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Principles of Town Planning
Translating Concepts to Applications
9781035348657 Edward Elgar Publishing
This accessibly written textbook provides a clear and systematic introduction to the fundamental principles of town planning, applied within the context of the common-law land market. Using an innovative structure of key propositions, sections cover basic definitions and concepts of urban planning, physical planning principles and applications, development control, and policy issues relating to human settlement and property values. Informed by foundational concepts of property rights and cadastral boundaries, the book also covers sustainable urban development and renewal.
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Contents
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This accessibly written textbook provides a clear and systematic introduction to the fundamental principles of town planning, applied within the context of the common-law land market. Using an innovative structure of key propositions, sections cover basic definitions and concepts of urban planning, physical planning principles and applications, development control, and policy issues relating to human settlement and property values. Informed by foundational concepts of property rights and cadastral boundaries, the book also covers sustainable urban development and renewal.
Key Features:
● Each chapter includes concise propositions on planning principles, chapter summaries and discussion questions to facilitate learning.
● A clear account of fundamental town planning concepts and their applications in terms of property rights, land markets, and basic urban development.
● With a strong focus on practice rather than theory, the book is underpinned by Ronald Coase’s neo-institutional economic concepts on the allocation of resources in town planning
This is an invaluable textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of town planning, urban development and surveying. It will also be beneficial for the professional development of practitioners and town planners who want to expand their knowledge of the key concepts in the field.
Key Features:
● Each chapter includes concise propositions on planning principles, chapter summaries and discussion questions to facilitate learning.
● A clear account of fundamental town planning concepts and their applications in terms of property rights, land markets, and basic urban development.
● With a strong focus on practice rather than theory, the book is underpinned by Ronald Coase’s neo-institutional economic concepts on the allocation of resources in town planning
This is an invaluable textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of town planning, urban development and surveying. It will also be beneficial for the professional development of practitioners and town planners who want to expand their knowledge of the key concepts in the field.
Critical Acclaim
‘From concepts to applications, this book explores thought provoking questions every planner should consider.’
– Frank Lorne, New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver, Canada
‘This unique textbook on town planning amalgamates successfully the concepts and practice of this eclectic field. The contents cover pertinent topics arranged in a logical sequence to facilitate learning in a progressive mode. The authors, with extensive experience in teaching, research and practice, have expertly replaced excessive exposition of esoteric theories by refreshing elucidation and clarity.’
– C.Y. Jim, Education University of Hong Kong, China
– Frank Lorne, New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver, Canada
‘This unique textbook on town planning amalgamates successfully the concepts and practice of this eclectic field. The contents cover pertinent topics arranged in a logical sequence to facilitate learning in a progressive mode. The authors, with extensive experience in teaching, research and practice, have expertly replaced excessive exposition of esoteric theories by refreshing elucidation and clarity.’
– C.Y. Jim, Education University of Hong Kong, China
Contents
Contents
Foreword
Professor David E. Andersson
Foreword
President of HKIS Sr Francis Ka Fai Lam
Preface I
Preface II
PART I PRELIMINARIES AND BASIC CONCEPTS
1 Nature of this book
2 Meaning of planning and town planning
3 Institutional arrangements of the planning of land uses and development
4 Who is the town planner?
PART II PHYSICAL PLANNING
5 Application of physical planning principles
6 Physical planning and land boundaries: the first layout for a new
development area
7 Physical planning and land boundaries: old urban and rural areas
PART III FORWARD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL
8 Forward planning and development control: a general account
9 Forward planning
10 Development control
PART IV ISSUES IN TOWN PLANNING
11 Sustainable urban development
12 Reclamation and maritime zoning
13 Government-led urban renewal
14 Trees, open space and gardening
15 Town and country planning: settlement, property valuation and
investment
Epilogue
Appendix 1: From fish to land grabbing – a note on the transition of the
concept of “common property” in property rights research
Glossary of planning terms
Bibliography
Foreword
Professor David E. Andersson
Foreword
President of HKIS Sr Francis Ka Fai Lam
Preface I
Preface II
PART I PRELIMINARIES AND BASIC CONCEPTS
1 Nature of this book
2 Meaning of planning and town planning
3 Institutional arrangements of the planning of land uses and development
4 Who is the town planner?
PART II PHYSICAL PLANNING
5 Application of physical planning principles
6 Physical planning and land boundaries: the first layout for a new
development area
7 Physical planning and land boundaries: old urban and rural areas
PART III FORWARD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL
8 Forward planning and development control: a general account
9 Forward planning
10 Development control
PART IV ISSUES IN TOWN PLANNING
11 Sustainable urban development
12 Reclamation and maritime zoning
13 Government-led urban renewal
14 Trees, open space and gardening
15 Town and country planning: settlement, property valuation and
investment
Epilogue
Appendix 1: From fish to land grabbing – a note on the transition of the
concept of “common property” in property rights research
Glossary of planning terms
Bibliography
