Making better places
Subtitle: the planning project in the twenty-first century
By: Patsy Healey
Series: Planning, environment, cities; Planning, environment, cities (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer; Red Globe Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780230200562; 9780230200579
Description: "This book provides a major new introduction to planning by one of the leading figures in the field which goes beyond description of its central ideas and practices to stress the importance of and provide a reassessment of, its potential to improve the quality of life in the 21st century"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: People, places and planning * Place making and its challenges * Places and their government * The daliy life of place management * Re-configuring locales * Place development strategies and their dilemmas * Working for place management and development * Making better places.