Urban Planning in a Multicultural Society

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Michael A. Burayidi

Book Code: C6125

ISBN: 0-275-96125-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96125-1

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280 pages, figures, tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 1/30/2000

List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Recommended for graduate students, researchersm and professionals.
—Choice
[I] found many helpful insights.
—Urban Policy and Research

Description: Illuminating the importance of culture in community planning, this book reveals why previous planning practices have failed and suggests that improvements can be made by taking into consideration the diverse needs of a multicultural society. For community planning to be effective, planners must first recognize and acknowledge that community culture influences how people live in, use, and organize space. They must then base their designs on the respective community culture and avoid the trap of planning based on their own values and cultural background. Thus urban planning must take on a futuristic, multi-dimensional vision for the 21st century. The contributions in this book address these issues and suggest ways in which the planner can incorporate the cultural differences and avoid conflict. The book examines the inadequacy of current theoretical and philosophical paradigms in planning in a multicultural society, how planners can increase planning's effectiveness with ethnic and cultural communities, and how we might reshape institutions to better address the needs of a diverse, global, and multicultural society. This book will be of interest to both academic and professional audiences in multicultural studies and urban planning.

Table of Contents:

Urban Planning as a Multicultural Canon by Michael A. Burayidi
Critical Perspectives on Planning in a Multicultural Society
Demographic Shifts and the Challenge for Planners: Insights from a Practitioner by Alvin James
Tracking the Planning Profession: From Monistic Planning to Holistic Planning for a Multicultural Society by Michael A. Burayidi
Neither Embedded Nor Embodied: Critical Pragmatism and Identity Politics by Robert B. Beauregard
The Paradox of Planning in a Multicultural Liberal Society: A Pragmatic Reconciliation by Stanley Stein and Thomas Harper
Objectives and Values: Planning for Multicultural Groups Rather than Multiple Constituencies by Peter B. Meyer & Christoper R. Reaves
Planning with Ethnic and Cultural Communities
Appreciative Planning: An Approach to Planning with Diverse Ethnic and Cultural Groups by Stephen Ameyaw
Culture Matters--But It Shouldn't Matter Too Much by Howell S. Baum
Multiculturalism in Rural America by Mark Lapping
Planning for an Ethnic Minority: The Bedouin Arabs of Israel by Steven Dinero
Multicultural Planning in Deed: Lessons from the Mediation Practice of Shirley Solomon and Larry Sherman by John Forester
Institutional Responses to Planning in a Multicultural Society
The Higher Duty of Local Planning Commissions in a Multicultural Society by David Allor & J. T. Spence
Some Thoughts on Incorporating Multiculturalism in Urban Design Education by Siddhartha Sen
Federal Urban Programs as Multicultural Planning: The Empowerment Zone Approach by Peter Marcuse
Measuring the Stability of Multi-Racial, Multicultural Neighborhoods by Richard A. Smith
Index

LC Card Number: 99-18013

LCC Class: HT165

Dewey Class: 307


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