1st Edition

Urban Planning in a Capitalist Society

By Gwyneth Kirk Copyright 1980
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1980, Urban Planning in a Capitalist Society addresses land use planning as both a technical and a political activity, involving the distribution of scarce resources – land and capital. The book reviews and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of several theoretical perspectives, and pluralist, bureaucratic, reformist and Marxist approaches to the distribution of power,... Read more

List of Tables

Introduction

1. Urban Planning in a Capitalist Society: Some Preliminary Remarks

2. Theoretical Approaches to Urban Planning

3. The Organisational Context of Urban Planning

4. The Role of the Professional Planner

5. The Planning Process and Public Influence

6. Conclusion

References

Indices

Biography

Gwyneth Kirk