Planning Game : Lessons from Great Cities, Hardcover by Garvin, Alexander, Li...

by Alexander Garvin

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Planning Game : Lessons from Great Cities, Hardcover by Garvin, Alexander, ISBN 0393733440, ISBN-13 9780393733440, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Garvin (urban planning and management, Yale U.) shows planners, students, community leaders, and others the urban planning process through lessons learned from Paris, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Focusing on the importance of public investments in determining the future of streets, squares, parks, infrastructure, and public buildings, he outlines the players involved, including the public, community activists, visionaries, government agencies and public officials, and private developers and public entrepreneurs; the economic and political rules that govern the process through three examples of Rouse Company projects; and the elements of planning as seen through the experiences of these cities, considering the process and its implementation, the specific needs of each city, and the role of the planner within the context of this public realm approach. Color photos and diagrams are included. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
• Year: 2013
• ISBN: 9780393733440
• Condition: Fine

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