Readings in Planning Theory

by Susan S. Fainstein (Editor), Dave Campbell, Scott Campbell (Editor)

The second edition of this very successful volume examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years.

Genres: Urban Planning, Urban, Urbanism, Nonfiction, Reference, Science, Cities

488 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1996

About the author

Susan S. Fainstein (born 1938) is a political theorist and scholar of urban planning. Her research and writing has focused on the distributive effects of urban development strategies and megaprojects, the role of democracy and community control in local public institutions, and establishing a moral theory of "the just city."

A member of the urban planning faculties of Columbia University and Rutgers University for most of her career, Fainstein is now a research scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Reviews

[F]

Comprehensive and useful.

[Asma]

Free useful information

[Jessica]

This book is the most comprehensive collection of planning theory books out there, in my opinion. It goes through a historical range of theory, from the mid-1800's to the present. All of the contributers are well-known in the field. Highly recommend for anyone beginning to learn planning theory.

[April]

I'm reading this for school. That is all my reading these days.

[Lee Hunter]

this book is pretty interesting, if not excessively dense in some parts. it is urban planning primer.

[Marvi]

The reader is a collection of classical essays on urban and regional planning. Very good for introductory courses of planning theory.

[Firas Thalji]

good read