Policy, planning, and people : promoting justice in urban development /

Policy, Planning, and People presents original essays by leading authorities in the field of urban policy and planning. The volume includes theoretical and practice-based essays that integrate social equity considerations into state-of-the-art discussions of findings in a variety of planning issues.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Carmon, Naomi; Fainstein, Susan S.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2013]
©2013
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The city in the twenty-first century
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812207965
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Summary: Policy, Planning, and People presents original essays by leading authorities in the field of urban policy and planning. The volume includes theoretical and practice-based essays that integrate social equity considerations into state-of-the-art discussions of findings in a variety of planning issues.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 19 illus.
ISBN: 9780812207965
Index Number: HT167
CLC: TU984.712
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: Policy, Planning, and People --
Chapter 1. The Profession of Urban Planning and Its Societal Mandate /
Chapter 2. Restoring Just Outcomes to Planning Concerns /
Chapter 3. Environmental Equity: Is It a Viable City Planning Goal? /
Chapter 4. From Socialism to Capitalism: The Social Outcomes of the Restructuring of Cities /
Chapter 5. The Past, Present, and Future of Professional Ethics in Planning /
Chapter 6. Toward an Equity-Oriented Planning Practice in the United States /
Chapter 7. Urban Transportation and Social Equity: Transportation-Planning Paradigms That Impede Policy Reform /
Chapter 8. Social Equity in the Network Society: Implications for Communities /
Chapter 9. The Center-Periphery Dilemma: Spatial Inequality and Regional Development /
Chapter 10. Planning and Poverty: An Uneasy Relationship /
Chapter 11. The City as Local Welfare System /
Chapter 12. Policies Toward Migrant Workers /
Chapter 13. Planning for Aging Involves Planning for Life /
Chapter 14. Public Housing in the United States: Neighborhood Renewal and the Poor /
Chapter 15. Neighborhood Social Mix: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Policy and Planning /
Chapter 16. Suspicion, Surveillance, and Safety: A New Imperative for Public Space? /
Chapter 17. Beyond the Ladder: New Ideas About Resident Roles in Contemporary Community Development in the United States /
Contributors --
Index --
Acknowledgments.