This book is an introduction to the history of the city planning
profession in the United States, from its roots in the middle of
the nineteenth century to the present day. The work examines
important questions of American planning history. Why did city
planning develop in the manner it did? What did it set out to
achieve and how have those goals changed? Where did planning thrive
and who were its leaders? What have been the most important ideas
in planning and what is their relation to thought and social
development?
By answering these questions, this book provides a general
understanding for further study of the extensive literature of
planning and urban history.Donald A. Krueckeberg divides this work
into three historical periods: an initial period of independent but
gradually converging concepts of a planned city; a second period of
national organization, experimentation, and development; and a
third period of implementation of planning ideas in nearly all
levels and areas of urban policymaking.
Krueckeberg begins with revealing the origins of modern
planning in the movements for sanitary reform, civic art and
beautification, classical revival in civic design, and neighborhood
settlements and housing reform. A second section covers the
institutionalization of the profession; the rise of zoning and
comprehensive planning; influential figures of the period; and the
new communities program of the New Deal. The book contains case
studies and focuses on the role of the planner and the
effectiveness of the profession. Krueckeberg concludes with a
bibliography of planning history in the United States.
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