{"product_id":"planners-pledge-jeff-speck-9780262058452","title":"Planner's Pledge: An Oath to Reform a Wayward Profession","description":"\u003cb\u003eA manifesto and guidebook for refocusing planners on the task of building a more livable world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWalkable City\u003c\/i\u003e and a prominent urban planning educator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cities are the future of the human race,\" remarked \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer David Owen, \"and Jeff Speck knows how to make them work.\" With the renowned planning professor Emily Talen, Speck brings that knowledge to bear in \u003ci\u003eThe Planner's Pledge--\u003c\/i\u003ea manifesto and practical handbook that redirects city planning toward healthier, fairer, and more sustainable outcomes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe growing call for walkable mixed-use communities is drowned out by the seemingly ceaseless construction of car-dependent single-use sprawl. \u003ci\u003eThe Planner's Pledge\u003c\/i\u003e aims to cut through the static and jumpstart the planning profession's commitment to building more livable cities and a more workable world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpeck and Talen organize their \u003ci\u003ePledge\u003c\/i\u003e around 56 clear statements--each supported by evidence and examples--that form a coherent and practical framework for contemporary planning. The result is a compact, highly usable guide that connects big-picture goals--public health, equity, climate resilience, economic vitality, and social life--to everyday decisions about zoning, streets, housing, parking, transit, and historic buildings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once a critique, a teaching tool, and a call to action, \u003ci\u003eThe Planner's Pledge\u003c\/i\u003e gives practitioners, students, and engaged citizens a shared vocabulary and a set of priorities for creating walkable, mixed-use, transit-supportive, and socially diverse communities. Pairing moral clarity with practical guidance, the book equips the planning profession with the tools it needs to recover its public purpose and reclaim a leadership role in shaping better places.","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50731327062209,"sku":"9780262058452","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/planners-pledge-jeff-speck-9780262058452","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}