What's New

March–April 2003

Built Environment

Friedman, Avi. Planning the New Suburbia: Flexibility by Design. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2002.

Lang, Robert E. Edgeless Cities: Exploring the Elusive Metropolis. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2003.

Commercial Districts

Beyard, Michael D. Developing Urban Entertainment Centers. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 1998.

Economic and Public Policy

Stanback, Thomas M. The Transforming Metropolitan Economy. New Brunswick, N.J.: Center for Urban Policy Research, 2002.

Economic Development

Hebert, Scott. Interim Assessment of the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC) Program: A Progress Report. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2001.

Environmental Planning

Booth, Jeffrey J., and James R. Rinehart. Environmental Conflict: In Search of Common Ground. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2002.

Growth Management

Holcombe, Randall G., and Samuel R. Staley, Eds. Smarter Growth: Market-Based Strategies for Land-Use Planning in the 21st Century. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2001.

Institutional Uses

Petersen, David C. Developing Sports, Convention, and Performing Arts Centers. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 2001.

Metropolitan Planning

Dreier, Peter, John Mollenkopf, and Todd Swanstrom. Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2001.

Parks and Recreation

Indianapolis Parks and Recreation. Indianapolis-Marion County Park Recreation and Open Space Plan. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indianapolis-Marion County Planning Division, 2000.

Planning History

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America’s Third Coast. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Hartman, Chester, and Sarah Carnochan. City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco. Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press, 2002.

Wood, Joseph S. The New England Village. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1997.

Planning Law and Legislation

Curtin, Daniel J. Overview of California Planning Law: 19th Annual Planning Seminar for Commissioners, Elected Officials, and Agency Staff. Rohnert Park, Cal.: Sonoma State University, Department of Environmental Studies and Planning, 2002.

Planning Movements

Miller, Jason. Building Plans and Urban Design Principles for Towns, Cities, and Villages in South Florida. St. Paul, Minn.: HomeStyles, 1998.

Steuteville, Robert. New Urbanism and Traditional Neighborhood Development: Comprehensive Report and Best Practices Guide. Ithaca, N.Y.: New Urban News, 2000.

Planning Theory

Branch, Melville C. Planning and the Human Condition: Conceptual Development, Prospective Conclusions. San Jose, Cal.: Writer’s Showcase, 2002.

Spier, Steven, Ed. Urban Visions: Experiencing and Envisioning the City. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2002.

Redevelopment

Booth, Geoffrey, et al. Transforming Suburban Business Districts. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 2001.

Solnit, Rebecca, and Susan Schwartzenberg. Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism. London: Verso, 2000.

Site Planning

Carstens, Diane Y. Site Planning and Design for the Elderly. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.