Foundations of the Planning Enterprise : Critical Essays in Planning Theory: Volume 1

Planning Theory has a history of common debates about ideas and practices and is rooted in a critical concern for the 'improvement' of human and environmental well-being, particularly as pursued through interventions which seek to shape environmental conditions and place qualities.. The first volume in this three volume series, Foundations of the Planning Enterprise, includes articles and papers which offer a unique general introduction to planning theory. The authors review the subject's development, its recurrent themes, its contemporary preoccupation as rational scientific management and its relations to other fields. The editors supplement the collection with an introductory overview as well as detailed introductions to each part. This will be an essential purchase for planning libraries around the world. hyper compress PDF online -> avepdf.com Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 Introduction 10 Part I The 'Project' of Planning Theory 30 Introduction 32 1 John Friedmann (1996), 'Two Centuries of Planning Theory: An Overview', in Seymour J. Mandelbaum, Luigi Mazza and Robert W. Burchell (eds), Explorations in Planning Theory, New Brunswick, NJ: Centre for Urban Policy Research, pp. 10-29. 38 2 Andreas Faludi (1973), 'What is Planning Theory?', in Andreas Faludi, A Reader in Planning Theory, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 1-10. 58 3 Aaron Wildavsky (1973), 'If Planning is Everything, Maybe it's Nothing', Policy Sciences, 4, pp. 127-53. 68 4 Horst W.J. Rittel and Melvin M. Webber (1973), 'Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning', Policy Sciences, 4, pp. 155-69. 96 5 Barclay M. Hudson with comments by Thomas D. Galloway and Jerome L. Kaufman (1979), 'Comparison of Current Planning Theories: Counterparts and Contradictions', Journal of the American Planning Association, 45, pp. 387-98. 112 6 Patsy Healey, Glen McDougall and Michael J. Thomas (1982), 'Theoretical Debates in Planning: Towards a Coherent Dialogue', Planning Theory Prospects for the 1980s, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 5-22. 124 7 O. Yiftachel (1989), 'Towards a New Typology of Urban Planning Theories', Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 16, pp. 23-39. 144 8 Robert A. Beauregard (1991), 'Without a Net: Modernist Planning and the Postmodern Abyss', Journal of Planning Education and Research, 10, pp. 189-94. 162 9 Susan S. Fainstein (2000), 'New Directions in Planning Theory', Urban Affairs Review, 34, pp. 451-78. 168 Part II Inspirational Precursors 196 Introduction 198 10 Ebenezer Howard (1899/1965), 'The Town-Country Magnet', in Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of Tomorrow, Eastbourne: Attic Books, pp. 50-57. 204 11 P. Geddes (1905), 'Civics: As Concrete and Applied Sociology, Part II', Sociological Papers, 2, pp. 57-111. 212 12 Lewis Mumford (1961), 'The Myth of Megalopolis', in Lewis Mumford, The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects, London: Secker and Warburg, pp. 525-46. 268 13 Philip Selznick (1949), 'TVA and Democratic Planning', in R.L. Beals, Franklin Fearing and W.S. Robinson (eds), TVA and the Grass Roots, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 3-16. 290 14 F.A. Hayek (1944), 'Planning and Democracy', in F.A Hayek, The Road to Serfdom, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, pp. 42-53. 304 15 Karl Mannheim (1940), 'The Concept of Social Control: Planning as the Rational Mastery of the Irrational', in Karl Mannheim, Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction, London: Routledge, pp. 265-73. 316 Part III Planning as Rational Scientific Management 326 Introduction 328 16 Paul Davidoff and Thomas A. Reiner (1973), 'A Choice Theory of Planning', in Andreas Faludi (ed.), A Reader in Planning Theory, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 11-39. 336 17 Charles E. Lindblom (1973), 'The Science of "Muddling Through"', in Andreas Faludi (ed.), A Reader in Planning Theory, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 151-69. 366 18 J. Brian McLoughlin (1969), 'The Guidance and Control of Change: Physical Planning as the Control of Complex Systems', in J. Brian McLoughlin, Urban and Regional Planning: A Systems Approach, London: Faber and Faber, pp. 75-91. 386 19 Andreas Faludi (1973), 'The Rationale of Planning Theory', in Andreas Faludi, A Reader in Planning Theory, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 35-53. 404 20 Paul Davidoff (1965), 'Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning', Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 31, pp. 331-38. 424 21 John W. Dyckman (1966), 'Social Planning, Social Planners, and Planned Societies', Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 32, pp. 66-76. 432 22 Sherry R. Arnstein (1969), 'A Ladder of Citizen Participation', Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 35, pp. 216-24. 444 23 Susan Barrett and Colin Fudge (1981), 'Examining the Policy-Action Relationship', in Susan Barrett and Colin Fudge, Policy and Action, London: Methuen, pp. 3-32. 454 24 John Friend and Allen Hidding (1987), 'Foundations', in John Friend and Allen Hickling, Planning Under Pressure: The Strategic Choice Approach, Oxford: Butterworth-Heinmann, pp. 1-26. 488 25 Stephen V. Ward (2003), 'Re-examining the International Diffusion of Planning', in Robert Freestone (ed.), Urban Planning in a Changing World: The Twentieth Century Experience, London: E and FN Spon, pp. 40-60. 514 Name Index 536 Critical Essays in Planning Theory: Volume 1