Planning for a New Century: The Regional Agenda

Planning for a New Century: The Regional Agenda brings together 12 planners, urban designers, and educators to examine smart growth and livable communities. The book is edited by Jonathan Barnett, an urban designer and a professor of the Practice of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Each chapter offers background and specific policy suggestions on topics such as promoting environmental preservation with new zoning codes, the lack of affordable housing, welfare reform, and downtown business improvement districts. Available in book stores, the book is published by Island Press.