Main entry:

Gans, Herbert J., author.

Title & Author:

People and plans : essays on urban problems and solutions / Herbert J. Gans.

Publication:

New York : Basic Books, [1968]

Description:

xvii, 395 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Environment and behavior -- The potential environment and the effective environment -- The effect of a community on its residents: some considerations for sociological theory and planning practice -- Urban vitality and the fallacy of physical determinism -- Urbanism and suburbanism as ways of life; a re-evaluation of definitions -- City planning and goal-oriented planning -- City planning in America: a sociological analysis -- The goal-oriented approach to planning -- Memorandum on social planning -- Supplier-oriented and user-oriented planning for the public library -- Outdoor recreation and mental health -- Planning for the suburbs and new towns -- The suburban community and its way of life -- Diversity and homogeneity in American culture -- Planning and social life: friendship and neighbor relations in suburban communities -- The balanced community: Homogeneity or heterogeneity in residential areas -- Planning for the everyday life and problems of suburban and new town residents -- Planning against urban poverty and segregation -- The human implications of slum clearance and relocation -- Social and physical planning for the elimination of urban poverty -- Redefining the settlement's function for the war on poverty -- The racial crisis -- The negro family: reflections on the Moynihan report -- Negro problems and white fantasies -- Culture and class in the study of poverty: an approach to antipoverty research -- The ghetto rebellions -- The prospects of eliminating poverty and segregation -- Another Approach to sociological analysis and planning -- Suburbia reclaimed -- The disenchanted suburbanite -- The poverty tour -- The princes and the paupers -- The white problem.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Sociological study of community development objectives of urban planning in the USA and of urban area poverty and racial segregation (discrimination) - covers the importance of social structure and economic structure issues, neighbourhood and cultural factors in modern society, the processes by which environment influences behaviour, Blacks in slum areas, etc., and suggests that planners must pay more attention to people' s primary values and to the obstacles, in the community and in society, to what they consider the 'good life'. References.

ISBN:

0465054587 (paperback)
9780465054589 (paperback)
0465054595 (hardback)
9780465054596 (hardback)

Subject:

City planning United States.
Cities and towns United States.
City planning.
Poverty.
City Planning
Race Relations
Socioeconomic Factors
Villes États-Unis.
Urbanisme États-Unis.
Urbanisme.
Pauvreté.
urban planning.
poverty.
Cities and towns
Social policy
Stadsplanning.
Sociale problemen.
sociology.
community development.
urban area.
discrimination.
social structure.
economic structure.
neighbourhood.
cultural factor.
environment.
behaviour.
Blacks.
slum.
Urban policy United States.
Politique urbaine Etats-Unis.
Urbanisme Etats-Unis.
sociologie.
développement communautaire.
aménagement urbain.
zone urbaine.
pauvreté
structure sociale.
structure économique.
quartier.
facteur culturel.
environnement.
comportement.
Noirs.
bidonville.
sociología.
desarrollo de la comunidad.
planificación urbana.
zona urbana.
pobreza.
discriminación.
estructura social.
estructura económica.
barrio.
factor cultural.
medio ambiente.
comportamiento.
negros.
barrio de tugurios.
United States Social policy.
EE. UU. Política social.
États-Unis Politique sociale.
United States
USA.
Etats-Unis.
Estados Unidos.
Cities and towns Planning United States

Form/genre:

Essay
essays.
Essays
reference.
Essais.
référence bibliographique.
referencia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217025
Call No.: HT167 .G3 1968
Status: Available