Urban Planning Theory Since 1945

by Nigel Taylor

Book Overview

Following the Second World War, modern systems of urban and regional planning were established in Britain and most other developed countries. In this book, Nigel Taylor describes the changes in planning thought which have taken place since then.

He outlines the main theories of planning, from the traditional view of urban planning as an exercise in physical design, to the systems and rational process views of planning of the 1960s; from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761960937
• ISBN13: 9780761960935
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good introduction to urban planning theory

The book is a very good syntesis to urban planning theory (specially in ths U.K.). I recomend it for a textbook.