1: People / Books in Planning Flashcards
Sherry Arnstein
Wrote “A Ladder of Citizen Participation” for the Journal of the American Planning Association in 1969. This article describes the levels of involvement by citizens depending on the form of participation utilized.
James Rouse
James Rouse was the developer that conceived of Columbia, Maryland. Rouse strongly believed in the new cities movement that by proper design blight could be eliminated.
1st full-time planner
Harland Bartholomew
Newark, NJ (1914)
Wrote a comp plan for St. Louis
Saul Alinsky
Advocate of community organizing.
Reveille for Radical
Alinsky organized Chicago’s poor in the late 1930s and 1940s. Back of the Yards movement. In 1946, he published Reveille for Radicals, which encouraged those who were poor to become involved in American democracy. Later he published Rules for Radicals, which provided 13 rules for community organizing.
The Geography of Nowhere
Written by James Kunstler, a book about suburban sprawl and its impact on American communities
With Heritage So Rich
Edited by Alfred Reins, published in 1966.
This is a seminal book in historic preservation.
Patrick Geddes
Cities in Evolution - published in 1915.
This book centers on regional planning.
“Conurbation” - describes large scale regions
Local Planning Administration
Ladislas Segoe, published in 1941.
This book was the first in the Green Book Series produced by the International City/County Management Association.
Lawrence Veiller
Lawrence Veiller is the father of the modern housing code.
He was concerned with housing conditions for those who are low income. He produced a Tenement Exhibition with proposals for New York City. He went on to become secretary of the New York State Tenement House Commission and drafted the New York State Tenement House Act of 1901 that established basic housing laws - including fire exits and running water for bathrooms in every tenement.
Image of the City
Kevin Lynch, published in 1960.
This book defines basic concepts within the city, such as edges and nodes.
Charles Abrams
Created the New York Housing Authority. In 1965 he published The City is the Frontier, a book that provided harsh criticism to the U.S. federal policies surrounding slum clearance, urban renewal, and public housing.
The Urban General Plan
TJ Kent, published in 1964.
T.J. Kent defines the comprehensive plan as a community’s official statement of policies regarding desirable future physical development and its implications of socio-economic polices; the plan should be comprehensive in scope, general in nature and long-range in perspective. Should be identified as the City Council’s plan
Catherine Bauer Wurster
Founder of American housing policy. She worked to reform policy that was related to housing and city planning. She served as executive secretary of the Regional Planning Association of America. She wrote Modern Housing and was influential in the passage of the Housing Act of 1937.
How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis, published in 1890.
This book resulted in housing reform in New York City.
Rexford Tugwell
Served as the head of the Resettlement Administration. He worked on the greenbelt cities program, which sought construction of new, self-sufficient cities. Tugwell was closely involved in the development of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a Resettlement Administration community. He later served on the New York City Planning Commission and served as governor of Puerto Rico.
The Rise of the Creative Class
Richard Florida, published in 2003.
This book focuses on the importance of creative professionals in the overall economic growth and health of urban areas.
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
William Whyte, published in 1980.
This book promotes the use of environmental psychology and sociology in urban design.
Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago
1912, published by Walter Moody
Adopted as an eighth-grade textbook by the Chicago Board of Education. This is the first known formal instruction in city planning below the college level.
Sir Raymond Unwin
English town planner and designer of Letchworth. He later lectured at the University of Birmingham in England and Columbia University.
1st zoning restrictions on the location of obnoxious uses
San Francisco (1867)
Carrying Out the City Plan
1914, Flavel Shurtleff
First major textbook on city planning.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs, published in 1961.
This book provided a critical look at planners and planning, with a special focus on the mistakes of urban renewal.
Lawrence Haworth
Lawrence Haworth wrote the book, The Good City, which argued for a thoughtful approach to what actually makes a city good.
Alfred Bettman
Alfred Bettman was the first president of ASPO. Alfred Bettman (1873-1945) was one of the key founders of modern urban planning. Zoning, as we know it today, can be attributed to his successful arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which resulted in the 1926 decision in favor of the Village of Euclid, Ohio versus Ambler Realty Company. The concept of the “Comprehensive Plan,” as used in most cities across the U.S., was in no small part due to the work of Bettman and Ladislas Segoe on the “Cincinnati Plan.” Communities of all sizes across the U.S. may also thank Bettman for his part in creating the “Capital Improvements Budget.”
Planning of the Modern City
Nelson Lewis, published in 1916.
Lewis viewed city planning problems as engineering problems - suggested a systems approach
Design with Nature
Ian McHarg, published in 1969.
This book focuses on conservation design.
Robert Moses
Transformed New York City’s public works from the 1930s through the 1950s. He expanded the state’s park system and built numerous parkways. He also built parks, playgrounds, highways, bridges, tunnels, and public housing
He famously clashed with Jane Jacobs over his plans to build a highway through Greenwich Village.
“Great Expeditor”
