Urban planning / edited by Tuzin Baycan Levent

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Levent, T. B., ed

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Edward Elgar pub., 2008. Cheltenham:Description: xxi, 564 pISBN:

9781845428648

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DDC classification:

307.1216 URB

Contents:

Planning theory and practice -- Planning of urban settlements -- Future urban structure -- Urban planning in the developing world -- Urban planning models -- Community involvement in urban planning.

Summary: With the global expansion of urbanization there is a need to ensure that cities develop in a way that allows all residents to benefit from urban life. This volume contains a collection of classic and more recent papers that provide insight into the problems encountered in urbanization and the ways in which planning has evolved to meet the resultant challenges. It is broad in its coverage, and its content includes both theoretical and applied contributions as well as looking at urban planning issues in the developing as well as the developed world.

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Planning theory and practice --
Planning of urban settlements --
Future urban structure --
Urban planning in the developing world --
Urban planning models --
Community involvement in urban planning.

With the global expansion of urbanization there is a need to ensure that cities develop in a way that allows all residents to benefit from urban life. This volume contains a collection of classic and more recent papers that provide insight into the problems encountered in urbanization and the ways in which planning has evolved to meet the resultant challenges. It is broad in its coverage, and its content includes both theoretical and applied contributions as well as looking at urban planning issues in the developing as well as the developed world.

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