TY - BOOK AU - Fainstein,Susan S. TI - Planning theory and the city AV - NA9000 JOU PY - 2005/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - ACSP KW - Planning theory KW - Planning process KW - Communicative rationality N2 - The distinction between urban theory and planning theory is not intellectually viable. Reasons include (1) the historical roots and justification for planning, which depends on a vision of the city rather than simply a method of arriving at prescription; (2) the dependence of effective planning on its context, which means that planning activity needs to be rooted in an understanding of the field in which it is operating; and (3) the objective of planning as conscious creation of the just city, which requires a substantive normative framework UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X05279275 ER -