Community Planning and Planning Techniques

Since the earliest settlements, people have deliberated the issues that affect their future together.  To succeed, any planning project must address both the physical space and its users. From setting goals to evaluating results, Making Community Design Work helps planners navigate the process of cr..

This book explores all the issues behind the creation of new infrastructures and examines the effects they will have on the shape of the cities in the twenty-first century...

In this thoughtful, engaging book, the author explains how a neighborhood’s design lays the groundwork for the social relationships that make it a community...

As we live in increasingly standardized environments, how can we reconcile modern senses of identity with approaches to planning? This book examines contemporary narratives of territory and challenges planners to recognize how we live today...

As we live in increasingly standardized environments, how can we reconcile modern senses of identity with approaches to planning? This book examines contemporary narratives of territory and challenges planners to recognize how we live today...

A unique new tool for community planners, Placemaking: An Urban Design Methodology emphasises the importance of the community while taking into account the expertise of the planner in creating public spaces...

The first in-depth study of the impact of economic and political decentralization on planning practice in developing economies, this innovative volume, using original case study research by leading experts drawn from diverse fields of inquiry, from planning to urban studies, geography and economics,..

Planning and LGBTQ Communities offers guidance to creating inclusive communities for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals, couples and families...

This ground-breaking book exposes the imperial origins of the planning canon, profession and practice in the settler-colonial country of Australia. By documenting the role of planning in the history of Australia’s relations with Indigenous peoples, Planning in Indigenous Australia maps the enduring ..

An examination of new urban approaches both in theory and in practice. Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities...

An examination of new urban approaches both in theory and in practice. Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities...

The second edition of Planning with Complexity provides both theoretical underpinnings and extensive case material on collaboration and offers ways of understanding and conducting effective practice...