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Basic Social Policy and Planning - Strategies and Practice Methods (Haworth Social Work Practice) Book by Hobart A. Burch

Gender And Planning: A Reader Book by Susan S. Fainstein, Lisa J. Servon (Editors)

Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy Of Spatial Development (Planning History and the Environment Series) Book by Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok (Editor)

Partnerships In Urban Planning: A Guide For Municipalities
Book by Nabeel Hamdi, Michael Majale

Planning and Social Science: A Humanistic Approach : A Humanistic Approach
Book by Gerald A. Gutenschwager

Planning World Cities : Globalization, Urban Governance and Policy Dilemmas (Planning, Environment, Cities) Book by Peter Newman, Andrew Thornley

Evaluation in Environmental Planning: Assessing Environmental, Social, Economic, and Political Trade-offs Book by Donald M. McAllister

Designing Social Innovation: Planning, Building, Evaluating Book by Bob Martens

The Most Segregated City In America: City Planning And Civil Rights In Birmingham, 1920-1980 Book by Charles E. Connerly

Beyond Metropolis : The Planning and Governance of Asia's Mega-Urban Regions
Book by Aprodicio A. Laquian

Towards an Integrated Society: Reflections on Planning, Social Policy, and Rural Institutions (Contributions in Economics and Economic History) Book by Tarlok Singh

How to Think About Social Problems: American Pragmatism and the Idea of Planning (Contributions in Political Science) Book by Hilda Blanco

Reviews:

Basic Social Policy and Planning - Strategies and Practice Methods (Haworth Social Work Practice) Book by Hobart A. Burch
Reviewer: S. Schreiner
We used this text in graduate school in a class on planning and community development. The text is relatively easy and enjoyable to read. The author does an excellent job of describing complex procedures in an understandable way.

Gender And Planning: A Reader Book by Susan S. Fainstein, Lisa J. Servon (Editors)
Increasingly, experts recognize that gender has affected urban planning and the design of the spaces where we live and work. Too often, urban and suburban spaces support stereotypically male activities and planning methodologies reflect a male-dominated society.
To document and analyze the connection between gender and planning, the editors of this volume have assembled an interdisciplinary collection of influential essays by leading scholars.

Partnerships In Urban Planning: A Guide For Municipalities
Book by Nabeel Hamdi, Michael Majale
Nabeel Hamdi is a consultant with long experience of urban development issues and is now attached to Oxford Brookes University, UK. Michael Majale is Lecturer in Overseas Development in the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape.

Planning and Social Science: A Humanistic Approach : A Humanistic Approach
Book by Gerald A. Gutenschwager
The primary goal of this book is to give philosophical depth to planning discourse, not only by examining its scientific pedigree, but also by seeking to extend its horizons into more humanistic directions, touching upon sociodramatic and even social psychological questions largely unattended in this discourse.

Planning World Cities : Globalization, Urban Governance and Policy Dilemmas (Planning, Environment, Cities) Book by Peter Newman, Andrew Thornley
This internationally comparative text on urban planning covers both the global and regional context in which it takes place and the different combinations of issues confronting different types of cities. In contrast to existing texts the book considers both what have traditionally been regarded as "world cities" (London, New York, Tokyo) and a range of other important cities in the European, American and Asian regions. The core of the book focuses on an assessment of the strategic policy and planning options for major cities in response to globalization and other key issues and challenges of the twenty-first century.
Peter Newman is Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Governance, University of Westminster. Andy Thornley is Director of Regional and Urban Planning Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Designing Social Innovation: Planning, Building, Evaluating Book by Bob Martens
The design and functioning of urban environments is difficult and complex, and because of the competitive nature of urban planning today, it often does not have the input required from a variety of disciplines, ranging from psychologists and sociologists to architects and planners. Researchers from these areas are, however, uniquely placed to monitor success and advise on what works. This interdisciplinary volume does exactly that, with contributions by experts from around the world. Based on the best applied research presented at the 18th meeting of the International Association of People-Environment Studies, IAPS18, held in Vienna, this volume concentrates on theories and methods in planning and monitoring, environmental, health, and social impact assessment, post-occupancy evaluations (POEs), computer modelling, and various simulation tools. It is thus a fascinating and up-to-date review for researchers, professional practitioners, and policy makers.

The Most Segregated City In America: City Planning And Civil Rights In Birmingham, 1920-1980 Book by Charles E. Connerly
Daphne Spain, Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia
"This book is required reading for students seeking to understand the relationship between structure and agency at the local level."
"But for Birmingham," Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F. Kennedy saying in June 1963 when he invited black leaders to meet with him, "we would not be here today." Birmingham is well known for its civil rights history, particularly for the violent white-on-black bombings that occurred there in the 1960s, resulting in the city's nickname "Bombingham." What is less well known about Birmingham's racial history, however, is the extent to which early city planning decisions influenced and prompted the city's civil rights protests. The first book-length work to analyze this connection, "The Most Segregated City in America": City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980 uncovers the impact of Birmingham's urban planning decisions on its black communities and reveals how these decisions led directly to the civil rights movement.
Spanning over sixty years, Charles E. Connerly's study begins in the 1920s, when Birmingham used urban planning as an excuse to implement racial zoning laws, pointedly sidestepping the 1917 U.S. Supreme Court Buchanan v. Warley decision that had struck down racial zoning. The result of this obstruction was the South's longest-standing racial zoning law, which lasted from 1926 to 1951, when it was redeclared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite the fact that African Americans constituted at least 38 percent of Birmingham's residents, they faced drastic limitations to their freedom to choose where to live. When in the1940s they rebelled by attempting to purchase homes in off-limit areas, their efforts were labeled as a challenge to city planning, resulting in government and court interventions that became violent. More than fifty bombings ensued between 1947 and 1966, becoming nationally publicized only in 1963, when four black girls were killed in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.
Connerly effectively uses Birmingham's history as an example to argue the importance of recognizing the link that exists between city planning and civil rights. His demonstration of how Birmingham's race-based planning legacy led to the confrontations that culminated in the city's struggle for civil rights provides a fresh lens on the history and future of urban planning, and its relation to race.

Beyond Metropolis : The Planning and Governance of Asia's Mega-Urban Regions
Book by Aprodicio A. Laquian
"This is an outstanding work of research and synthesis."--Robert Fishman, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
Beyond Metropolis studies planning and governance in the regions surrounding the twelve cities in Asia with populations over ten million: Tokyo, Mumbai, Kolkata, Dhaka, Delhi, Shanghai, Jakarta, Osaka, Beijing, Karachi, Metro Manila, and Seoul. These regions are greater than cities plus suburbs: for almost all, development has sprawled into the surrounding countryside, enveloping villages, towns, and small and medium-sized cities, creating "extended metropolitan regions."
These areas, argues Aprodicio A. Laquian, are the centers of development for their countries: they represent huge markets; large and varied labor pools; and centers of politics, education, and culture. Beyond Metropolis examines these mega-urban regions in terms of governance and sustainability; water, transportation, and housing; and the twin questions of inner-city redevelopment and satellite area development. The author embraces, on one hand, unified regional planning and, on the other, cooperative efforts by urban residents for addressing their own problems. Beyond Metropolis builds on studies conducted during the 1990s under the Centre for Human Settlements at the University of British Columbia.

Towards an Integrated Society: Reflections on Planning, Social Policy, and Rural Institutions (Contributions in Economics and Economic History) Book by Tarlok Singh
“This is a major encyclopedia for comparative literature and, secondarily, the history of ideas. Coming from 98 contributors, the 143 articles vary widely in scope and method. But a typical entry, running about ten pages and including a bibliography of three or four sources, traces literary themes through different times and places; more specialized articles describe genres or literary movements... This ambitious new source, unique in English, is important for any four-year college library.”–Library Journal
A leading economic planner discusses the effectiveness of India's five-year plans and gives his evaluation of the ways in which a nation can become an integrated and caste-free society within a stable political framework.

How to Think About Social Problems: American Pragmatism and the Idea of Planning (Contributions in Political Science) Book by Hilda Blanco
This thoughtful study has a two-fold purpose. The first is to examine the close relationship between the philosophy of American pragmatism and the idea of planning, and the second is to explore how to approach or think about recalcitrant social problems. Contemporary society's primary response to the issue of social problems is to turn to professional expertise. No sooner is a problem identified than a profession emerges to claim it. But intractable social problems, such as poverty or racism, show the limits of professional social inquiry. Is it the method of inquiry that is at fault, or does the failure lie in a simplistic and narrow view of reason? In exploring these questions, the author turns to the pragmatic philosophy of Charles Pierce and John Dewey to develop a coherent approach to such problems. She concludes that the lasting and meaningful changes needed to address the major problems we face today call for the cultivation of a culture of democratic planning that values inclusive communities, social and environmental justice, and public, practical knowledge.
HILDA BLANCO is Associate Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

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