Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban planning across the world and in different cultures.
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A fascinating collection. The book reveals concretely what still can be done, after factoring in all the pressures and conflicts, in our still very diverse cities today. It demonstrates the richness of comparative analysis in a globalizing world.
-- Peter Marcuse, Columbia University
The urbanists and planners in this book confront new realities of city life: new information flows, exploding urban populations, networks of cities stronger than the ties of nation-states, local traditions which are re-invented in the process of migration. The authors are mindful, however, that 'change' clarifies the past. The book is essential reading.
-- Richard Sennett, London School of Economics
Comparative Planning Cultures is an excellent book that makes a substantial contribution to both planning history and planning theory. It is also a must-read for anyone interested in the future of planning as a discourse. -- Nezar AlSayyad, University of California at Berkeley
-- Peter Marcuse, Columbia University
The urbanists and planners in this book confront new realities of city life: new information flows, exploding urban populations, networks of cities stronger than the ties of nation-states, local traditions which are re-invented in the process of migration. The authors are mindful, however, that 'change' clarifies the past. The book is essential reading.
-- Richard Sennett, London School of Economics
Comparative Planning Cultures is an excellent book that makes a substantial contribution to both planning history and planning theory. It is also a must-read for anyone interested in the future of planning as a discourse. -- Nezar AlSayyad, University of California at Berkeley
About the Author
Bishwapriya Sanyal is Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning at MIT. He served as the Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT from 1994 to 2002 and is currently the Head of the Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies, which hosts mid-career practicing planners from around the world at MIT. He is currently working on a book on the internationalization of planning education.
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Are there significant variations in the ways planners in different nations have influenced urban, regional, and national development? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social democratic managerialism, corporatist units, planning subcultures, master layout plan, basic development plan, planning culture, city planning system, new city planning law, downtown land use, urban spatial planning, institutional amphibiousness, local corporatism, preliminary blueprint, central government bureaucracy, personal communication with the author, personalistic rule, concentric model, planning doctrine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, New York, Mexico City, United States, World War, World Trade Center, Civic Alliance, Port Authority, New Order, Ford Foundation, Bao'an County, Home Ministry, Location Permits, President Suharto, Interior Ministry, Soviet Union, Battery Park City, European Union, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, British Raj, Islamic Republic, North American, Planning Green Paper, Reza Shah New!
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social democratic managerialism, corporatist units, planning subcultures, master layout plan, basic development plan, planning culture, city planning system, new city planning law, downtown land use, urban spatial planning, institutional amphibiousness, local corporatism, preliminary blueprint, central government bureaucracy, personal communication with the author, personalistic rule, concentric model, planning doctrine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, New York, Mexico City, United States, World War, World Trade Center, Civic Alliance, Port Authority, New Order, Ford Foundation, Bao'an County, Home Ministry, Location Permits, President Suharto, Interior Ministry, Soviet Union, Battery Park City, European Union, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, British Raj, Islamic Republic, North American, Planning Green Paper, Reza Shah New!
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- The Power of Identity: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Volume II (The Information Age) 2nd Edition by Manuel Castells on page 54, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Planning Theory (Progress in Planning,) by Andreas Faludi in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Urban Symbolism (Studies in Human Society, Vol 8) by Peter J. M. Nas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. by Saskia Sassen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- End of Millennium (The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Volume III) (Vol 3) by Manuel Castells in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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