SOME PROBLEMS IN CITY PLANNING 



Joseph L. Intermaggio 



Dr. Gulick has made a sweeping, penetrating, and eloquent analysis 

 of urban growth and its impact on natural resources. He states the 

 major problems confronting our urban-industrial society as it ex- 

 pands to meet the needs of an increasing population that is reaching 

 new income levels in economic life and making new demands on our 

 technology. Also, he offers some provocative suggestions about ways 

 to deal with the consequences of expanding urbanization. 



It is refreshing to hear problems discussed in such a buoyant 

 spirit. This no doubt derives from his broad perspective and confi- 

 dence in the future; nowhere does Dr. GuUck appear to be overly 

 concerned about the magnitude of the difficulties to be overcome in 

 bringing about the required solutions. In fact, he predicts an "un- 

 ending advance of cultural, social, and spiritual standards." 



There are no indignant indictments of the causes of the present 

 condition of our congested and deteriorating cities, although he 



JOSEPH INTERMAGGIO is Project Director of the Committee on 

 Urban Research of the National Academy of Sciences — National Research 

 Council. A city planner by training, Mr. Intermaggio was previously Chief 

 Planner of Arlington County, Virginia. Recently he was a planner and par- 

 ticipant in the symposium of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, 

 "New Highways: Challenge of the Metropolitan Regions"; and in the fall of 

 1957 was a planner with the Fortune and Architectural Forum workshop on 

 open spaces. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1915, and received his mas- 

 ter's in regional planning in 1952 from Cornell University. 



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