Readings in Planning Theory

The third edition of Readings in Planning Theory features thirteen new readings that define current debates and presents the works that constitute the main focus of the field, addressing the central issues that face planners as theorists and practitioners.

• Expands the focus on international planning by including globalization and theories of development
• Includes new readings that examine themes emerging in planning theory, including a critique of the modernist roots of centralized planning, a re-emphasis on space in planning, and a discussion of the difficulty of sustainable development
• Features new case studies of planning success and failure on both sides of the Atlantic
• Addresses the range of core planning theory so as to remain the primary text in urban planning courses
• Examines the current state of planning theory and the new directions it has taken in recent years
• Draws on a wide range of authors who address planning history, arguments for and against planning, competing planning styles, planning ethics, the public interest, and considerations of race and gender

Susan S. Fainstein is a Professor in the Urban Planning Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her books includeThe Just City (2010), The City Builders (second edition, 2001), andRestructuring the City (1986). Fainstein is also a recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) for lifetime career achievement.

Scott Campbell is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Doctoral Program Director in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He is a co-author ofThe Rise of the Gunbelt: The Military Remapping of Industrial America  (1991). His article on sustainable development won an award for best article of the year from theJournal of the American Planning Association.