Critical Planning Futures
New Directions in Planning Theory
Mark Tewdwr-Jones editor Philip Allmendinger editor Matthew Wargent editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:6th May '25
£39.99
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- Hardback£145.00(9781032515687)
Planning lies at the heart of successful and sustainable places, yet planning scholarship often appears stuck in routinised patterns of thought. Critical Planning Futures brings together an international range of voices from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore new directions in planning theory, interrogate planning’s orthodoxy, and push the boundaries of contemporary theory using ideas both from within planning and beyond. Contributors draw on examples from across the globe, considering the applicability of concepts and theories across traditional divides. In this way, Critical Planning Futures continues planning’s rich tradition of borrowing ideas from elsewhere and using those ideas to shine a light back onto well-rehearsed theoretical debates to set out new ways forward for planning in the twenty-first century. This book will be a vital resource for planning specialists, though the breadth of ideas will be of interest to academics and researchers in a wide range of disciplines, including urban studies, geography, political science, and sociology.
"Planning theory needs to be recurrently challenged and unsettled to avoid becoming ossified and to remain relevant. This volume provides thought-provoking contributions that challenge taken-for-granted truths and contribute a much-needed radical edge to contemporary debates in the field.”
Jonathan Metzger, Professor of Urban and Regional Studies, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
“This timely and well-curated collection of papers brings together contributions from many parts of the world to critically engage with alternative ways of thinking in and about planning, and to highlight some important areas that have yet to be interrogated by planning scholars. It is a welcome sequel to the 2002 Planning Futures, offering a wider range of perspectives from the flourishing international field of planning theories and practices.”
Simin Davoudi, Professor, School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape, Newcastle University, UK
"Why is planning theory 'tolerated by planning academics, endured by students, and ignored by practitioners?' Drawing on a wide geographic and disciplinary range of voices, this timely collection both enriches current debates, while charting possible new and creative trajectories for the future."
Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, USA
ISBN: 9781032515700
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
270 pages