Now when did the modern discipline of Urban Planning come up?
Modern urban planning as a scholarly discipline arose in the 1900s. In Great Britain the first academic planning programme began at the University of Liverpool in 1909, and the first North American Programme was established at Harvard University in 1924.
The lapse in planning which took place in the second half of the 19th century in America was a result of the development of the railroad, machinery and manufacturing. The surge of industry during this time was accompanied by rapid population growth, unfettered business enterprise, great speculative profits and public failures in managing the unwanted physical consequences of development. Giant sprawling cities developed during this era, exhibiting the luxuries of wealth and the meanness of poverty in sharp juxtaposition (Lecture:10 , 11). Eventually the corruption and exploitation of the era gave rise to the Progressive Movement of which city planning formed a part.
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