Planning for Wicked Problems: A Planner's Guide to Land Use Law is the first textbook written by planners for planning students studying land use law.
"This book meets a longstanding need of urban planning instructors-a text written by planners for planners on the important topic of land use law. It covers critical topics like eminent domain, regulatory takings, equal protection, and free speech in a clear and accessible way by using succinct scenarios and recommended case briefs. ?The book also provides much needed primer for our students on the procedural side of law and planning; it will prove very useful for core courses on planning law in planning schools across the country." -Ellen Bassett, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
"Professors Jourdan and Strauss, both skilled planners and lawyers, have created a marvelous set of materials designed to de-mystify the law for planning professionals. This is a programmed approach that will work-wickedly interesting and relevant problems and questions, summaries of cases with bite-sized excerpts, understandable primers on legal principles, and real-world responses that build on what has been introduced. Who would have thought that something so wicked could be so good?"-Michael Allan Wolf, Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law
