Evolution of Western Urban Planning Theory After 1945 (Translation Series of Foreign Urban Planning and Design Theories)

Author: (English) Nigel Taylor
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book elaborates on the development of Western urban planning thought since World War II. After the war, a modern urban and regional planning system was established in the UK and many other developed countries. In the book, the author describes the changes in planning theory throughout the period, employing a concise and refined style without sacrificing rigor. The book outlines a series of major planning theories: from traditional urban planning theory, which views planning as a physical space and form design activity, to the systems and rational process planning theory of the 1960s; from the views of Marxist scholars on the role of planning in capitalist societies in the 1970s, to planning implementation theory, and the recent perspective of treating planning work as a "communication behavior." This book is a specialized work on urban planning and architectural theory, outlining a series of major planning theories: from traditional urban planning theory, which views planning as a physical space and form design activity, to the systems and rational process planning theory of the 1960s; from the views of Marxist scholars on the role of planning in capitalist societies in the 1970s, to planning implementation theory, and the recent perspective of treating planning work as a "communication behavior."