Readings in Planning Theory

by Scott Campbell, Susan S. Fainstein

The second edition of this very successful volume examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years.
Examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years.
Draws on a wide range of authors who address planning history, arguments for and against planning, competing planning styles, planning ethics, the public interest, and considerations of race and gender.
Theoretical perspectives include political economy, postmodernism, communicative rationality, and feminism.
Readings new to this edition examine themes emerging in planning theory, including a critique of the modernist roots of centralized planning, a reemphasis on space in planning, and a discussion of the difficulty of sustainable development.
Features new case studies of planning success and failure in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
Contains thirteen wholly new readings.

Genres: Urban Planning, Urban, Nonfiction, Reference, Urbanism, Science, Cities

475 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1996

Reviews

[F · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comprehensive and useful.

[Asma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Free useful information

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the most comprehensive collection of planning theory books out there, in my opinion. It goes through a historical range of theory, from the mid-1800's to the present. All of the contributers are well-known in the field. Highly recommend for anyone beginning to learn planning theory.

[April · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm reading this for school. That is all my reading these days.

[Lee Hunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is pretty interesting, if not excessively dense in some parts. it is urban planning primer.

[Marvi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The reader is a collection of classical essays on urban and regional planning. Very good for introductory courses of planning theory.

[Firas Thalji]

good read