Policy, Planning, and People (Ebook) von Naomi Carmon

Policy, Planning, and People presents original essays by leading authorities in the field of urban policy and planning. The volume includes theoretical and practice-based essays that integrate social equity considerations into state-of-the-art discussions of findings in a variety of planning issues.

Preface

I. PLANNING IN AN ERA OF TURBULENCE
Chapter 1. The Profession of Urban Planning and Its Societal Mandate
—Naomi Carmon
Chapter 2. Restoring Just Outcomes to Planning Concerns
—Norman Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein
Chapter 3. Environmental Equity: Is It a Viable City Planning Goal?
—Eran Feitelson
Chapter 4. From Socialism to Capitalism: The Social Outcomes of the Restructuring of Cities
—Iván Tosics
Chapter 5. The Past, Present, and Future of Professional Ethics in Planning
—Martin Wachs

II. EQUITY ORIENTED PLANNING
Chapter 6. Toward an Equity-Oriented Planning Practice in the United States
—Norman Krumholz
Chapter 7. Urban Transportation and Social Equity: Transportation-Planning Paradigms That Impede Policy Reform
—Jonathan Levine
Chapter 8. Social Equity in the Network Society: Implications for Communities
—Penny Gurstein
Chapter 9. The Center-Periphery Dilemma: Spatial Equality and Regional Development
—Daniel Shefer and Amnon Frenkel
III. PLANNING AND EXCLUDED GROUPS
Chapter 10. Planning and Poverty: An Uneasy Relationship
—Michael B. Teitz and Karen Chapple
Chapter 11. The City as a Local Welfare System
—Alberta Andreotti and Enza Mingione
Chapter 12. Policies Toward Migrant Workers
—Itzhak Schnell
Chapter 13. Planning for Aging Involves Planning for Life
—Deborah Howe

IV. HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
Chapter 14. Public Housing in the United Sites: Neighborhood Renewal and the Poor
—Lawrence J. Vale
Chapter 15. Neighborhood Social Mix: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Policy and Planning
—George C. Galster
Chapter 16. Suspicion, Surveillance, and Safety: A New Imperative for Public
Space?
—Tridib Banerjee and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Chapter 17. Beyond the Ladder: New Ideas about Resident Roles in Contemporary Community Development in the United States
—Rachel Bratt and Kenneth M. Reardon

List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments