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Topia!: Science: Social Sciences: Urban and Regional Planning: Urban Theorists (49)
Peirce, Neal - Writes on metropolitan regions and their political and economic dynamics, their emerging national and global roles. (Books: The Book of America: Inside 50 States Today; Citistates: How Urban America Can Prosper in a Competitive World; Breakthroughs: Recreating The American City). ). Kemmis, Daniel - Widely regarded as the Mountain Wests leading contemporary thinker and writer on topics of community, regionalism and human society. (Books: Community and the Politics of Place, The Good City and the Good Life). Kunstler, James Howard - 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). Downs, Anthony - 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. Duany, Andres - Founding partner of two very influential architecture firms: Arquitectonica and Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. With the latter firm, he has co-designed the towns of Seaside and Kentlands, along with more than 140 other neighborhoods, towns, and cities. (Books: Suburban Nation). Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth - Architect and town planner who cofounded Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company in 1980. (Books: Suburban Nation). Holtz, Jane Kay - 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). Mumford, Lewis (1895-1990) - Lewis Mumford garnered many honors such as the National Book Award (1962); The Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964; a 1965 LLD from the University of Edinburgh; a doctorate of architecture from the University of Rome in 1967; the National Medal for Literature (1972). (Books: The City in History, The Urban Prospect). Lynch, Kevin - Influenced the field of city planning through his work on the theory of city form, and on the perception of the city environment and its consequences for city design. (Books: The Image of the City, What Time is This Place). DeGrove, John - Continues to preach the gospel of growth management (smart growth) with a special focus on initiatives to contain sprawl and ensure sustainable urban and natural systems. Floria Atlantic University Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems Director from 1972 until February 1999. (Books: Land, Growth and Politics; Balanced Growth: A Planning Guide for Local Government). Burnham, Daniel (1846-1912) - Burnham gained an even greater reputation for his influence as a city planner. He supervised the laying out and construction of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and, in 1909, Burnham and his assistant Edward H. Bennett (Michigan Avenue Bridge) prepared The Plan for Chicago. Salingaros, Nikos A. - 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). Staley, Samuel - Director of the Urban Futures Program of the Reason Public Policy Institute. (Books: Smarter Growth: Market-based Land-use Planning for the 21st Century). O'Toole, Randal - Economist and director of the Oregon-based Thoreau Institute since 1975. He has also been an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute since 1995. (Books: The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths). Rusk, David - Author, consultant, and leading American regionalist who combines scholarship with practical political experience. Former state legislator in New Mexico and mayor of Albuquerque, the nations 36th largest city. (Books: Cities without Suburbs). Altshuler, Alan A. - Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Director of A. Alfred Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and the Rappaport Institute. (Books: The City Planning Process; Community Control: Black Demand for Particpation in Large American Cities; Urban Transportation System; Future of the Automobile; Regulation for Revenue; Political Economy of Land Use Exactions ; Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America). Gordon, Peter - Has recently written on the problems of the New Urbanism. He is also the co-editor (with David Beito) of "Voluntary Cities (forthcoming) and is currently at work on a book on the "sprawl" debate. Charles, John - Environmental Policy Director for the Cascade Policy Institute. The focus of his work is environmental, transportation and land-use policy. Published in The Oregonian, Arizona Republic, Business Journal, Hartford Courant, Brainstorm magazine, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. (Books: A Citizen's Guide to Smart Growth). Doxiadis, Constantinos (1913-1975) - 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). Sitte, Camillo (1843-1903) - Architect and urban planner, dedicated much of his time to various individual buildings (and craftwork and especially to problems related to urban planning. Co-founder of the magazine ´Urban Planning´. (Books: Birth of Modern City Planning, City Planning According to Artistic Principles). Penn, William (1644-1718) - 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. Whyte, William H. (1919-1999) - Editor of Fortune magazine, wrote a best-selling 1956 work, distinguished scholar of the human habitat and urbanologist. (Books: The Organization Man, City, Cluster Development, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces). Halprin, Lawrence - Awarded the AIA medal for Allied Professions,1964; Appointed to the first National Council on the Arts by President Johnson,1966; Appointed to the first Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1967; Elected fellow in ASLA, 1969; Delivered the annual lecture for RIBA, 1971. (Books: The RSVP Cycles, Cities, Freeways). Calthorpe, Peter - A practicing architect and planner and a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism, he advocates smart growth in the form of dense, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly communities.(Books: Sustainable Communities; The Next American Metropolis; Ecology, Community, and the American Dream; The Regional City). Krier, Leon - Krier may be best known to Americans as the architect behind the Prince of Wales's new town of Poundbury in Dorset, England, and as the intellectual godfather of the New Urbanism movement in America. (Books: Architecture: Choice of Fate). Burchell, Robert - Distinguished Professor at the Center for Urban Policy Research, is the author of 25 books and more than 50 articles, co-director of the Center, 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 ULI-The Urban Land Institute. (Books: The Fiscal Impact Hand-book, The New Practitioner's Guide to Fiscal Impact Analysis,The Adaptive Reuse Handbook, and the Environmental Impact Handbook). Harvey, David - 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) Garreau, Joel - Best-selling author and the editor in charge of cultural revolution reporting at The Washington Post. (Books: Edge City, The Nine Nations of North America). Ellin, Nan - Places the work of design professionals in their cultural context: how they address contemporary crises and social phenomena, and how they sometimes perpetuate them. (Books: Architecture of Fear, Postmodern Urbanism) Soleri, Paolo - 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). Fulton, William - Journalist, urban planner, researcher, pundit, and best-selling author. Regarded as one of the nation's leading commentators on urban planning, metropolitan growth, and economic development.(Books: Guide to California Planning, California Land and Legacy). McHarg, Ian (1920-2001) - McHarg's career has influenced several generations of architects, planners, and landscape architects. He was an environmentalist before it was fashionable. (Books: Design with Nature). Newman, Oscar - Influential author proposes using the physical restructuring of housing projects and residential communities to reduce crime and improve stability. (Books: Defensible Space) Fishman, Robert - Urban historian focuses on a social and architectural history of American suburban planning and design. (Book: Bourgeois Utopias) Zukin, Sharon - 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) Hise, Greg - Associate Professor of urban history, his research focuses generally on the American West and specifically on Los Angeles. (Book: Magnetic Los Angeles: Planning the Twentieth Century Metropolis) Chapin, Jr., F. Stuart - 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). Moses, Robert (1888-1981) - New York state and municipal official whose ambitious public works projects of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s transformed the urban landscape of New York City. Davis, Mike - 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) Huxtable, Ada Louise - Architecture critic for the Wall Street Journal, she advocates for preservation and cities as places of contrast. (Book: The Unreal America) Katz, Peter - Author and real estate marketing consultant, he argues that New Urbanism integrates modern life into pedestrian-friendly communities with effective links to their larger regions. (Books: The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community) Rybczynski, Witold - Urbanist and critic advocates the advantages of smaller homes as land becomes more expensive. Berman, Marshall - 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) Mitchell, William J. - Architecture professor examines architecture and urbanism in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution and proposes working to create digital environments for the kinds of lives that we want to lead. (Book: City of Bits) Soja, Edward - Cultural geographer focuses on urban restructuring in Los Angeles, with a more general interest in the spatialization of social relationships such as class, gender, and race. (Books: Postmetropolis, Thirdspace, Postmodern Geographies) Massey, Doreen - Geographer critiques globalization and regional uneven development and proposes a need to understand the new urban context of disorder and diversity. (Books: Cities for the Many Not the Few, Space, Place, and Gender) Costa, Lucio - Planner of the revolutionary modernist capital at Brasilia, saw the city as a way to make a poltical statement about the new postcolonial identity of Brazil. Haussmann, Baron (1809-1891) - French planner famous for the redevelopment of Paris under Napoleon III.
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