X I E) HAFLY OF THE U N IVERSITY or ILLl NOIS 016.7114 C73e r^O. 1-20 CITY PLANNINi; AuD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://www.archive.org/details/selectedreferenc05jone Committee of Planning Librarians EXCHLJJGE EIBLIOGa.PHI University of California List no. 2 May 1958 SELECTED REFERENCES FOR CITIZEN GROUfS INTERESTED IN PROiL^IS OF COr'^UKITY ?L:.NNING Holway R. Jones, Librarian, City and Regional Planning Library, University of California I, Your Introduction to Community FlannJng; tVhat is it and Vii"hat Can You Do about It ? I .30 CIT"'-' PL..NNING iJJD URB..N DEVELOPMENT. Chamber of Commerce of the United States, l6l$ H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 19?2. hi p. .* concise and well written pamphlet prepared by a committee of the Chcimbtr which answers briefly: "uh^t can the citizen do to promote realistic plan- ning?" and "1/Jh:.t are the mechanics of setting up and maintaining an effective planning commission?" Should be read by every citizen. $1.00 PLi.iWING FOR GROjTH. California. Legislature. /assembly. Interim Committee on Conservation, Plan- ing and Public t-orks. -available from the Legisla- tive Bill Room, State Capitol oldg,, Sacramento Ih, California. 1955. 8lt p. (California residents add h<^ sales tax) .^n unusual official document, unique in format. :J.though it surveys problems in California, its discussion of what may be done to solve them through good city planning is applicable anywhere. $1.00 MR. FL.NNING COMCTSSIONER. Harold V. Mller. Public Administration Service, 1313 E. 60th. Street, Chicago 37, 111. 19$h. 81 p. A guide for members of citizen planning bodies who lack formal training in planning. Offers good advice ou the types of problems likely to face planning commission members. IU.90 COM'lUNITY Offii.NIZ-.TION .Jil) PLJNIKG. .rthur 'iillman. MacMillan Compaiy, 60 Fifth Avcnue, New York 11, N.Y. 1950. A good general discussion of planning with special • ..i.v:r; CPL Exchange Bibliograpliy 5 emphasis on effective citizen organization and parti- cipation in the planning process. II. Inexpensive Handbooks on How to Organize Effective Citizen Action % .7$ THE CITIZEN ASSOCL.TIONj HO-/ TO 0HG;.KIZE AND RUN IT. National Municipal League, hi E. 68th. St., New York 21, N.Y. 1953. Sh p. % .75 THE CITIZEN i.SSOCI-.TIONj HOW TO ;vlN CIVIC CiJ.'PAlGNS. National Municipal League, hi E. 68th. St., New York 21, N.Y, 1953. 6!4 p. Both panphlets may be ordered for 'fl.20. These are must reading for citizens who wish to organ- ize themselves in the interests of community better- ment. Illustrated vjith mariy cartoons. % .25 CITIZEN OEDaNIZ TION FOR COWfU.MTY B5PR0VE"ENT. nmerican Council to Improve. Our Neighborhoods, Box U62, Radio City Station, New York 20, N.Y. Sept., 1957. 37 p. (Report from ..CTION no. 16). A valuable handbook v/hich answers lasic questions about organization procedure and enlistment of support. Appendices reproduce by-laws of two existing citizens' groups and a fold out chart suggests methods for evaluating existing local organizations. $2.00 CITIZENS ORaJ^'12 .TION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CONSKRVATION. rtilliam K. Brussat. National iissociation of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 1313 E. 60th. St., Chicago 37, 111. -pril, 1957. 10 p. (Special publication no. 12 for subscribers to Renewal Information Service) Discussion of the theory and techniques of or- ganizing citizens for renewal-conservation ac- tivities with examples drawn from many Chicago neighborhood groups. Free CITIZEN P.ARTICIP.-TION IN UR&'.N RENEWAL, 'uilliam B. Nixon and Joseph M. Boyd, Jr. Tennessee State ■Planning Commission, C-1-121 Cordell Hull Bldg., Nashville 3, Terni, Also available from Housing and Home Finance -.gency, Urban Renewal Adminis- tration, Demonstration Program Branch, Washington 25, D.C. November, 1957. 2b5 p. "A report of a demonstration project conducted in Dyersburg, Tenn. to .xplore methods of creating i; X^i-'S- CPL Exchange Bibliography $ understanding and enlisting support and participa- tion on the part of citizens for launching an urban renewal program in a small community." Especially valuable for persons living in communities of 25,000 or less. Free CCMflJNITY ORGANIZi JION FOR CITIZEN P'.KTICIP JION IN URB..N RENEl/f/i. V/illiam C. Loring, Jr., Frank L. Sweet ser, and Charles F. Ernst. Prepared ty the Housing Association for Metropolitan Boston. 1957. 238 p. Available from the Massachusetts Dept. of Commerce, 33h Boylston St., Boston 16, Mass. or the Demonstration Program Branch, Urban Renewal ^idmini strati on, Housing and Home Finance Agency, Washington 25, D.C. A detailed account of Boston experience in organ- izing citizen action for urban renewal, A useful and absorbing study similar to the Tyersburg, Tenn., project, but for a large metropolitan center. III. Recent Stimulating /o-ticles for Group Discussion, Forums , or Debates . Free THE EXPLODING METROPOLIS. Reprints from Fortune, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y. Are Cities Un-^unerican? (Sept. 1957) The City and the Car (Oct. 1957) New Strength in City Hall (Nov. 1957) The Enduring Slums (Dec. 1957) Urban Sprawl (Jan. 1958) Downtown is for the people (April 1958) ii. penetrating series of analyses of the Amer- ican city under the general editorship of -dlliam H. Whyte, Jr., author of The O rganization Man . To be published in paper-back form in Doubleday's Anchor Books in the fall of 1958. "THE CITY'S THREilT TO OPEN L-xND." itrchitectural Forum , 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y., vol. 108 (Januaiy, 1958), pp. 87-90, I66. Reprints may be available. The Forum , an architectural magazine which is showing an increasing interest in city form, xirban renewal, and housing, asks the question: "How can we preserve vital breathing space in our explo- sively growing metropolitan areas?" One reply to this question is Richard Miller's answer in the February, 1958, Forum ("A Key to Open Cities," pp. 95-97) — bulk zoning. No. 1: No. 2: No. 3: No. U: No. 5: No. 6: CPL Exchange Bibliography 5 $ .UO BY 1976 i'\fHAT CITY P..TTERN? Reprint from zirchitectural Forum , 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y., Sept., 19F5~(vol. 105, pp. 103-137). Catherine Bauer, lecturer at the University of California, sets the stage for debate with a provo- cative discussion of urban sprawl and review of four Utopian solutions to the problera of central city congestion. As rebuttal, the editors of Forum present Victor Gruen' s solution for downtown Fort v.orth, Texas. "LOUIS Ki"J!N iMj the LIVING CITY." i^rchitectural Forum , 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, K.Y., vol. loH (March, 1958) pp. llU-119. Reprints may be available. i^n interesting proposal for solving the congestion of traffic and parking in the downto;m area. % .50 "THE BIG CE-.NGE IN SUBURBIA." Frederick Lewis Allen. Harper's Magazine , vol. 208: pt. 1 (June, 195h), pp. 21-28; pt. 2 (July, 19Sh), pp. li7-53. Single issues available from Harper and Brothers, h9 E. 33rd. Street, New York l6, N.Y., Having created the suburbs with his insatiable thirst for green space, the half-acre lot, and sunshine, man now finds the problems of commuting, divided political loyalities, increased costs of services, etc. almost oveinwhelming; but most serious of all is the fact that the open space he moved to the country to find is rapidly disappear- ing in a wave of new houses. Can some of it be preserved? ff2.00 "METROPOLIS IN FERMENT." Martin Meyerson, editor. The Annals of the American Acadeny of Political and Social Science , 3937 Chestnut Street, Phila- delphia U, Pa., vol. 3lU (November, 1957), entire issue. A group of articles which together examine the values and problems of city life in an era of exploding metropolitan centers. Particularly ex- citing and thought provoking are the three, "In Pursuit of Urbanity," "The Urban Kcsthetic," and David Riesman's "The Suburban Dislocation." 4 .25 "THE BEST HOPE FOR OUR BIG CITIES." Lois Balcom. The Reporter , 136 E. 57th. Street, New York 22, N.Y., vol. 17 (October 3, 1957), pp. 19-23. The only solution, says this author, is to separate the cars and the people; create pedestrian islands in our downtown areas where man can shop in comfort and not conpete with the motor vehicle. Rea- ders' reactions appear in the October 31 issue, pp. 6-7 ■>rlcfhd .anPrioxa .1' CPL Exchange Bibliography $ 5 .50 "V'/lLiT'S AMERICAN ABOUT AMERICA?" John A. Kouwenhoven. Harper's Magazine , vol. 213 (July, 1956), pp. 25-33. Single issues available from Harper and Brothers, 29 E. 33rd. Street, New York 16, N.Y. Not city planning, but this author's penetrating search for what it is that makes .imerica pecviliarly American - through the use of such startling examples as the Manhattan skyline, the gridiron town plan, jazz, Vihitman's Leaves of Grass , and chewing gum — will provoke controversy about the process of plan- ning and the constant flux in which our cities find themselves. EXURBI^JS LAST BEST HOPE. Richard A. Mailer, Archi- tectural Forum , 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y., volTToF (..pril, 1958). pp. 95-97, 178, 160, I81i, 186, and 188. Reprints may be available. ">jith acreage zoning, towns on the urban fringe are trying to stem the tide of xirban sprawl. But zoning is only part of the answer," $2,00 CITY 1-Mj SUEUIiBAN HOUSING. Poyntz Tyler, editor. H. «/. wilson Compary, 960 University Ave., New York 52, N.Y. 1957. 190 p. (The Reference Shelf, vol. 29, no, 6) fteprints from 28 different articles in current American magazines are conveniently conpiled in this volume. Some of the choices are especially stimu- lating for group discussion and debate. Subjects covered are "Public and Private Housing," "Special- ized and Minority Housing," and "The City vs. Sub- urbs." -. bibliography lists 98 additional refer- ences to recent periodical articles, .^2.00 COmWNITY PLAN"MING. Herbert L. Marx, Jr., Editor. H. \V. V.ilson Conpany, 960 University i^ve,. New York 52, N.Y. 1956. 207 p. (The Reference Shelf, vol. 28, no. h) Similar in content to the 1957 Reference Shelf volume, "City and Suburban Housing, "this also is a conpilation of recent articles. Subjects included are: Preview of planning, the community's need for planning, an analysis of planning, planning accom- plishments, the city spreads out, federal and state roles in planning, and public participation. A bibliography lists I6I4 articles which have appeared in -onorican magazines from 1952 to 1956. CPL Exchange Bibliography 5 IV. Provocative Points of View in City Planning $12.00 THE URBAN PATTERN; CITY PLANNING AND DESIGN. Arthur B. Gallion. D. Van Nostrand Conpany, Inc., 120 Alexander Street, Princeton, N.J. 1950. hl;6 p. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated study of the development of cities since the dawn of his- tory with discussion as to why various city forms developed. Extensive discussion of current city problems, especially congestion and decay. Con- tains a history of the development and phases of the planning movement to date and presents the problems facing today's planners. An excellent book to read for those who want a more extended discussion of the field of city planning. $3.75 THE CITy IS THE PEOPLE. Heniy S. Churchill. Reynal and Hitchcock, 221 E. Ii9th. Street, New York 22, N.Y. 186 p. 19l;5. The author, an architect v/ho has planned many large projects, here presents a short history of city planning and a discussion of what it can mean to people today. $ .50 THE AMERICAN SKYLINE; THE GROWH AND FORM OF OUR CITIES MD TOmS. Christopher Tunnard and Hemy Hope Reed. New A'-nerican Library, 501 Madison Ave., New York 22, N.Y. 1956. (WD no. 175). Historj'- of the form of American cities from colon- ial days (1607) to the present. Many illustrations and a bibliography. 11.25 FROM THE GRuUND UP; OBSERVnTI NS ON CONTETiffOftiRY iiRGHITECTURE, HOUSING, HIGHVUY BUILDING /iND CIVIC DESIGN. Lewis Mumford. Harcourt, Brace and Comparer, Inc., 383 Madison Ave., New York lU, N.Y. 1956. 2li3 p. (Harvest Book, HE-13). Mumford at his pungent best, this is a series of short essays on a number of current problems — originally published in the New Yorker between 19li7 and 1956. $10.00 TOWARD NE7/ TOYiNS FOR AMERIC^. Clarence S. Stein. Reinhold Publishing Company, k30 Park Avenue, New York 22, N.Y. 1957. 288 p. Newly revised edition of the book by a leading planning theoritician and internationally known architect. Explains in detail the theories he worked out in the use of planned unit development to bring green space into residential areas. CPL Exchange Bibliography 5 V. procedures For Tackling Specific Planning Problems; A Selection $1.00 ACTION FOR CITIES; ^ GUIDE FOR CO\';\IUNITY PLi.NlJING. Public Administration Service, 1313 E. 60th. Street, Chicago 37, 111. 19U3. 77 pp. (Bulletin no. 86) Written as a wartime guide to postwar planning, this is an excellent outline for the planning of a community anytime. It outlines in simple language the steps necessary in the preparation of a plan for a city. Y/ritten for laymen at a time when trained planners were especially hard to find, it retains its usefulness for the small community which must struggle along without a professional staff. 11.00 PLiiNNING FOR THE SM.iLL j-1!ERIChN CITY. Russell Van Nest Black. Public Admni strati on Service, 1313 E. 60th. Street, Chicago 37, 111. 19lU. 85 pp. (Bulletin no. 87) A valuable handbook for planners, planning commis- sion members and others interested in planning pro- blems in citier of ^0,000 or less. Covers the pre- paration of a city plan, what planning offers a small city and how a plan should be carried out. 12.00 PLANNING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. American Public Health Association. Public ^xdministration Service, 1313 E. 60th. Street, Chicago 37, 111. 19U8. 90 pp. (Standards for Healthful Housing, vol. 1). A brief and authoritative discussion of good prac- tices for every phase of the creation of healthful and pleasant neighborhoods. ^U.OO NEIGHBORHOOD PLi.NNING. V. Joseph Kostka. School of -'architecture, University of Tianitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 19^7. 160 pp. A well illustrated, practical approach to neigh- borhood land allocation, subdivision design and layout systems. There are also short sections on zoning, density, strtet patterns and shopping centers for the neighborhood. $2.00 GUIDE fOR PLANNING RECRi^, .TIuN P.vRKS IN CiLIFOKftTiA: A EhSIS FOR LETER^INIImG LOCiX RECRE..TI0N SR.CE STAN- DARDS. California Committee on Planning for Re- creation, Park Areas and Facilities. Documents Section, Printing Division, Sacramento lU, Calif. 1956. 77 pp. (California residents add 8^ sales tax) Discussion of lii basic principles for planning recreation systems and development of space stan- dards for neighborhood, community and city-wide CPL Exchange Bibliography 5 areas. While specifically written to take into account the varied topography and climatic conditions of California, residents of other states will find much that is usefiil here. I .30 ZONING iJMD CIVIC DEVELOPJjENT . Chamber of Commerce of the United States, I6l5 H Street, N.W., Washington 6, D.C. 1950. Ii3 pp. Si. brief and easily read summary of zoning matters, covering background, zoning concepts, needs and guides to better zoning. A handy pan^jhlet and a good starter for one's reading on the subject. $1.00 k GUIDE TO ZONING FOR SltiL TOiVNS. Southern Associa- tion of State Planning and Level opraent /agencies. Available from the Tennessee State Planning Commission, Nashville 3, Tenn. 19h9. U6 pp. An excellent panphlet for the inquiring citizen. Points out the role of zoning for sound city develop- ment j explains how zoning ordinances are enacted and administered; sample zoning ordinance included. $ .25 PRINCIPLES OF INLUSTRI.'iL ZONING. National Industrial Zoning Committee, 820 Hiintington Bank Building, Columbus 15, Ohio. 1951. 13 PP. A brief statement of the twelve basic principles for workable industrial zoning. VI. Technical Books For Your Intensive Study 18.00 URB;J^ PLANNING AND IjIUNICIPjJ. PUBLIC POLICI. Donald H. Webster. Harper and Brothers, U9 E. 33rd. Street, New York 16, N.Y. 1958. 572 p. A new textbook by the Chairman of the Graduate Curriculum in Urban Planning, University of Washing- ton, Seattle, intended "to fill a gap in the planning literature ty relating the subject matter of planning to the structure, functions, and processes of local government and to the legal powers and devices available for carrying plans into effect." Contains four parts: Governmental framework of planning, sub- ject matter of planning, the means of plan implemen- tation, and the future of planning. No bibliography, but many footnote references. $7.50 LOCAL PLi-NNING .JjMINISTRi^TION. Ladislas Segoe and others. International City Managers Association, 1313 E. 60th. Street, Chicago 37, 111. 19L.8. 337 pp. A classic handbook of planning practice,' written in a straight-forward manner, with a strong practical emphasis. CPL Exchange Bibliography $ 1.00 UREiN LJJD USE PLANNING. F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Harper and Brothers, k9 E. 33rd. Street, Now York 16, N.Y. 1957. 388 pp. A highly technical discussion intended only for the most serious reader of planning, but nevertheless an important contribution to the theory and technique of land use planning. The first section deals with the economic, social, and public interest determinants of land use; the second part with the "tools" for land use planning; and the third, with the analytical framev.ork, location, and space requirements and the land use plan itself. VII. For Your Future Study; Additional Sources Of Information Free CI'lY PLJMNING: .. 'ruxSlC BIBLIOQa'J^HI. George C. Bestor and Hol;vay R. Jon^^s. California Council of Civil Engin- eers and Land Surveyors, 110? Ninth St., Sacramento lUj Calif. 1957. 8lpp. -ilthough planned with special reference to civil engineering and land surveying, this is a general bib- liography on planning, fully annotated, with price in- formation and publishers' addresses. :-J.so contains a special section on services and periodicals available in city planning. Free C0W.1UNITY FACILITIES; A LIST OF SPJLECTED REFERENCES. National Housing Center Library. National Association of Home Builders, 1625 L Strtet, N.W. , TiTashington 6, L.C. 1957. lUO pp. (Bibliography series no. 1). Over one thousand references to materials on community growth and problems, governmental relations, planning for the future, financing community facilities, water distribution, sewerage systems, schools, other facil- ities, zoning, subdivision control, etc. $2.50 GUIDES FOR COM-IUNITY FLiKNING; A BIBLIOGRiPHY. ijnerican Society of Planning Officials, 1313 E. 60th Street, Chicago 37, 111. 1956. U7 p. (•'51.50 to members). s. good list of broad scope. Contains both general references and some recent technical works on many aspects of city planning. Price information and annotations are included in most cases. ii^lO.OO METROPOLITAN COKT'IUNITIES: .. BIBLICGHJ'HY wnH SPECLJi EMPH:.SIS UPON GOVERNMENT ..NL POLITICS. Government affairs foundation. Inc. /.vailable from the Public ndraini strati on Service, 1313 E. 60th. Street, Chicago 37, 111. 1956. 392 p. H comprehensive bibliography, many items with anno- CPL Exchange BiblicgraplTy 5 tations, in two parts: "government Politics in Metro- politan ia-eas" and "Socio-Economic Background." The first part contains sections on schools, parks and recreation, sewage and other vifaste disposal, water, housing and urban renewal, planning, subdivision con- trol, zoning, annexation, municipal service costs. A useful fuature is the list of publishers and their addresses and a "sources of information" directory at the beginning of each main section giving organizations, agencies, etc. and their publications for additional information, h supplement to cover new publications through 19$7 is in preparation. Free PUBLIC^.TIONS OF THE HOUSING uNL HOME FINANCE AGENCY. U.S. Housing and Home Finance iigency. Revised, Dec, 1956. 15 p. .available free from the Office of the Administrator, HHFii, Washington 25, D.C. For official publications this list supersedes the Reading List on Housing published in 1953, although non-governmental publications are not included here as in the previous bibliography. Revision of CRP Bibliograplv no. 3 originally prepared for the 6th. Annual Conference on City and Regional Planning, Richmond, California. Reproduced by the Lepartracnt of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley U, California. May 1958. Permission to reproduce this bibliograpty must be obtained from the originating library. 10