Planning in the USA: Policies, Issues, and Processes

Extensively revised and updated, Planning in the USA, fifth edition, continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory, and practice of planning. 
Outlining 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. The new edition incorporates new planning legislation and regulations at the state and federal layers of government and examples of local ordinances in a variety of planning areas. New material includes discussions of 
• education and equity in planning; 
• the City Beautiful Movement; 
• Daniel Burnham’s plan for Chicago; 
• segregation; 
• Knick v. Township of Scott; 
• reforming single-family zoning and regulatory challenges in zoning and land use; 
• Daniel Parolek’s ‘Missing Middle Housing’; 
• climate change, mitigation, adaptation, and resiliency; 
• the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan; 
• sharing programs for cars, bicycles, and scooters; 
• hybrid electric and autonomous vehicles; 
• Vision Zero; 
• COVID-19 relief for housing; 
• Innovation Districts, Promise Zones, and Opportunity Zones; 
• the sharing, gig, and creative economies; 
• scenic views and vistas, monuments, statues, and remembering the past; and 
• healthy cities, Health Impact Assessment, and active living. 
This detailed account of urbanization in the United States 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, fifth edition, is an essential book for students of urban planning, urban politics, environmental geography, and environment politics. It will be a valuable resource for planners and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary urban and environmental problems.

Politics & Social Sciences

Caves, Roger W.

Cullingworth, J. Barry

Social Sciences

Routledge

Reference

This extensively revised and updated fourth edition of Planning in the USA continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning. Outlining 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. This full colour edition incorporates new planning legislation and regulations at the state and federal layers of government, updated discussion on current economic issues, and examples of local ordinances in a variety of planning areas. Key updates include: <ul>
<li>a new chapter on planning and sustainability;</li> <li>a new discussion on the role of foundations and giving to communities;</li> <li>a discussion regarding the aftermath of Katrina in New Orleans;</li> <li>a discussion on deindustrialization and shrinking cities;</li> <li>a discussion on digital billboards;</li> <li>a discussion on recent comprehensive planning efforts;</li> <li>a discussion on land banking;</li> <li>a discussion unfunded mandates;</li> <li>a discussion on community character;</li> <li>a companion website with multiple choice and fill the blank questions, and ‘test yourself’ glossary terms.</li>
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This book gives a 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.

Cullingworth, Barry

Caves, Roger

Land Use Planning: The Ballot Box Revolution (SAGE Library of Social Research)

There is a growing trend in Europe and the United States towards local use of the referendum to decide land use matters. Local communities are taking a more active role in planning the building programmes around them. Using examples from the United States this book includes an analysis and overview of direct democracy, the increasing use of ballot box planning to settle land use issues, legal considerations of ballot box planning and the future of this type of urban management.

Business & Money

Economics

Sage Publications, Inc.

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