The Emergence and Spread of Contemporary Urban Planning

Ambe J. Njoh; Vanessa Watson

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The Emergence and Spread of Contemporary Urban Planning

Ambe J. Njoh, Vanessa Watson

School of Geosciences

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This chapter deals with the emergence and spread of modernist urban planning, and the reasons for its persistence in many parts of the world. It then turns to the various innovative approaches to urban planning that are being attempted in both developed and developing countries, and examines the extent to which these meet the normative criteria for planning systems set out in Chapter 1.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Planning Sustainable Cities: Global Report on Human Settlements 2009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315541389
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

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