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Environmental Design Library
History of City Planning![]()
UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by using The Library's proxy service or by installing the Connecting@Berkeley CD on their computer.
Last updated: 23 October 2007
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Encyclopedia of the city,
Roger W. Caves, ed. NY: Routledge, 2005. Concise signed articles on a wide range of planning topics and
concepts. Most articles include brief bibliographies.
Wikipedia Web-based, collaboratively-authored
encyclopedia. Useful for confirming a research starting point. User Beware: Content is non-authoritative,
and in some instances has been demonstrated to be deliberately false.
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H-Urban: http://www.h-net.org/~urban/
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Architecture series--bibliography. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1978-1990.
Includes more than 2,300 bibliographies on architecture and related topics.
The Cinematic city: the city and architecture in motion pictures (UC Berkeley, Library). An extensive
bibliography of books and articles on the idea of the city represented in film.
CPL bibliography. Chicago, IL: Council of Planning Librarians, 1979-1995. More than 300 substantive annotated
bibliographies on a wide range of city and regional planning topics.
Public administration series--bibliography. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1978-1991.
Includes more than 3,100 bibliographies on public administration and related topics.
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United
States Listed here is a selection of titles on the history
of American planning, with an emphasis on the U.S. as a whole, as well
as a few classic texts.
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Campus Libraries
The following campus libraries have rich collections that support city planning history research.
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232 Wurster Hall Note: UC Berkeley faculty & grad. students only. Temporarily located at 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley Note: Noncir. only. No photocopying. Reference Center, 2nd floor; stack portal, 1st floor 50 McCone Hall 210 Wurster Hall |
109 Moses Hall Note: Great strength in California local government materials. Noncir. only. 412 McLaughlin Hall 109 Moses Hall Note: Great strength in California local government materials. Noncir. only. 1st Floor, Moffitt Library Note: Noncirc. only 410 O'Brien Hall |
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Finding Books Here is a selected list of
catalog subject headings which may be useful in your search. Check also for
other useful subheadings, such as Bibliographies, History, Handbooks, etc.
Guidebooks to cities may also have sections on city planning history.
HINT: For city planning research, start with the
Melvyl® online catalog; it has the best UC Berkeley library coverage, and great keyword searching.
When Melvyl® isn't enough, particularly when your topic is geographically remote from California, the Western U.S., Latin America, or the Pacific Rim, search WorldCat database - UCB Only, a database of more than 88 million records in all disciplines from more than 57,000 libraries worldwide. Request items through Interlibrary Borrowing via WorldCat or the Library Web site. |
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[place name]--Description and travel
[place name]--Guidebooks Cities and towns--[place name]--History City planners--Biography City planners--[place name] City planning--[place name] City planning--History |
Garden cities --[place
name]--History
Land use, Urban --[place name]--History New towns--[place name]--History Regional planning--[place name]--History Transportation--[place name]--Planning--History Urban renewal--[place name]--History Urbanization--[place name]--History |
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| Journal Indexes |
Compendex - UCB Only
via Engineering Village 2 || Guide
Indexes more than 4,500 journals, conference proceedings,
and books in a broad range of engineering and construction topics, including civil engineering.
History
of science, technology, and medicine via OCLC/FirstSearch -
UC Only
Contains citations for journal articles, conference proceedings, books,
book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, the history
of technology, and allied historical fields. Subjects covered include engineering,
town planning, and transportation.
PAIS international & PAIS archive via CSA - UCB Only
Topics covered include city planning, environment,
finance, government, law, legislation, social sciences,
and statistics. Good source for public policy topics.
TRIS online.
U.S. Dept. of Transportation. A comprehensive bibliographic database of transportation
research information. Includes some full text publications. Covers literature from the 1960s to
the present, with some coverage of prior years. Highway Research Board publications are covered back to 1923.
Web of science -
UCB Only
A multidisciplinary database, with searchable
author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. Indexes
8,000 major journals across all disciplines.
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Newspaper Indexes
In addition to the indexes listed here, some newspapers
are available full text on the Web; information regarding
archives of older issues is sometimes available at these sites. See
The
Library's home page; go to Find Information, select
Electronic Resources, go to
Electronic Resources
by Type, and choose
News Databases for a list of links to online full
text local and international newspapers, and other news media.
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Journal of
urban planning and development via ASCE Research Library. American Society of Civil Engineers. Urban Planning and
Development Division, 1956--. Title varies. In
earlier years was part of the ASCE proceedings. Full text available on ASCE Web site, v.119 (1993)--.
Storia della citta. Milano: Electa Editrice. v.1 (1976)-56(1990) Nicely illustrated with plans, maps, etc.|
Finding Public Records
Public records are important resources in researching the history of specific
places. Local government agencies often maintain useful records, for example, building and water or
utility permits and city block books. Note that older
records may be held in historical
agencies or
public library special collections. Federal agencies also
have materials related to historic buildings and places. Refer to the
Archives
& Special Collections section for a list of local collections and archival sources.
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Finding Government Publications
Local and federal government publications can be great primary sources on the history of
city planning in specific places. Use them to find records of public policy and community
perspectives on diverse land use and community development issues. Many government documents
are listed in The Library's online catalogs; start with the
Melvyl catalog for complete coverage of the UC Berkeley campus libraries.
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Biographies The biographies of planners can be rich sources of
information about the history of a particular period or event in planning.
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Images
& Maps
In addition to the books and other sources already
listed, urban images, plans, and maps may be found in specialized books
and on the Web. The archives listed in this guide are also potentially
great sources for images. See also
Image Sources for the
Built Environment for links to print and Web-based images.
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Environmental design videography (UC Berkeley, Library)
A videography of videos and DVDs in the UC Berkeley Media Resources Center on the built environment, including cities, city planners, and city planning.
Noncirculating except to UCB faculty for classroom use.
Archives
& Special Collections
Archives, historical
societies, and local libraries can be excellent sources of primary research
materials in city planning and urban history. Most
state libraries also
maintain archival collections of public and other records. To locate materials
located in libraries
not listed in the Melvyl® catalog, use
WorldCat -
UC Only via OCLC/FirstSearch.
Some of these
materials may be available via The Library's
Interlibrary Borrowing Service.
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Professional Practice
Here's a selection of primary and secondary sources for the study of the history of American
planning practice.
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Intellectual evolution in the field of city and regional planning: a personal perspective toward holistic
planning education 1937-2010, by Francis Violich. Working paper 2001-07. Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California at Berkeley,
Institute of Urban and Regional Development, [2001].
Compiled by Deborah Sommer
City Planning Librarian
Environmental Design Library