Review: Constructive Feminism: Women’s Spaces and Women’s Rights in the American City

Abstract

services chapter, an exercise provides level-of-service standards and guides students and practitioners through calculating the impact of a 375-unit housing development on public schools, libraries, parks, police, and fire operations. Some exercises indicate that use of GIS is preferred, although it is not required to complete the task. In sum, many exercises will appeal to instructors teaching introductory planning courses because they do not require students to draw on specialized prerequisite knowledge or software skills or purchases. For students and practitioners, the exercises readily suggest ways lessons are transferable to real-world issues. The book's broad scope and succinct delivery make it an ideal choice for an introductory course on comprehensive planning or planning methods, or as a reference for other classes. The book assists with core skill development and critical thinking about planning interventions, and professional values and ethics. An updated edition could include chapters on plan implementation and new approaches to planning documents, such as form-based codes. Fundamentals of Plan Making: Methods and Techniques is, at heart, a pragmatic book that offers the basics of planning in a succinct and appealing way that respects the time constraints and needs of its intended audience of new planning students and busy practitioners who would like to keep up with current developments.