Contemporary Urban Planning, 12th Edition offers students a comprehensive and candid exploration of the historic, economic, political, legal, ideological, and environmental factors shaping modern urban planning. Given the inherently political nature of planning, decisions in urban and regional contexts can wield substantial financial implications—entailing significant public and private investments that can yield tremendous advantages for some while disadvantaging others. This extensively updated 12 edition of a revered textbook addresses the most urgent contemporary challenges in urban development, including:
- making cities more adaptable to micro‑mobility
- the affordable housing shortage facing cities in many large U.S. metropolitan areas
- an expanded consideration of contemporary means of public participation in planning
- the impact of contemporary social movements on planning, and the rising importance of social equity as a major planning objective
- environmental goals and the role of planners in responding to global climate change, current public‑health challenges, and major environmental catastrophes
- current demographic, technological, and lifestyle changes and the possibility for a major turn toward reurbanization/urban revitalization after decades of decentralization
- the effect of varied applications of land use controls and other planning policies in different countries and under different political regimes, with case study examples from the UK, France, Eastern Europe, China, Asia, Africa, and Latin America
This thoroughly updated Twelfth new edition also benefits from resources to help classroom instruction, both in the text and online. These include discussion and multiple‑choice questions, and links for students to online supplemental readings, websites, and media sources. Contemporary Urban Planning is an essential resource for students, city planners, and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary urban development problems.
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