Irreverent Humor Of A Contrarian Planner

Richard Carson believes that design should be left to the marketplace and not to the dictates of planners, officials, and architects: "We don't need to fall back on the failed social-engineering experiments of the past. We have enough real work to do to make cities livable and cost-effective. We need to start using common sense and undertake what I call 'reality based planning.'" Mr. Carson has published a collection of 75 essays on the policies and the politics of land use planning, the environment, development, citizen involvement, the no-growth movement. Richard Carson is director of community development for Clark County, Washington.

Thanks to Richard Carson