Planning the Urban Region – A Comparative Study of Policies and Organizations

Planning the Urban RegionA Comparative Study of Policies and Organizations\nAuthor(s): Peter Self\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817359430, 978-0817359430\nSynopsis\nProvides a comparative framework for analyzing issues of urban planning and government.\n\nIn tandem with an analysis of the basic purpose and rationale of urban planning, Peter Self discusses the achievements and failures of different types of planning authorities. Planning the Urban Region surveys in turn the planning of city governments, metro governments, and regional bodies as they attempt to guide the growth and character of large urban areaswithin whose sprawl live roughly one-half of the populations of Western countrieswith examples drawn from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Sweden, and France.\n\nSelf argues that the urban region is at a political and organizational crossroads, as it must g.