Evaluate the role of Marxism and social crises in the development of urban planning.

Bryson, John M. , Strategic Planning for Public and NonProfit Organizations, latest edition,
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Levy, John M. (2010). Contemporary Urban Planning, 9th ed. ISBN: 0205781594; ISBN-13:
9780205781591. Pearson Prentice-Hall.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Understand the role that planning has made in historic human settlement.
Explain the effects of the Roman Grid and Spanish Law of the Indies on the form of urban settlement in the U.S..
Evaluate the role of Marxism and social crises in the development of urban planning.
Compare and contrast the planning theories – comprehensive rational, incrementalism and mixed-scanning.