Friday 22 October 2010

Planning History books

Urban and Regional Planning, Peter Hall, 2002
[historical overview of the developments and changes in the theory and practice of planning, throughout the 20th century. Specific reference is made to the most important British developments in recent times, including the establishment of the Mayor of London and the dominant urban sustainability paradigm.
Planning in Western Europe, since 1945, incorporates new material on EU-wide issues as well as updated country specific sections. Planning in the United States since 1945, now discusses the continuing trends of urban dispersal and social polarisation, as well as initiatives in land use planning and transportation policies.
The book looks at the nature of the planning process at the end of the twentieth century and looks forward to the twenty-first century.]

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SeMd2w3ji74C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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