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The trouble with city planning : what New Orleans can teach us
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The trouble with city planning : what New Orleans can teach us / Kristina Ford.
ISBN
9780300127355 (alk. paper)
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
viii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 20, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cities as planners see them
Intimations of trouble : plans after hurricane Katrina
What are city plans?
What city planners do and why they do it that way
How planners interact with citizens
The American evolution of plans
How plans take effect
City planning in action
Plans that only planners use
Plans that don't include what citizens know
Plans that elected leaders ignore
City plans for citizens
The trouble with most city plans
Formulating good city plans : the state of the city
Formulating good city plans : projections for the future
Formulating good city plans : citizen's guide to land-use decisions
Activating good city plans
How good city plans influence elected leaders
Good city plans and great cities.
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