Excerpt from Manual of Information on City Planning and Zoning: Including References on Regional, Rural, and National Planning The first part of the book is directed more especially to those just beginning their studies in this field, who may desire to know what city planning is and what it does for a city, what books and magazines to read about it, what organizations are backing it, what funds are being appropriated for it, and how, having come to believe in it themselves, to launch a campaign for the education of others. In these pages, perhaps the beginner may gain an idea why the citizens of St. Louis recently passed bond issues totalling to carry out the public works laid out on their city plan, and why over three hundred cities and towns have appointed commissions to work on phases of city planning and zoning. From the shorter and longer lists of references included in the Manual, libra ries and plan commissions may select what they wish to buy for their shelves, and from the extensive bibliography, the city official may find precedent or parallel for his problems, and the student a guide to matter for his essay or an outline for systematic reading. In fact, the second or bibliographical portion of the book is probably the most comprehensive list of references on the subject available. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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