Social Planning

Edited by Jessie P.H. Poon, Professor of Geography, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Kenneth Button, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, US and Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China

• Contents: AcknowledgementsSeries Preface Kenneth Button and Peter NijkampIntroduction Social Planning History: Scoping the Scene Jessie P.H. Poon, Kenneth Button and Peter NijkampPART ITHEORY AND METHOD 1. Elaine Walster and G. William Walster (1975), ‘Equity and Social Justice’2. Amartya Sen (1983), ‘Poor, Relatively Speaking’3. N. Krieger, D.R. Williams and N.E. Moss (1997), ‘Measuring Social Class in US Public Health Research: Concepts, Methodologies, and Guidelines’4. James G. Anderson (1973), ‘Causal Models and Social Indicators: Toward the Development of Social Systems Models’5. Martin Wachs and T. Gordon Kumagai (1973), ‘Physical Accessibility as a Social Indicator’6. Rae Zimmerman (1993), ‘Social Equity and Environmental Risk’PART IISUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 7. Sharachchandra M. Lélé (1991), ‘Sustainable Development: A Critical Review’8. Caroline O.N. Moser (1998), ‘The Asset Vulnerability Framework: Reassessing Urban Poverty Reduction Strategies’9. John Friedmann (1979), ‘Basic Needs, Agropolitan Development, and Planning from Below’10. Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson (1997), ‘Are Compact Cities a Desirable Planning Goal?’11. Reid Ewing (1997), ‘Is Los Angeles-Style Sprawl Desirable?’PART IIIAMENITIES AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 12. James S. Coleman (1988), ‘Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital’13. Gary S. Becker (1985), ‘Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor’14. Dan Black, Gary Gates, Seth Sanders and Lowell Taylor (2002), ‘Why Do Gay Men Live in San Francisco?’15. Richard Florida (2002), ‘The Economic Geography of Talent’PART IVSPATIAL MISMATCH 16. John F. Kain (1968), ‘Housing Segregation, Negro Employment, and Metropolitan Decentralization’17. Douglas S. Massey (1990), ‘American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass’18. Susan Hanson and Geraldine Pratt (1991), ‘Job Search and the Occupational Segregation of Women’19. Reynolds Farley, Charlotte Steeh, Maria Krysan, Tara Jackson and Keith Reeves (1994), ‘Stereotypes and Segregation: Neighborhoods in the Detroit Area’20. David C. Hodge (1988), ‘Fiscal Equity in Urban Mass Transit Systems: A Geographic Analysis’21. Hugo Priemus (1995), ‘How to Abolish Social Housing? The Dutch Case’PART VALTERNATIVE PLANNING MODELS 22. Judith E. Innes (1996), ‘Planning Through Consensus Building: A New View of the Comprehensive Planning Ideal’23. Patsy Healey (1992), ‘A Planner’s Day: Knowledge and Action in Communicative Practice’Name Index