The focus of presentation this week is---American Town Planning Theory since 1945:Three significant developments but no paradigm shifts. (Nigel Taylor)
Over the past of fifty years, town planning has developed more and more important in Britain and North Americca..And this article is an overview of the history for town planning thought since 1945 .There are three outstanding changes in town planning over that period.
First, the shift from the view of planning as an exercise in physical planning in 1960s and urban design to the systems and rational process views of planning.
Second, the shift from the view of town planning as an activity require to some technical skills for planning as a political process of making value-judgements about environmental change in which the planner act as a manager and facilitator of that process.
Third, the shift from 'modernist' to 'postmodernist' planning theory.
Half a century ago, there have been significant development in town planning theory .We have to learn more about the town planning of urban environments and the diverse values of different communities
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Nicely written blog :). Just letting you know, you can't see your text because its the same colour as the background. I had to higlight it to read it.
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Ross is a blog expert now. Cherry, very nice colour and graphics. Your summary of post-1945 planning is very clear. Just mind you, the selected chapter is focused on America by title, but it reveals actually a global trend, especially in the English-speaking world, Australia included of course. Richard
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