Donald Krueckeberg, Leading Voice In Urban Planning, Dies

Krueckeberg influenced a generation of urban planners with his teaching and writing on land use policy, property theory and history.

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December 18, 2006, 10:04 AM PST

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Don Krueckeberg, who was an Associate Dean at Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, was an important voice for equitable land use policy and planning history. His work includes the books Urban Planning Analysis: Methods and Models, The American Planner: Biographies and Recollections, and Introduction to Planning History in the United States.

Don had also been a Commissioner of the American Institute of Certified Planners and chair of its examination review committee.

Thanks to Leonardo Vazquez

Sunday, December 17, 2006 in Home News Tribune

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