{"pk":3456,"title":"An Introduction to the 2001 Issue of the Berkeley Planning Journa","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Planners have always been deeply interested in and concerned about the effects of technology on human settlements. There is a rich and var­ ied literature on technics and civilization, to borrow from Mumford's brilliant account ( 193 4). Whether looking at machines, autos, comput­ ers or the Internet, this literature provides a rich treasure-trove of social and historical analysis. This issue of the Berkeley Planningjournal makes a contribution to this topic by examining the effects of technology on planning and urban and regional development. The editors of the Berke­ley Planningjournal have selected four articles on this topic. Each pro­vides a distinctly different perspective on technology's impacts on plan­ ning and urban development.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Editorial Notes","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1cj2431s","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"David","middle_name":"","last_name":"Dowall","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2012-07-19T21:31:15Z","date_accepted":"2012-07-19T21:31:15Z","date_published":"2001-07-19T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucb_crp_bpj/article/3456/galley/2213/download/"}]}