, and photographs. This book offers a thoroughly detailed account of urbanization in the United States and reveals the problematic nature and limitations of the planning process, the fallibility of experts and the difficulties facing policy makers in their search for solutions. Planning in the USA is an essential book for students, planners and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary urban and environmental problems. Both comprehensive and easily accessible this extensively revised third edition will be an invaluable resource for all students of planning and urban related research.

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Genres: Urban Planning, Urbanism, Urban, Urban Studies

480 pages, Paperback

First published March 27, 1997

Reviews

[Max D'onofrio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read an early edition of this book. Great points on how planning interacts with local and national politics. Even though I am not a planner, it helped me understand some key issues from their perspective.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful overview of planning with a lot of parseable footholds for doing further, more focused research into particular subjects.

[Rachel Bayles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting take on problem solving. First time I can remember a textbook saying - If you think you are ever going to solve these problems, you will always be frustrated. The most you can do is steer things in a better direction.

[Rock · Rating 4 out of 5]

An above-average textbook - strives for readability and doesn't hesitate to take a position (when the evidence calls for it, of course)