“Much as participatory design and placemaking was a reaction to the lack of citizen involvement in the planning process, the history of incremental city design was a reaction to the utopian master plan that dictated whole scale redevelopment in favor of an incremental approach that gradually affected the status quo. As a theory of policymaking, incrementalism was first introduced by Charles Lindblom in the 1950s.” DesignUrban DesignIncrementalism Book:Solving Critical Design Problems: Theory and Practice Source: Solving Critical Design Problems: Theory and Practice