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Contents
Section One Reading Comprehension
1.The History of Urban Planning ……………3
1.1 Urban Planning before the Industrial Revolution in Europe ……4
1.2 The History of Urban Planning in America …………………………8
1.3 Characteristics of Chinese Imperial City Planning ………………13
1.4 New Towns after World WarⅡ ………………………………………20
2.Urban Planning Theory …………22
2.1 Rationalism of Planning Theory ……………………………………23
2.2 Incrementalism of Planning Theory …………………………………26
2.3 Utopianism of Planning Theory ……………………………………29
2.4 New Directions in Planning Theory ………………………………32
3.Urban Comprehensive Plan …………………………………………35
3.1 In Accordance with a Comprehensive Plan ………………………36
3.2 Features of the Urban General Plan …………………………………41
3.3 The Comprehensive Planning Process …………………45
3.4 The Failure of Comprehensive Planning …………………………49
4.Land Use Planning ……………………………………………………52
4.1 The Land Use Planning Arena ……………………………………53
4.2 Designing the Spatial Arrangements of Land Use ………………57
4.3 Categories of Land Use Considered in Plan Making ……………61
4.4 The Key Systems Affecting Land Use ………………………………66
5.Transportation Planning …………………………………………………70
5.1 Urban Transportation Characteristics ………………………………71
5.2 The Urban Transportation Planning Process ………………………76
5.3 Urban Transportation Planning and Traffic Management
in Beijing ……………………………………………………………80
5.4 Importance of Public Transportation ……………………………84
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6. Environmental Planning and Sustainable Development …………87
6.1 What Is Urban Ecology? ……………………………………………88
6.2 Criteria of a Sustainable Spatial Planning ………………………91
6.3 Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability ……………………96
6.4 The Origin and Founding Purposes of Environmental
Impact Assessment ……………………………………………………99
7.Urban Design………………………………………………………………101
7.1 The Elements of Urban Design ……………………………………………102
7.2 The Townscape Movement …………………………………………107
7.3 The Urban Design Process ……………………………………………113
7.4 Urban Designer: Integrating Diverse Perspectives and Skills …118
8.Urban Sociology ……………………………………………………………121
8.1 An Urban Society ………………………………………………………………122
8.2 Occupational Stratification in Cities ……………………………………126
8.3 Social Diversity and Place Vitality ………………………………131
8.4 Urban Space and Segregation ……………………………………………135
9.Urban Economics ……………………………………………………………………138
9.1 What Is Urban Economics? ……………………………………………139
9.2 The Emergence of Urban Economics in the United States ………141
9.3 The Five Axioms of Urban Economics …………………………………144
9.4 Inter-Regional Trade and Sustainability ……………………………149
10.Urban Geography …………………………………………………………151
10.1 On Defining Urban Geography ……………………………………152
10.2 The Location of Urban Settlements…………………………………157
10.3 The Urban Hierarchy …………………………………………………162
10.4 Suburban Development and Change ………………………………165
11.The Future of the City …………………………………………………167
11.1 Dimensions of the Eco-City …………………………………………168
11.2 The Rise of Landscape Urbanism ……………………………………173
11.3 Community in the City of Bits ………………………………………178
11.4 The Global City: A New Geography of Centers and Margins…182
Keys …………………………………………………………………………………184
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Section Two Information and Resources
1 Professional Planning Organizations ………………………………2152 Professional Planning Journals …………………………………………2163 Professional Planning Websites ……………………………………………2184 Classic Texts………………………………………………………………………219
Section Three Glossary
Appendix
1 IIlustration Credits ………………………………………………………276
2 Bibliography …………………………………………………………………279