The contributors of Policy, Planning, and People argue for the
promotion of social equity and quality of life by designing and
evaluating urban policies and plans. Edited by Naomi Carmon and Susan S.
Fainstein, the volume features original essays by leading authorities in
the field of urban planning and policy, mainly from the United States,
but also from Canada, Hungary, Italy, and Israel. The contributors
discuss goal setting and ethics in planning, illuminate paradigm shifts,
make policy recommendations, and arrive at best practices for future
planning.
Policy, Planning, and People includes theoretical as well as
practice-based essays on a wide range of planning issues: housing and
neighborhood, transportation, surveillance and safety, the network
society, regional development and community development. Several essays
are devoted to disadvantaged and excluded groups such as senior
citizens, the poor, and migrant workers. The unifying themes of this
volume are the values of equity, diversity, and democratic
participation. The contributors discuss and draw conclusions related to
the planning process and its outcomes. They demonstrate the need to look
beyond efficiency to determine who benefits from urban policies and
plans.
Contributors: Alberta Andreotti, Tridib Banerjee, Rachel G. Bratt,
Naomi Carmon, Karen Chapple, Norman Fainstein, Susan Fainstein, Eran
Feitelson, Amnon Frenkel, George Galster, Penny Gurstein, Deborah Howe,
Norman Krumholz, Jonathan Levine, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Enzo
Mingione, Kenneth Reardon, Izhak Schnell, Daniel Shefer, Michael Teitz,
Iván Tosics, Lawrence Vale, Martin Wachs.
