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	Home: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning: People CATEGORIES:   Burnham, Daniel (2)   Calthorpe, Peter (4)   Duany, Andres (3)   Gans, Herbert (2)   Garreau, Joel (5)   Hayden, Dolores (2)   Howard, Ebenezer (3)   Kemmis, Daniel (3)   Krier, Leon (3)   McHarg, Ian (5)   Mumford, Lewis (8)   Rybczynski, Witold (7)   Students (4)   Whyte, William H. (3) LINKS:   Pages: 1 2 3 [>>] Berman, Marshall http://eserver.org/clogic/4-2/monchinski_berman.html Cultural theorist examines the social roles and intentions of artists in modern urban life. He advocates "Marxist humanism" and proposes that the urban realities of the marketplace are neither fixed nor immutable. (Book: All That is Solid Melts into Air) Boyer, M. Christine http://www.upenn.edu/gsfa/intricacy/participants/mchristine_boyer.html The William R. McKenan Jr. Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, at the School of Architecture, Princeton University, Boyer has written and lectured widely on 19th and 20th century urbanism, with a focus on the structure and meaning of urban form. (Books: Dreaming the Rational City, The City and Collective Memory) Castells, Manuel http://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/castells/ Leading urban theorist since the 1960's. His work has moved from early Marxist analyses of the city, to an analysis of grass roots urban movements in the city, to a later interest in the impact of information technology on urban development. Books: The City and the Grassroots; City, Class, and Power) Davis, Mike http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/01/news-macadams.php Author whose writings on the "architecture of control" and the extinction of public spaces have influenced many theorists and designers working to create a more livable city. (Books: City of Quartz; Ecology of Fear) Ellin, Nan http://www.asu.edu/caed/SOA/faculty/html/faculty_ellin.htm Places the work of design professionals in their cultural context: how they address contemporary crises and social phenomena, and how they sometimes perpetuate them. (Books: Architecture of Fear; Postmodern Urbanism) Fishman, Robert http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/facultystaff/faculty/fishmanrprofile.html Urban historian focuses on a social and architectural history of American suburban planning and design. (Book: Bourgeois Utopias) Fulton, William http://www.citistates.com/assocspeakers/w_fulton.html Journalist, urban planner, researcher, pundit, and best-selling author. Regarded as one of the nation's leading commentators on urban planning, metropolitan growth, and economic development.(Books: Guide to California Planning, California Land and Legacy). Gehl, Jahn http://www.rudi.net/bookshelf/classics/lifebetweenbuildings/index.shtml People, Gehl found, are drawn to crowded, bustling spaces, where those unpredictable, surprising actors - other human beings - are on centre stage. As a Scandinavian proverb puts it: "People come where people are." (Book: Life Between Buildings) Hall, Peter http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/people/P_hall.htm Professor of Planning at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning at the University College London, Hall is also the author or editor of nearly thirty books on urban and regional planning and related topics. Harvey, David http://www.jhu.edu/~dogee/people/faculty/harvey.html#spub A geographer concerned with environmental justice and uneven development, Harvey writes devastating descriptions of current urban situations, and offers a new framework for questioning design decisions. (Books: The Urban Experience, Spaces of Hope) Huxtable, Ada Louise http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/series/interview/huxtable.html Architecture critic for the Wall Street Journal, she advocates for preservation and cities as places of contrast. (Book: The Unreal America) Johns, Michael http://www.rut.com/misc/sfwalk.html Geography professor at UC Berkeley offers a walking tour of San Francisco with special regard to the economy and culture of the Western city. Katz, Peter http://www.annonline.com/interviews/970324/ Author and real estate marketing consultant, he argues that New Urbanism integrates modern life into pedestrian-friendly communities with effective links to their larger regions. (Books: The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community) Kay, Jane Holtz http://www.janeholtzkay.com/ Architecture and planning critic for The Nation and author. She has written for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Planning, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Preservation and Sierra. (Books: Asphalt Nation, Preserving New England and Lost Boston). Kunstler, James Howard http://www.kunstler.com/ Kunstler believes a lot of people share his feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work. (Books: The Geography of Nowhere, Home from Nowhere). Lynch, Kevin (1918-1984) http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/mithistory/collections-architecture/mc208.html Influenced the field of city planning through his work on the theory of city form, and on the perception of the city environment and its consequences for city design. (Books: The Image of the City, What Time is This Place). Massey, Doreen http://www.civiccentre.org/SPEAKERS/Keynotes/Massey.D.html Geographer critiques globalization and regional uneven development and proposes a need to understand the new urban context of disorder and diversity. (Books: Cities for the Many Not the Few, Space, Place, and Gender) Newman, Oscar http://www.defensiblespace.com/ Influential author proposes using the physical restructuring of housing projects and residential communities to reduce crime and improve stability. (Books: Defensible Space) Salingaros, Nikos A. http://www.math.utsa.edu/sphere/salingar/ Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at San Antonio, advocates using scientific understanding to generate "life" in built structures. (Books: Principles of Urban Structure, A Theory of Architecture). Altshuler, Alan A. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/altshuler/index.html Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Harvard University, teaches and conducts research on urban politics, land use policy, and transportation. CV, course information, and list of books and other publications. Burchell, Robert http://policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/people/bioburchell.htm Professor at the Center for Urban Policy Research, is the author of 25 books and more than 50 articles, is an expert on fiscal impact analysis, land-use development and regulation, and housing policy. Dr. Burchell co-authored the Development Impact Assessment Handbook for The Urban Land Institute. (Books: The Fiscal Impact Hand-book; The New Practitioner's Guide to Fiscal Impact Analysis; The Adaptive Reuse Handbook; The Environmental Impact Handbook). Chapin, Jr., F. Stuart http://carolinafirst.unc.edu/distprofs/chapin.htm Pioneer in the Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina. Spent nearly four decades establishing and improving the department's urban studies curriculum. Distinguished Service Award from the American Institute of Planners, as well as the Historic Planning Pioneer Award. (Books: Urban Land Use Planning). Charles, John http://www.cascadepolicy.org/StaffDetail_2_8.asp Environmental Policy Director for the Cascade Policy Institute. The focus of his work is environmental, transportation and land-use policy. (Books: A Citizen's Guide to Smart Growth). DeGrove, John http://www.jc.fau.edu/staff/degrove_chair.htm Teaches growth management (smart growth) with a special focus on initiatives to contain sprawl and ensure sustainable urban and natural systems. Florida Atlantic University Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems Director from 1972 until February 1999. (Books: Land, Growth and Politics; Balanced Growth: A Planning Guide for Local Government). Downs, Anthony http://www.anthonydowns.com/ Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. He was for 18 years a member and then Chairman of Real Estate Research Corporation, a nationwide consulting firm advising private and public decision-makers on real estate investment, housing policies, and urban affairs.   Pages: 1 2 3 [>>]

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