Urban and Regional Planning - Tapa blanda

Provides students with an up-to-date introduction to planning and traces the evolution of problems, planning philosophies, techniques and legislation from a historical perspective in order to explain modern planning practices today.

Now in its third edition, this widely used, authoritative text provides the student with an up-to-date introduction to planning. Deliberately historical in emphasis, the book traces the evolution of urban and regional problems, planning philosophies, techniques and legislation, from the Industrial Revolution to the present day, fitting modern planning into its historical context. Particular stress is given to Britain but comparative chapters cover planning in Europe and the United States. Written as an introduction for both students of applied geography and of town and country planning, this book will also appeal to a wider audience keen to discover how cities have evolved.