A Sketch of The Planning-Building Process for Columbia, Maryland

Abstract

Abstract With the increasingly difficult problems of urbanization, it is critical that the planning profession reassess and revise its separate advisory status and join wholeheartedly in the city building process—the worlds of finance, construction, and social organization. Using the new town of Columbia as an example, this article attempts to describe some of the implications of this new way of working, where the concept of professionalism is not jeopardized by personal commitment and involvement. It is a description of a multi-disciplinary approach to planning and building, viewed as parts of the same process rather than separate activities.