Four Critical Junctures in the History of the Urban Planning Profession: An Exercise in Hindsight Export

@article{citeulike:3872778, abstract = {Present trends in urban planning threaten to alter the profession's fundamental nature. Toward a better understanding of those trends, I identify and discuss four critical junctures (or major turning points) in the history of the planning profession, focusing on the profession's quests for increased political efficacy, sanction and financial support from the federal government, academic respectability, and validation by the private sector. The article concludes with an appeal for a return to the utopian, visionary, reformist spirit that previously fueled the profession.}, author = {Brooks, Michael P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3872778}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944368808976481}, doi = {10.1080/01944368808976481}, journal = {Journal of the American Planning Association}, keywords = {planning, practice, theory}, number = {2}, pages = {241--248}, posted-at = {2009-01-10 05:50:33}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Four Critical Junctures in the History of the Urban Planning Profession: An Exercise in Hindsight}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944368808976481}, volume = {54}, year = {1988} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3872778 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3872778 N2 - Present trends in urban planning threaten to alter the profession's fundamental nature. Toward a better understanding of those trends, I identify and discuss four critical junctures (or major turning points) in the history of the planning profession, focusing on the profession's quests for increased political efficacy, sanction and financial support from the federal government, academic respectability, and validation by the private sector. The article concludes with an appeal for a return to the utopian, visionary, reformist spirit that previously fueled the profession. IS - 2 JF - Journal of the American Planning Association EP - 248 TI - Four Critical Junctures in the History of the Urban Planning Profession: An Exercise in Hindsight PB - Routledge VL - 54 SP - 241 KW - planning KW - practice KW - theory AU - Brooks, Michael PY - 1988/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944368808976481 ER -