This sure-to-be-controversial work examines the failure of city
planning in America, the results of that failure as seen in the
day-to-day lives of our cities, and the reasons behind that
failure. Hommann contends that, although desperately needed, by and
large city planning has no effect on urban development in this
country where developers are supreme. For the most part, local
planners must deal with a daily fiction regarding their involvement
in developmental decisions, a fiction that ultimately drives many
into alternate pursuits. After tracing the history of American
development and planning, the author argues that greed settled this
country and continues to control economic and developmental
decisions, accompanied in this century by criminal conspiracy. The
result is the civic deprivation that debilitates millions of
Americans culturally, socially, and economically. This study will
be of interest to scholars, students, and professionals in
planning, urban studies, architecture, public administration,
sociology, political science, housing, civil engineering, traffic
engineering, transportation planning, city management, and
environment; legislators, local politicians, civic leaders, lawyers
dealing in public policy and land development, as well as
enlightened citizens from the business world.
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