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Planning is a highly political activity. It is immersed in politics and inseparable from the law. Urban and regional planning decisions often involve large sums of money, both public and private, with the potential to deliver large benefits to some and losses to others. __Contemporary Urban Planning, 11e__ provides students with an unvarnished and in-depth introduction to the historic, economic, political, legal, ideological, and environmental factors affecting urban planning today, and emphasizes the importance of considering who wins and who loses in planning decision making. The extensively revised and updated 11^th^ edition of this beloved text tackles the most pressing recent issues in urban development―including the major turn toward reurbanization, Affordable Housing and the particular housing needs of an aging population, new developments in public transportation planning, policy, and technology, standards for "green" buildings, the second Obama administration’s environmental policy and energy planning, as well as the rapidly growing and critical field of planning for natural catastrophes. __Contemporary Urban Planning__ is an essential resource for students, city planners,

Who reads Contemporary Urban Planning?

Author

John M. Levy

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317213840

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Science

Rating

4.3 / 5 (156 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14