Urban development : the logic of making plans / Lewis D. Hopkins

By:

Hopkins, Lewis D [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2001.Description: xvi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9781559638531

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HT 166 .H67 2001

Contents:

Preface -- 1 - Plans for Urban Development: Why and How? -- 2 - Plan-Based Action in Natural Systems -- 3 - How Plans Work -- 4 - Strategy, Uncertainty, and Forecasts -- 5 - Plans by and for Voluntary Groups and Governments -- 6 - Rights, Regulations, and Plans -- 7 - Capabilities to Make Plans -- 8 - Collective Choice, Participation, and Plans -- 9 - How Plans Are Made -- 10 - How to Use and Make Plans.

Summary: In Urban Development, leading planning scholar Lewis Hopkins tackles these thorny issues as he explains the logic of plans for urban development and justifies prescriptions about when and how to make them. He explores the concepts behind plans, some that are widely accepted but seldom examined, and others that modify conventional wisdom about the use and usefulness of plans. The book: places the role of plans and planners within the complex system of urban development offers examples from the history of plans and planning discusses when plans should be made (and when they should not be made) gives a realistic idea of what can be expected from plans examines ways of gauging the success or failure of plans.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	Environmental Planning	GC HT 166 .H67 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000020607

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface --
1 - Plans for Urban Development: Why and How? --
2 - Plan-Based Action in Natural Systems --
3 - How Plans Work --
4 - Strategy, Uncertainty, and Forecasts --
5 - Plans by and for Voluntary Groups and Governments --
6 - Rights, Regulations, and Plans --
7 - Capabilities to Make Plans --
8 - Collective Choice, Participation, and Plans --
9 - How Plans Are Made --
10 - How to Use and Make Plans.

In Urban Development, leading planning scholar Lewis Hopkins tackles these thorny issues as he explains the logic of plans for urban development and justifies prescriptions about when and how to make them. He explores the concepts behind plans, some that are widely accepted but seldom examined, and others that modify conventional wisdom about the use and usefulness of plans. The book: places the role of plans and planners within the complex system of urban development offers examples from the history of plans and planning discusses when plans should be made (and when they should not be made) gives a realistic idea of what can be expected from plans examines ways of gauging the success or failure of plans.

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