CITY PLANNING: What, How & When

by Hila Colman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 15, 1971

Though the word ""planning"" recurs countless times in the text, the concept is not much in evidence in this patchwork of quotations from reports, the New York Times, interviews and even lecture notes. Sifting through the muddle one gleans quite a few generalities along the lines of ""a planning agency is like an orchestra,"" some jargon (""Transportation is the accessibility of people to get from point to point"") and a mass of unresolved contradictions: ""Planning is a wonderful profession for women and blacks."" vs. ""The city is male-dominated, and a woman doesn't represent the image."" The statements do yield some fragmentary insights into planning as a profession--the required training, job descriptions, thumbnail sketches of working planners, but answers to the basic questions posed in the title will be more readily found in Hal Hellman's The City in the World of the Future (1970).

Pub Date: Dec. 15, 1971

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Page Count: -

Publisher: World

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 1971

Categories: NONFICTION