Booked on Planning
Booked on Planning is a podcast that goes deep into the planning books that have helped shape the world of community and regional planning. We dive into the books and interview the authors to glean the most out of the literature important for preparing for AICP certification and just expanding your knowledge base. We are all busy with our day to day lives which is why we condense the most important material into short 30 minute episodes for your commute, workout, or while you are cleaning up around the house. Join us while we get Booked on Planning.
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Folk Engineering
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There’s regionalism as we all learned in planning school led by Louis Mumford at the Regional Planning Association of America (RPAA) and then there’s southern regionalism that Howard W. Odum and his Institute for Research in Social Science (IRSS) led from the University of North Carolina. The history of the southern regionalists was largely overlooked until Stephen Ramos published “Folk Engineering: Planning Southern Regionalism.” Sadly, Stephen passed away shortly after publishing this book, leaving behind an accomplished career and scholarship that elevated the urban planning program in the College of Environmental Design at the University of Georgia. This episode honors his last major publication contributing to the field.
Show Notes:
- Further Reading:
- Electric Life: Utility Regulation and the Fight for Energy Democracy by Nikki Lucke (open access PDF)
- Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott
- New State Spaces: Urban Governance and the Rescaling of Statehood by Neil Brenner
- White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism by Kevin M. Kruse
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