<p><strong>'[Brings] together contemporary planning papers that cut across the conventional territorial boundaries of planning scholarship.'</strong> <em>- Australian Planner</em></p><p><strong>'A book ... which can be savoured; to be read and re-read many times, pondered about, discussed, reflected upon and then re-read again.' </strong><em>- Australian Planner</em></p><p><strong>'The papers are thought-provoking in their analysis and conclusions.'</strong><em> - Australian Planner</em></p>

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning offers a new selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning school associations. The award winning papers presented illustrate the concerns and the discourse of planning scholarship communities and provide a glimpse into planning theory and practice by planning academics around the world. All those with an interest in urban and regional planning will find this collection valuable in opening new avenues for research and debate.

This book is published in association with the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN), and the nine planning school associations it represents, who have selected these papers based on regional competitions.

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Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning offers a selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning scholarship communities. The papers presented illustrate the concerns and the discourse of planning scholarship.

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1. Introduction 2. Post-Industrialism, Post-Modernism, and the Reproduction of Vancouver’s Central Area: Retheorising the 21st Century City 3. "Glocalising" Urban Landscapes: Athens and the 2004 Olympics 4.The Three-Speed City: Marginalization, Suburbanization, Gentrification 5. The Future of Rurality under Globalization 6. Reinforcing Identity: Urban Design Concepts for Achieving Balinese Cities with Cultural Identity 7. Knowing and Steering: Mediatization, Planning and Democracy in Victoria, Australia 8. The Instruments for Urban Reform and the Ideal of Citizenship: The Current Contradictions 9. Regional Planning and Sustainability: Limits and Potentials of South Africa’s Integrated Development Plans 10. The Americanization of Australian Planning 11. City Planning in the History of the City 12. Road Expansion, Urban Growth and Induced Travel 13. Changing Gender Contracts in Self-Help Housing Construction in Botswana: The Case of Lobatse

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138892415
Publisert
2015-05-22
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
544 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
370

Biografisk notat

Bruce Stiftel, FAICP, is professor of urban and regional planning at Florida State University, USA.

Vanessa Watson is professor in the City and Regional Planning programme and deputy director of the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Henri Acselrad is professor in the Institute for Urban and Regional Research at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.