If you look in the Course Syllabi section of ArchNet, there are some links to resources dealing with urban design and planning which may be useful to you.
Shiraz Allibhai
A history of urban planning in the U.S.A.
I'm a B Arch student and we had an urban planning course last year. A colleague of mine dealt with this topic in detail. For more information u may contact me and I can give u the email address of my colleague.
Rashida Bashir
A history of urban planning in the U.S.A.
I had a wonderful landscape architecture course with Prof. Douglass Allen, in GaTech. I advise it to everybody. He has a vast bibliography on this matter. His approach to the town planning and urbanism is just great. Reza Sanavandi
Ray Sanavandi
A history of urban planning in the U.S.A.
Urban planning (urban, city, and town planning) is a technical and political process concerned with the control of the use of land and design of the urban environment, including transportation networks, to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities. It concerns itself with research and analysis, strategic thinking, architecture, urban design, public consultation, policy recommendations, implementation and management.
cloud server
A history of urban planning in the U.S.A.
Sabia, Given that most of the urban areas in the Americas and particularly those in North America have been built within the past hundred years, therefore much of the urban planning has been directly geared to the use of trains, trams and motor vehicles as the most common methods of transport.
Whereas, many if not most urban areas in "Old World" countries are based upon centuaries of pedestrians, horses and horse-drawn vehicles which makes for "quaint". :)))
