Transformative Planning – Radical Alternatives to Neoliberal Urbanism - Hardcover

Angotti, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1551646935 ISBN 13: 9781551646930

Publisher: Black Rose Books, 2020

Synopsis

Though modern urban planning is only a century old, it appears to be facing extinction. Historically, urban planning has been narrowly conceived, ignoring gaping inequalities of race, class, and gender while promoting unbridled growth and environmental injustices. In Transformative Planning, Tom Angotti argues that unless planning is radically transformed and develops serious alternatives to neoliberal urbanism and disaster capitalism it will be irrelevant in this century. This book emerges from decades of urban planners and activists contesting inequalities of class, race, and gender in cities around the world. It compiles the discussions and debates that appeared in the publications of Planners Network, a North American urban planners' association. Original contributions have been added to the collection so that it serves as both a reflection of past theory and practice and a challenge for a new generation of activists and planners.

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About the Author

Tom Angotti is professor emeritus of urban policy and planning at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He was the founder and director of the Hunter College Center for Community Planning and Development. His recent books include Zoned Out!: Race, Displacement and City Planning in New York City and Urban Latin America: Inequalities and Neoliberal Reforms. He is an editor of progressivecity.net and participating editor for Latin American Perspectives and Local Environment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Rose Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551646935
• ISBN 13: 9781551646930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280