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City and regional planning / Richard T. LeGates.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
LeGates, Richard T., author.
Contributor:
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
City planning.
Regional planning.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Figures
Biographies
About the Author
Advance Praise
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 The Art and Science of City and Regional Planning
Introduction
Scientific and Creative Planning Thinking
What Is City and Regional Planning?
Planners' Roles
The City and Regional Planning Profession
Planning Education
Planning Specializations
City and Regional Planning Research and Analytic Methods
Summary
Concepts
People
Notes
Suggestions for Further Learning
Chapter 2 The Evolution of Cities and City and Regional Planning, 1607-1933
What Is a City?
Urbanization
U.S. Urban History
American Indian Settlements
East Coast Colonial Cities
The Parks Movement
From Specks in the Wilderness to Cities in the Wilderness
Spanish Settlements in the American West
Planning Washington, D.C.
Westward Expansion: Frontier and Instant Cities
U.S. Industrial Cities
The Growth and Dispersion of Migrants of Color 1607-1933
Early Land Use, Housing, Environmental, and Natural Resource Planning and Policy
Tenement House Reform
Transportation and Communications Technology and the Emergence of the U.S. City System
The World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893
Origins of the U.S. Planning Profession
Early U.S. City and Regional Planning Education
Patrick Geddes and Lewis Mumford
The Great Regional Plan Debate: The New York Regional Plan Association (RPA) Versus the Regional Planning Association of America (RPAA)
Historic Preservation Planning
Suggestions for Further Learning
Chapter 3 Urban Design and Placemaking
Introduction
Urban Design
Placemaking
Form-Based Codes and Transects
The Image of the City
The Space Between Buildings and Pedestrianized Streets
Street and Sidewalk Design
Designing for Diversity
The New Urbanism
Designing in Harmony With the Natural Environment
Defensible Space and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Chapter 4 The Politics of City and Regional Planning
The Legal Framework of U.S. Government Planning
Special Districts
Group Identity and Urban Politics
Federal Government Urban Planning and Policy
Ideology and Political Parties
State and Local Politics and Planning
Dillon's Rule and the Cooley Doctrine
Ballot Box Planning
Conflict Among Levels of Government
The Elitist/Pluralist Debate
Regime Theory
City and County Planning Departments
Planning Mediation and Negotiations
Transparency and Speaking Truth to Power
Chapter 5 Planning Theory
Theories of Knowledge
Paradigm Shifts
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
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Print version: LeGates, Richard T. City and regional planning
ISBN:
9781000581096
1000581098
9781003195818
1003195814
9781000581089
Publisher Number:
40031515256
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