First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban planning across

Throughout the world, city planners and governments grapple with the challenges of urban planning using remarkably similar land use regimes. Yet the realisation

This book is a useful reference in the field of urbanism. It explains how the contemporary city and landscape have been shaped by certain twentieth century visi

"As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive