ABSTRACT

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book demonstrates how comparative historical analysis can help draw out larger thematic issues, which are then also ripe for theory consideration. It aims to push back the planning history time frame deeper into the 19th century. The book suggests that even if industrialization is maintained as a metric for modernity and the city, an overemphasis on the planning legislation of the early 20th century need not relegate the planning history traditions of other cultures to mere preamble status. It offers access to rich planning histories that have been somewhat marginalized culturally and linguistically by/for those audiences. The book brings together the great efforts of many who came before with those contemporary concerns and interests that will guide the planning history community moving forward.