num_pages: 312
description: With increased awareness of the role of plans in shaping urban and suburban landscapes has come increased criticism of planners and the planning profession. Developers, politicians, and citizens alike blame "poor planning" for a host of community ills. But what are plans really supposed to do? How do they work? What problems can they successfully address, and what is beyond their scope? In Urban Development , leading planning scholar Lewis Hopkins tackles these thorny issues as he explains the logic of plans for urban development and justifies prescriptions about when and how to make them. He explores the concepts behind plans, some that are widely accepted but seldom examined, and others that modify conventional wisdom about the use and usefulness of plans. The 
language: English
title: Urban Development: The Logic Of Making Plans
titlecomplete: Urban Development: The Logic Of Making Plans
genres: Nonfiction, Urban Planning, Architecture
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Island Press