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This is the fifth edition of the classic text for students of urban and regional planning. It gives an historical overview of the developments and changes in the theory and practice of planning, throughout the entire twentieth century.
This extensively revised edition follows the successful format of previous editions:
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Ch. 1 | Planning, planners and plans | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | The origins: urban growth from 1800 to 1940 | 11 |
| Ch. 3 | The seers: pioneer thinkers in urban planning, from 1880 to 1945 | 27 |
| Ch. 4 | Creation of the postwar British planning machine, from 1940 to 1952 | 55 |
| Ch. 5 | National/regional planning from 1945 to 2000 | 79 |
| Ch. 6 | Planning for cities and city regions from 1945 to 2000 | 99 |
| Ch. 7 | Planning in Western Europe since 1945 | 145 |
| Ch. 8 | Planning in the United States since 1945 | 189 |
| Ch. 9 | The planning process | 211 |
| Index | 231 |
Overview
This is the fifth edition of the classic text for students of urban and regional planning. It gives an historical overview of the developments and changes in the theory and practice of planning, throughout the entire twentieth century.
This extensively revised edition follows the successful format of previous editions: