This collection of readings examines the interaction of economy, culture, politics, policy and space within the United States and the United Kingdom. For the second edition, more than half of the readings are new and the introduction and section prefaces have been revised. A section on the city and "the new urbanism" has been added, and there is increased emphasis on design, tourism, sustainability and culture. 
<ul> <li>Examines the interaction of economy, culture, politics, policy and space within the United States and the United Kingdom. 
</li> <li>Brings together in one place unabridged selections from recent works by authors who have dramatically transformed the field of urban theory. 
</li> <li>More than half of the readings are new and the introduction and section prefaces have been revised. 
</li> <li>A section on the city and "the new urbanism" has been added, and there is increased emphasis on design, tourism, sustainability and culture.</li> </ul>

Readings in Urban Theory, 2nd Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Robert Fishman

Mia Gray

Aaron W. Sachs

Joe Painter

Susan S. Fainstein

William W. Goldsmith

Roger Lawson

Saskia, Sassen

Social Sciences

Blackwell Publishers, Inc.

Df Just City Z

Cornell University Press

The third edition of Readings in Planning Theory features thirteen new readings that define current debates and presents the works that constitute the main focus of the field, addressing the central issues that face planners as theorists and practitioners. 
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<li>Expands the focus on international planning by including globalization and theories of development</li> <li>Includes new readings that examine themes emerging in planning theory, including a critique of the modernist roots of centralized planning, a re-emphasis on space in planning, and a discussion of the difficulty of sustainable development</li> <li>Features new case studies of planning success and failure on both sides of the Atlantic</li> <li>Addresses the range of core planning theory so as to remain the primary text in urban planning courses</li> <li>Examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years</li> <li>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</li> </ul>

Readings in Planning Theory

Wiley/Blackwell

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