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The trouble with city planning : what New Orleans can teach us / Kristina Ford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : London: Yale University Press, 2010.Description: viii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780300127355 (alk. paper)
  • 0300127359 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.1/2160973
LOC classification:
  • HT 167 F699t 2010
Contents:
Cities as planners see them -- Intimations of trouble : plans after Hurricane Katrina -- What are city plans? -- What city planners do and why they do it that way -- How planners interact with citizens -- The American evolution of plans -- How plans take effect -- City planning in action -- Plans that only planners use -- Plans that don't include what citizens know -- Plans that elected leaders ignore -- City plans for citizens -- The trouble with most city plans -- Formulating good city plans : the state of the city -- Formulating good city plans : projections for the future -- Formulating good city plans : citizen's guide to land-use decisions -- Activating good city plans -- How good city plans influence elected leaders -- Good city plans and great cities.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HT 167 F699t 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000104404

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.

Cities as planners see them -- Intimations of trouble : plans after Hurricane Katrina -- What are city plans? -- What city planners do and why they do it that way -- How planners interact with citizens -- The American evolution of plans -- How plans take effect -- City planning in action -- Plans that only planners use -- Plans that don't include what citizens know -- Plans that elected leaders ignore -- City plans for citizens -- The trouble with most city plans -- Formulating good city plans : the state of the city -- Formulating good city plans : projections for the future -- Formulating good city plans : citizen's guide to land-use decisions -- Activating good city plans -- How good city plans influence elected leaders -- Good city plans and great cities.

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