Planning Los Angeles / edited by David C. Sloane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sloane, David C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--California--Los Angeles.

City planning.

Regional planning.

California--Los Angeles.

Regional planning--California--Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.)--Environmental conditions.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.).

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.)--History.

Physical Description:

viii, 325 pages : color illustrations, color maps, charts ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Planners Press/American Planning Association, [2012]

Summary:

Not so fast! Despite the city's reputation for spontaneous evolution, a deliberate planning process shapes the way Los Angeles looks and lives. Editor David C. Sloane has enlisted more than 35 essayists for a lively, richly illustrated view of this vibrant metropolis. Together they cover the influences and outcomes of planning for a diverse population, regulating land use and providing transportation in a sprawling city, protecting green space, and supporting economic development.

Planning Los Angeles launches a new series from APA. Each year Planners Press will bring out a new study on a major American city. Natives, newcomers, and out-of-towners will get insiders' views of today's hot-button issues and new ways of seeing the patterns and perils of urban evolution. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Multiplicities/Multiple-cities / David C. Sloane Sloane, David C. 1

Chapter 2 History of Planning

Challenging the Myth of an Unplanned Los Angeles / Todd Gish Gish, Todd 19

Regulating Visual Blight / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 35

The 1970 Centers Concept Plan for Los Angeles / Vinit Mukhija Mukhija, Vinit 36

LA's Love-Hate Relationship with Nature / Kenneth C. Topping Topping, Kenneth C. 45

Neighborhood Councils / Juliet Musso Musso, Juliet 53

Everyday Los Angeles / Margaret Crawford Crawford, Margaret 62

The City as Textbook / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 67

Chapter 3 Evolving Demographics

Metropolis of Dispersed Diversity / Dowell Myers Myers, Dowell, Anna Jacobsen Jacobsen, Anna, Sarah Mawhorter Mawhorter, Sarah, Joshua Wheel Wheel, Joshua 69

The Ambiguous Legacies of the 1992 Riots / Josh Sides Sides, Josh 86

Tinker-Toy Urbanism / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 91

Minority-Majority Suburbs Change the San Gabriel Valley / Steven A. Preston Preston, Steven A. 92

LA Housing Stories / Janis Breidenbach Breidenbach, Janis 99

Finding Public Space on Private Beaches / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 105

Chapter 4 Land-Use and Environmental Policies

One Hundred Years of Land-Use Regulation / Andrew H. Whittemore Whittemore, Andrew H. 107

Almost New Urbanism / Vinayak Bharne Bharne, Vinayak 122

Glendale's Downtown Specific Plan / Alan Loomis Loomis, Alan 129

Regreening the LA River / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 137

Planning as a Tool for Battling the Fast-Food Invasion / Lark Galloway-Gilliam Galloway-Gilliam, Lark 139

More Than a PSA / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 145

Chapter 5 Mobility and Infrastructure

Back to the Future in Transportation Planning / Marlon G. Boarnet Boarnet, Marlon G. 147

Regional Planning in Southern California / Robert A. Leiter Leiter, Robert A., Elisa Barbour Barbour, Elisa 162

Ballot Box Planning for Transit / Lisa Schweitzer Schweitzer, Lisa 171

Reducing Pollution at the Port / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 179

Systemic Change Through CiclAvia / Aaron Paley Paley, Aaron, Amanda Berman Berman, Amanda 180

A Train on Rubber Tires / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 188

Chapter 6 Parks and Public Space

Green Spaces in the Auto Metropolis / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia 191

The Afterlife of a Master Plan / Greg Hise Hise, Greg, William Deverell Deverell, William 204

An Orchard Spirals Out / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 212

Reestablishing the Connection with Physical Planning and Design / Simon Pastucha Pastucha, Simon 214

Managing Development Through Urban Growth Boundaries / William Fulton Fulton, William 222

Unpaving Paradise: The Green Visions Plan / Jennifer Wolch Wolch, Jennifer, Travis Longcore Longcore, Travis, John Wilson Wilson, John 230

Planning a Great Civic Park / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 240

Chapter 7 Economic Development

Policy and Community in Los Angeles Development / Goetz Wolff Wolff, Goetz 243

A Planning Ordinance Injects New Life into Historic Downtown / Ken Bernstein Bernstein, Ken 253

The Evolution of Entertainment Retail / Sam Gennawey Gennawey, Sam 264

Politics of Food and Culture / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 271

Community Benefits, Negotiations, and (In)Justice / Gilda Haas Haas, Gilda 272

From Barbie to Banksy / Elizabeth Currid-Halkett Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth 279

What the (Economic) Tide Left Behind / Christian L. Redfearn Redfearn, Christian L. 285

From KAOS Comes Community / Meredith Drake Reitan Reitan, Meredith Drake 292.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319)

ISBN:

1611900042

9781611900040

OCLC:

759173286

Publisher Number:

99949486546