Extensively revised and updated, Planning in the USA, 5th edition continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning.
Outlining land use, urban planning, and environmental protection policies, this fully illustrated book explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which policy issues are identified, defined, and approached. The new edition incorporates new planning legislation and regulations at the state and federal layers of government, and examples of local ordinances in a variety of planning areas. New material includes discussions of:
- education and equity in planning;
- the City Beautiful Movement;
- Daniel Burnham-s Plan for Chicago;
- Segregation;
- Knick v. Township of Scott;
- reforming single-family zoning, and regulatory challenges in zoning and land use;
- Daniel Parolek-s "Missing Middle Housing-;
- climate change, mitigation, adaptation, and re
