Regional Development and the Local Community: Planning, Politics, and Social Context

Gordon L. Clark, Clyde Weaver

Geographical Review · 1985 · 46 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

A comprehensive critical history of regional planning in France, Britain, and the United States, beginning with the emergence of regional planning during the late nineteenth century. Relates regional planning to the general evolution of social science, and analyzes its development in the context of social theory, economic and political conditions, and societal change.