Intro to Urban Planning – A Dwell Primer

The October issue of Dwell Magazine showed up yesterday. One of the cover feature stories was “Cities Making Cities” – what you should know about Urban Planning. On page 204 – An Introduction to Urban Planning. Now, I understand that urban planning should be understood on a general level, I doubt that this should be taught to the average modernist-enthusiast, architect, designer, planner, etc. The details involved can be overwhelming. Should we keep it to the professionals?

The genesis of REDNP was urban planning – not just urban planning but the process. It is a PROCESS. Time, money, sanity – it all is the nuts and bolts of urban planning. As one reads the article further, it’s really just a history and some key concepts. Not the time management, development process, fees and well, patience that is involved in working with developers, city planners, architects and builders.

Read the article, though. Excellent resources and examples including Urban Land Institute. An organization the REDNP deeply supports.