 | Explorations into Urban Structure Six students of metropolitan development present a reappraisal and fresh approaches to the analysis of urban systems. Drawing on economics, sociology, political science, geography, and city planning, they reconceptualize urban structure and function, refocusing attention from the forms of population density to the processes of human interaction. Melvin M. Webber was Professor of City Planning and Chairman of the Center for Planning and Development Research at the University of California, Berkeley. John W. Dyckman was Professor of City Planning and Chairman of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. Donald L. Foley was Professor of City Planning and of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Controlling London's Growth. Albert Z. Guttenberg was Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Illinois, Urbana; he was associated with Downtown Progress, Inc., the civic group devoted to the renewal of downtown Washington, D.C. William L. C. Wheaton was Professor of City Planning and Dean of the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. Catherine Bauer Wurster was Professor of City and Regional Planning and Associate Dean at the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley; she was a frequent adviser on urbanization policy in the United States and India. |
