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Planners Press 25 Best Selling Books 1978-2003

1. The Citizen's Guide to Planning
Herbert Smith; 1979; 3rd ed. 1993

2. The Job of the Planning Commissioner
Albert Solnit; 1987

3. The Citizen's Guide to Zoning
Herbert Smith; 1983

4. Making City Planning Work (out of print)
Allan Jacobs; 1978

5. Comprehensive City Planning
Melville C. Branch; 1985

6. The Small Town Planning Handbook
Tom Daniels, John Keller, and Mark Lapping; 1988, 2nd ed. 1995

7. The Zoning Board Manual
Frederick H. Bair, Jr.; 1984

8. Fundamentals of Urban Design
Richard Hedman; 1984

9. Rural by Design
Randall Arendt; 1994

10. The Planning Commissioner's Guide
David J. Allor; 1984

11. The Job of the Practicing Planner
Albert Solnit; 1988

12. The Practice of State and Regional Planning
Frank S. So et al., eds.; 1986

13. Best Development Practices
Reid Ewing; 1996

14. Mastering Change
Ray Quay and Bruce McClendon; 1988

15. What Do I Do Next? (out of print)
Warren W. Jones and Albert Solnit; 1980

16. Rural and Small Town Planning (out of print)
Charles Thorow, ed.; 1980

17. Land Use and the Constitution
Brian W. Blaesser and Alan C. Weinstein, eds.; 1989

18. Neighborhood Planning
Bernie Jones; 1990

19. Visions for a New American Dream
Anton Nelessen; 1993, 2nd ed. 1994

20. Strategic Planning
John M. Bryson and Robert C. Einsweiler; 1988

21. Planning Made Easy
William Toner, Efraim Gil, and Enid Lucchesi; 1994

22. The Planner's Use of Information
Hemalata Dandekar, ed.; 1983, 2nd ed. 2003

23. What Planners Do
Charles Hoch; 1994

24. Understanding Your Economy
Mary L. McLean and Kenneth P. Boyter; 1986, 2nd ed. 1992

25. Growth Management Principles & Practices
Arthur C. Nelson and James B. Duncan; 1995

All Planners Press books still in print are available from Planners Book Service.