What, exactly, was the Charity Organization Society? Was it a cluster of affluent women
imposing their moral propriety on the poor in the early 20th Century? Or was it the first …

Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out
pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is …

Great cities are born of and give rise to great infrastructure. Historically, city planning has
been deeply rooted in infrastructure and physical planning. One of its ontological bases has …

Urban planning in today's world is inextricably linked to the processes of mass urbanization
and modernization which have transformed our lives over the last hundred years. Written by …

The Australian Metropolis splendidly fills a huge gap in the literature on Australian cities. It is
the definitive account of the history of Australian cities and the crucial role which planning …

The 'neotraditional'planning movement in the USA is criticized through an analysis of
promotional materials for the urban village of Rancho Santa Margarita in Orange County …

Food planning in Detroit has matured over the last fifteen years, but it is not without links to
past food-related initiatives or broader planning in response to the city's decline over five …

If planning is understood to be about the nature of place, about the way in which we use
land, and about the physical expression of the ordering of society, then it becomes apparent …

The science fiction subgenre of cyberpunk developed in the 1980s and 1990s with a strong
interest in urban settings. A reading of important cyberpunk novels shows the way in which …

Innocent looking technical choices can cause large differences in population projections.
This article offers suggestions for making those choices and creating a more thoughtful …