Great planning disasters / Peter Hall ; [with a new introduction by the author].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Peter, 1932-2014, author.

Series:

California series in urban development ; 1.

California series in urban development ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Case studies.

City planning.

Planning--Case studies.

Planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1982]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this "pathology of planning," Peter Hall briskly recounts the histories of five great planning disasters and two near-disasters and analyzes the decisions of the professional bureaucrats, community activists, and politicians involved in the planning process. He draws on an eclectic body of theory from political science, economics, ethics, and long-range future forecasting to suggest ways to forestall such grand mistakes in the future. For this edition, Hall has added a special introduction in which he reflects further on the sequels to these cautionary tales and on the moral planners and citizens should draw from them.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction to the American Edition

1. Overview

2. London's Third Airport

3. London's Motorways

4. The Anglo-French Concorde

5. San Francisco's BART System

6. Sydney's Opera House

7. Two Near-Disasters: California's New Campuses and Britain's National Library

Part II. Analysis

8. Approaching the Problem

9. The Actors: (1) The Community

10. The Actors: (2) The Bureaucracy

11. The Actors: (3) The Politicians

12. The Actors in Concert

13. Towards Prescription

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

"Introduction to the American edition": p. xi-xxvii.

First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1980.

Published in Penguin Books 1981.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index.

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ISBN:

9786612355196

9780520420540

0520420543

9781282355194

1282355198

9780520906945

0520906942

OCLC:

609849858