In thirty-four provocative and insightful chapters, the nation's
leading planners present a definitive assessment of fifty years of
city planning and establish a benchmark for the profession for the
next fifty years. The book appraises what planners do and how well
they do it, how and why their current activities differ from past
practices, and how much and in what ways planners have or have not
enhanced the quality of urban life and contributed to the
intellectual capital of the field.
How have the goals, values, and practices of planners changed?
What do planners say about their roles and the problems they
confront? What is the relevance of their skills, from design
capabilities and environmental savvy to intermediate and long-term
perspectives and the pragmatics of implementation? The contributors
seeking to answer these questions include Anthony Downs, Nathan
Glazer, Philip B. Herr, Judith E. Innes, Terry S. Szold, Lawrence
J. Vale, and Sam Bass Warner, Jr.
The Profession of City Planning contrasts with the main changes
in the US over the second half of the twentieth century in city
planning. Sector images of the practice and effects of planning on
housing, transportation, and the environment, as well as the
development of economic tools are also discussed.
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