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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