1st Edition

Best of Planning Two Decades of Articles from the Magazine of the American Planning Association

614 Pages
by Routledge

628 Pages
by Routledge

This volume contains 146 of the best articles published in Planning magazine since it began in 1972. Planning is the monthly magazine of the American Planning Association. It reaches 25,000 city planners, elected officials, and community activists, providing a window on the planning world by describing national trends, local successes, and professional techniques. The articles a reorganized around... Read more
Preface, Introduction, 1. The Profession, 2. Nuts and Bolts, 3. Land Use and the Environment, 4. Housing, 5. Special Places, 6. Transportation, 7. Economic Development, 8. Urban Design, 9. Planning Issues: Parcels and Panoramas, Index

Biography

American Planners Association, plus contributors Onland use and the environment :Frank Popper, chair of the Urban Studies Department, Rutgers University. On housing: Michael Stegman, chair of the Department of Oty and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina. On urban design: David A. Johnson, professor of planning, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. On transportation: Douglass Lee, transportation planner with the U.S. Department of Transportation. On cities: Laurence Gerckens, professor emeritus, Ohio State University. On economic development: Marie Howland, associate professor, Institute for Urban Studies, University of Maryland; and Pamela Wev, former director of Economic Development, Loudoun County, Virginia. On national trends: Melvin R. Levin, professor of urban studies and planning, University of Maryland. On planning practice: Harvey Moskowitz, planning consultant in Florham Park, New Jersey. On the planning profession: Ruth Knack, senior editor of Planning magazine.