Main entry:

Taylor, Nigel (Nigel M.)

Title & Author:

Urban planning theory since 1945 / Nigel Taylor.

Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 1998.

Description:

viii, 184 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-180) and index.
pt. I. Early post-war planning theory -- 1. Town planning as physical planning and design -- 2. The values of post-war planning theory -- 3. Early critiques of post-war planning theory -- pt. II. Planning theory in the 1960s -- 4. The systems and rational process views of planning -- 5. Planning as a political process -- pt. III. Planning theory from the 1970s to the 1990s -- 6. Theory about the effects of planning -- 7. Rational planning and implementation -- 8. Planning theory after the New Right -- pt. IV. Conclusion -- 9. Paradigm shifts, modernism and postmodernism.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Taylor describes the development of urban planning ideas since the end of the Second World War, outlining the main theories from the traditional view of planning as an exercise in physical design to recent views of planning as 'communicative action'.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0761960945
9780761960942
0761960937 (pbk.)
9780761960935 (pbk.)

Subject:

City planning.
City Planning
Urbanisme.
urban planning.
Stadtplanung
Theorie
Stadsplanning.
Theorievorming.
Stadtplanung Geschichte 20. Jh.
Geschichte.
Städtebau.
City planning History 20th century.
Urban policy History 20th century.

Form/genre:

Writings.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201967
Call No.: NA44.T244.A35 1998
Status: Available