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With the global expansion of urbanization there is a need to ensure that cities develop in a way that allows all residents to benefit from urban life. This volume contains a collection of classic and more recent papers that provide insight into the problems encountered in urbanization and the ways in which planning has evolved to meet the resultant challenges. It is broad in its coverage, and its content includes both theoretical and applied contributions as well as looking at urban planning issues in the developing as well as the developed world

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Urban development and planning -- The process of urban planning -- The urban planning agenda -- The structure of the book -- 1. The Evolution of Urban Change and Planning -- Introduction -- The early development of urban areas -- The changing city in the nineteenth century -- The structure and dynamics of the industrial city -- The origins of modern town planning -- The inter-war period -- Urban planning during and after the Second World War -- The post-war period -- From modernism to postmodernism in urban planning -- Post-industrial change and planning -- Conclusions -- 2. Governance and the Implementation of Planning -- Introduction -- Governance and planning systems in Europe -- Planning systems in the Americas, Asia and Australasia -- Planning at different scales -- Conclusions -- 3. Sustainable Development and the Goals of Planning -- Introduction -- Population change -- Land use change, urbanization and urban sprawl -- Global environmental challenges -- Towards sustainable development -- Sustainable urban development -- Conclusions -- 4. Economic Change, Development and Urban Planning -- Introduction -- The nature and structure of urban economies -- The drivers of economic growth and change -- Strategies for local economic development -- Policy responses: land use planning -- Policy responses: transformation -- Alternative approaches to local economic development -- Conclusions -- 5. Retailing, Central Areas and Urban Planning -- Introduction -- Changing patterns of retailing -- Revitalizing the city centre -- Planning urban centres and controlling retail and commercial development -- The new economy of urban centres -- Conclusions -- 6. Housing and Neighbourhood Issues in Urban Planning -- Introduction.

Lithuania is urbanized country, about 70 % of poluation lives in urban areas. Curent urbanization is organized by the new territorial planning law, which came into force in 1995. New system was applied on the developing market and democracy conditions, why it is not fully developed till nowadays. New urban planning and management system are rapidly changing the spatial patterns of Lithuania. How much those changes are foresighted in transformation process towards sustainable development? What actions are needed and whom participation is necessary to avoid the influence of current trends? The analyses of demographic trends and the Master plans of Lithuanian metropolitan cities and suburban municipalities shows unconformity to the existing social and economical trends. While the population is decreasing the huge need of land for new developmet had been planned. The spread of urban structures to the rural areas had raised the need and price of infrastructure and public services, it induced inhabitants dependence from own cars, enhanced environment pollution and consumption of energy resources. Current EU policy documents and the expert organizations the suburbanization are describing as "urban sprawl"which does not meet the principles of sustainable development [1,2,3,6]. Urban sprawl is a matter of concern in Europe, but only few cities (notably in Northern Europe) are coping well. The sprawl in cities of Eastern Europe iliustrate the developmet of "free for all" of 1990 and impact of transition from socialist to free-market economy with its effect on local economies, social patterns and planning system. [4]. The growth of suburbanization, when the local economy and population decline, in Lithuania had occurred not long ago, urban dictionaries do not include the precise equivalent for the term above. Local specialists call it as "urban chaos" or "spread of compact urban structures", etc. [5]. The contributors think the guide for the foresighted urban planning and sustainable development can serve the EU policy ...

Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ways to integrate health and urban planning and will be essential reading for urban planners, developers, urban designers, transport planners, and those working in the fields of regeneration an