This extensively revised and updated edition of Planning in the USA continues to provide a comprehensive introduction
to the policies, theory and practice of planning. Outlining land use, urban planning and environmental protection
policies, this fully illustrated book explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which policy issues
are identified, defined and approached.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I:Planning and Government
1. The Nature of Planning
2. Urbanization
3. Governing and Planning Urban Areas.
Part II:Land Use Regulation
4. The Evolution of Zoning
5. The Institutional and Legal Framework
6. The Techniques of Zoning
7. Development Charges
Part III:Quality of the Environment
8. Aesthetics
9. Historic Preservation
Part IV:Growth Management
10. Growth Management and Local Government
11. Urban Growth Management and the States
Part V:Development Issues
12. Transportation
13. Housing
14. Community and Economic Development
Part VI:Environmental Planning
15. Environmental Policies
16. The Limits of Environmental Policy
17 Conclusion
