Handbook on urban planning /
Handbook on urban planning /
edited by W.M. H. Claire
- New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc., c1973
- xix, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- 1. Planning-the options ahead -- 2. Governmental and socioeconomic structures -- 3. Basic data-sources and utilization -- 4. Housing in planning -- 5. Planning for industry and commerce -- 6. Community facilities planning -- 7. Transportation facilities planning-external -- 8. Transportation facilities planning-internal -- 9. Regulatory and incentive measures -- 10. Capital improvements program -- 11. Urban renewal and plan realization -- 12. Metropolitan and regional planning -- 13. Funding and supporting planning -- 14. Replanning and plan implementation -- 15. Courage.
Urban planning is one of the most pressing subjects of the times with the majority of the people living in urban areas in North America and Europe and those continuously growing. The lag in effective planning for this growth is a concern of the five authors of this handbook and their efforts herein are aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating that lag. One of the reasons for the lag is not knowing where to start or how to proceed and the handbook endeavors supply the knowledge for each, step by step.
442215630
CITIES AND TOWNS
HT 166 .H36 1973
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- 1. Planning-the options ahead -- 2. Governmental and socioeconomic structures -- 3. Basic data-sources and utilization -- 4. Housing in planning -- 5. Planning for industry and commerce -- 6. Community facilities planning -- 7. Transportation facilities planning-external -- 8. Transportation facilities planning-internal -- 9. Regulatory and incentive measures -- 10. Capital improvements program -- 11. Urban renewal and plan realization -- 12. Metropolitan and regional planning -- 13. Funding and supporting planning -- 14. Replanning and plan implementation -- 15. Courage.
Urban planning is one of the most pressing subjects of the times with the majority of the people living in urban areas in North America and Europe and those continuously growing. The lag in effective planning for this growth is a concern of the five authors of this handbook and their efforts herein are aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating that lag. One of the reasons for the lag is not knowing where to start or how to proceed and the handbook endeavors supply the knowledge for each, step by step.
442215630
CITIES AND TOWNS
HT 166 .H36 1973