About the Book: Town Planning the Basics
The planning of urban and rural areas requires thinking about where people will
live, work, play, study, shop and how they will get about the place, and to
devise strategies for long time periods. Town Planning: The Basics provides a
general introduction to the components of urban areas, including housing,
transportation and infrastructure, and health and environment, showing how
appropriate policies can be developed. Explaining planning activity at different
scales of operation, this book distinguishes between the "big stuff", the grand
strategy for providing homes, jobs and infrastructure; the "medium stuff", the
design and location of development; and the "small