This week we are focus on American Town Planning Theory since 1945. Over the last few decades, there are three significant changes in town planning:
Firstly, the shift form view planning (architecture) to the systems and more rational process views of urban design. It is relative with towns or regions and the environment, the cities or regions it is not just end-state or an blueprint, it is a live functioning thing. City or region planning it was combination by art and science.
Secondly, the shift from the view of city planning as an activity place require to some technical skill for planning as a political process to city and regions environment value judgement. The town planner more like guide other people's views about how a town should be planned.
Finally, shift from modernism to postmodernism. In place of modernist architect's and planner's emphasis on simplicity, uniformity, postmodernist typically tend to complexity, diversity ,difference and pluralism.
There have been significant changes in town planning thought since the end of second world war. The shift made planner designed cities become more scientific, more diversity, sustainable, and more comfortable for people communicate and living there