ContentsSection One Reading Comprehension 1. The History of Urban Planning 3 1.1 Urban Planning before theIndustrial Revolution in Europe 4 1.2 The History of UrbanPlanning in America 8 1.3 Characteristics of ChineseImperial City Planning 13 ??? 1.4 New Towns after WorldWar II 202. Urban Planning Theory 22 2.1 Rationalism of PlanningTheory 23 2.2 Incrementalism of PlanningTheory 26 2.3 Utopianism of PlanningTheory 29 2.4 New Directions in PlanningTheory 323. Urban Comprehensive Plan 35 3.1 In Accordance with aComprehensive Plan 36 3.2 Features of the UrbanGeneral Plan 41 3.3 The Comprehensive PlanningProcess 45 3.4 The Failure ofComprehensive Planning 494. Land Use Planning 52 4.1 The Land Use PlanningArena 53 4.2 Designing the SpatialArrangements of Land Use 57 4.3 Categories of Land UseConsidered in Plan Making 61 4.4 The Key Systems AffectingLand Use 665. Transportation Planning 70 5.1 Urban TransportationCharacteristics 71 5.2 The Urban TransportationPlanning Process 76 5.3 Urban Transportation Planning and TrafficManagement in Beijing 80 5.4 Importance of PublicTransportation 84 6. Environmental Planning and Sustainable Development 87 6.1 What Is UrbanEcology? 88 6.2 Criteria of a SustainableSpatial Planning 91 6.3 Urban Regeneration andSocial Sustainability 96 6.4 The Origin and Founding Purposes ofEnvironmental Impact Assessment 997. Urban Design 101 7.1 The Elements of UrbanDesign 102 7.2 The TownscapeMovement 107 7.3 The Urban DesignProcess 113 7.4 Urban Designer:Integrating Diverse Perspectives and Skills 1188. Urban Sociology 121 8.1 An Urban Society 122 8.2 OccupationalStratification in Cities 126 8.3 Social Diversity and PlaceVitality 131 8.4 Urban Space andSegregation 1359. Urban Economics 138 9.1 What Is UrbanEconomics? 139 9.2 The Emergence of UrbanEconomics in the United States 141 9.3 The Five Axioms of UrbanEconomics 144 9.4 Inter-Regional Trade andSustainability 14910. Urban Geography 151 10.1 On Defining UrbanGeography 152 10.2 The Location of UrbanSettlements 157 10.3 The Urban Hierarchy 162 10.4 Suburban Development andChange 16511. The Future of the City 167 11.1 Dimensions of theEco-City 168 11.2 The Rise of LandscapeUrbanism 173 11.3 Community in the City ofBits 178 11.4 The Global City: A NewGeography of Centers and Margins 182Keys 184Section Two Information and Resources 1 Professional Planning Organizations 215 2 Professional Planning Journals 216 3 Professional Planning Websites 218 4 Classic Texts 219 Section Three Glossary Appendix 1 Illustration Credits 276 2 Bibliography 279