Urban and Regional PlanningThis is the fifth edition of the classic text for students of urban and regional planning. It gives an historical overview of the developments and changes in the theory and practice of planning, throughout the entire twentieth century. This extensively revised edition follows the successful format of previous editions:
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Contents
1 Planning planners and plans | 1 |
urban growth from 1800 to 1940 | 11 |
pioneer thinkers in urban planning from 1880 to 1945 | 27 |
4 The creation of the postwar planning machine from 1940 to 1952 | 55 |
5 Nationalregional planning from 1945 to 2010 | 79 |
6 Planning for cities and city regions from 1945 to 2010 | 105 |
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