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Planning the Urban Region
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- Book Synopsis
- Provides a comparative framework for analyzing issues of urban planning and government.In tandem with an analysis of the basic purpose and rationale of urban planning, Peter Self discusses the achievements and failures of different types of planning authorities. Planning the Urban Region surveys in turn the planning of city governments, metro governments, and regional bodies as they attempt to guide the growth and character of large urban areas**x2014;within whose sprawl live roughly one-half of the populations of Western countries**x2014;with examples drawn from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Sweden, and France.Self argues that the urban region is at a political and organizational crossroads, as it must grapple with the problems of urban sprawl: the social effects of land use and housing, conflicts between local communities and the metro organizations, environmental issues, and the capacity of governmental systems to handle complex issues. Planning the Urban Region is a valuable contribution to the literature on the future of cities and urban regions and should materially inform the debate on the place of public planning in shaping that future.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780817359430
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press, (19 March 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 184
- Weight
- 310 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 233 x 154 x 17 mm
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