Planning Ideas That Matter

"With virtually all contributors taking a historical approach, this volume of benchmark essays provides critical perspectives on some of the most important planning conversations in North America over the past ninety years. Written by senior academic practitioners with impeccable credentials, Planning Ideas That Matter will become obligatory reading for generations of graduate students."--John Friedmann, Honorary Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia "In domains from livability to territoriality, from governance to professional practice, these chapters show us how and why familiar but fundamental planning ideas make a difference. Portraying historical and contemporary concerns in an ambitious and vivid panorama, these chapters provide both a compelling overview of, and a serious intellectual introduction to, the theory and practice of city and regional planning."--John Forester, Professor of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University " Planning Ideas That Matter is an outstanding collection of original articles that exemplify the best of reflective and discursive practice. It deserves to be widely read, and has the potential to alter future conversations about key ideas that are shaping our collective future. I highly recommend it."--Jim Throgmorton, Emeritus Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Iowa

Bishwapriya Sanyal is Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning at MIT. Lawrence J. Vale is Ford Professor of Urban Design and Planning at MIT. Christina D. Rosan is Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. Gary Hack has studied, taught, and practiced site planning for more than forty years in the United States, Canada, and other countries. He is Professor Emeritus of Urban Design at MIT, where he headed the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, and Visiting Professor at Tsinghua and Chongqing Universities. Lynne B. Sagalyn is the Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Director of the MBA Real Estate Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.