Reader In Planning Theory

A Reader in Planning Theory

Urban and Regional Planning Series, Volume 5: A Reader in Planning Theory focuses on the approaches, methodologies, applications, and mechanics involved in planning theory. The selection first elaborates on a choice theory of planning, sociological considerations in the evaluation of planning, and British town planning. Discussions focus on social scientific research and town planning ideology, town planning as part of broader social policy, critics of traditional planning, value formulation, means identification, and effectuation. The text then examines comprehensive planning and social responsibility and building the middle-range bridge for comprehensive planning. The publication takes a look at the science of "muddling through", beyond the middle-range planning bridge, and goals of comprehensive planning. Topics include comprehensiveness and public interest, community development programming, non-comprehensive analysis, relations between means and ends, and successive comparisons as a system. The book also ponders on community decision behavior, a conceptual model for the analysis of planning behavior, and advocacy and pluralism in planning. The selection is a dependable reference for researchers interested in planning theory.

Reader in planning theory

Planning Ethics

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Ethical Theory and Planning Theory -- Introduction -- 1 A Classical Liberal (Libertarian) Approach to Planning Theory -- 2 Rawlsian Planning Theory -- 3 Contemporary Procedural Ethical Theory and Planning Theory -- 4 Community and the Four Jewels of Planning -- 5 Contemporary Environmental Philosophy and Its Challenge to Planning Theory -- 6 Feminist Contributions to Ethics and Planning Theory -- Part II: Ethical Theory and Planning Practice -- Introduction -- 7 Rawlsian Justice and Community Planning -- 8 Ethics in Environmental Planning Practice: The Case of Agricultural Land Protection -- 9 An Equity-Based Approach to Waste Management Facility Siting -- 10 Ethics, Passion, Reason, and Power: The Rhetorics of Electric Power Planning in Chicago -- 11 Education Planning: Ethical Dilemmas Arising in Public Policy Decision Making -- Part III: Ethical Theory and Planning Education -- Introduction -- 12 Reflections on Teaching Three Versions of a Planning Ethics Course -- 13 Teaching Ethics and Planning Theory -- 14 Introducing Philosophical Theories to Urban Transportation Planning -- 15 Teaching Environmental Philosophy to Graduate Planning Students -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index