Ford, Kristina,  1946- <br/><br/>
The trouble with city planning :  what New Orleans can teach us / 
Kristina Ford. 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  c2010. 
 - viii, 273 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index. 
<br/><br/>Cities as planners see them -- Intimations of trouble : plans after Hurricane Katrina -- What are city plans? -- What city planners do and why they do it that way -- How planners interact with citizens -- The American evolution of plans -- How plans take effect -- City planning in action -- Plans that only planners use -- Plans that don't include what citizens know -- Plans that elected leaders ignore -- City plans for citizens -- The trouble with most city plans -- Formulating good city plans : the state of the city -- Formulating good city plans : projections for the future -- Formulating good city plans : citizen's guide to land-use decisions -- Activating good city plans -- How good city plans influence elected leaders -- Good city plans and great cities. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300127355 (alk. paper) 0300127359 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010018736 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB064758  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015561979  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>City planning--United States--Case studies.<br/>Land use--United States--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT167  / .F674 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.1/2160973