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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). |
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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) |
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Kotkin, Joel - http://www.joelkotkin.com/
The author of "The New Geography" offers commentary, articles, consulting, his schedule, and a biography. |
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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). |
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Haussmann, Baron (1809-1891) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Haussmann
French planner famous for the redevelopment of Paris under Napoleon III. |
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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, The Long Emergency). |
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Penn, William (1644-1718) - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PENN/pnintro.html
Penn's holy experiment and plan was idealistic to the point of utopianism. He wanted to establish a society that was godly, virtuous and exemplary for all of humanity. |
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Kent, Fred - http://pps.org/info/aboutpps/staff/fkent
Founder and president of the Project for Public Spaces. Biography, publications, and interviews. |
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Doxiadis, Constantinos (1913-1975) - http://www.doxiadis.org/
Author and founder of Doxiadis Associates, a private firm of consulting engineers, with a small group of architects and planners. (Books: Ekistics - An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements). |
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Gordon, Peter - http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon/
University of Southern California professor offers his weblog, papers, recommended reading, and curriculum vitae. |
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Smithson, Peter and Allison - http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Peter_and_Alison_Smithson.html
Although they are also both practicing architects, the Smithsons gained most of their recognition through their involvement with Team 10 and its overthrow of old CIAM philosophies. |
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Bertaud, Alain - The Study of Urban Spatial Structures - http://alain-bertaud.com/
Papers and reports focused on urban spatial development. |
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Soleri, Paolo - http://www.arcosanti.org/project/background/soleri/main.html
Author, visionary, architect, and pioneer of new human spaces. (Books: Arcosanti - An Urban Laboratory; Technology and Cosmogenesis; The Omega Seed; The Bridge Between Matter and Spirit is Matter Becoming Spirit; The City in the Image of Man). |
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Sitte, Camillo (1843-1903) - http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/sitte.htm
The publication of City Planning According to Artistic Principles began a new era in Germanic city planning. Sitte strongly criticized the current emphasis on broad, straight boulevards, and public squares arranged primarily for the convenience of traffic. |
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Benenson, Itzhak - http://www.tau.ac.il/~bennya/
University professor specializing in urban dynamics and ecological modeling. Includes information on research, publications, and classes. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Halprin, Lawrence - http://www.upenn.edu/gsfa/archives/majorcollections/halprin.html
Significant contributor in the areas of landscape architecture and urban design, active over six decades in the 20th century. Biographical information and index to his projects. |
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Newman, Oscar - http://www.defensiblespace.com/
Influential author of Defensible Space proposes physically restructuring communities to reduce crime and improve stability. Biography, book excerpts, and nonprofit institute profile. |
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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). |
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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). |
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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) |
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Staley, Samuel - http://www.reason.org/staley.shtml
Director of the Urban Futures Program of the Reason Public Policy Institute. (Books: Smarter Growth: Market-based Land-use Planning for the 21st Century). |
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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) |
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Zukin, Sharon - http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/soc/faculty/zukin.htm
Sociologist explores the inter-relations of economic, social, and political power that shape urban form. (Books: Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disneyworld, The Cultures of Cities) |
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Valsson, Trausti - http://hi.is/~tv/
Icelandic professor presents his curriculum vitae and details about two books, "Planning in Iceland" and "City and Nature." |
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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) |
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Apte, Prakash M. - http://www.angelfire.com/indie/pmapte/
Papers on housing, architecture, planning, development, management, and education by the Indian architect and planner. |
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Vélez-Guerra, C. Andrés - http://www.cohelet.org/
Urbanidad- Urbanity- Urbanité: Research papers about urban planning in developing cities. |
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Nozzi, Dom - Walkable Streets - http://www.walkablestreets.com/
Features original essays and others' essays, consulting and speaking information, a biography, and links. |