Planning Cultures in Europe

'This book brings together intensive and up-to-date scholarly reflections on the cultural embeddedness of urban and regional planning in several European countries. It discusses meanings of space, planning traditions and philosophies, culturally rooted norms, traditions and values and is a significant addition to current debates among scholars, students and practitioners.' Peter Ache, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 'This is a worthy companion to Sanyal's Comparative Planning Cultures with its global reach. With the impact of European integration in mind, it takes the reader on a tour d'horizon of the EU, conceptualising Europeanisation as a process, not of creating a unified planning system, but of fine-tuning common ideas to the diversity of Europe.' Andreas Faludi, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands 'The emphasis the book puts on the influence of culture and spatial planning and especially the way this is addressed is an innovative contribution to the literature in the field of spatial planning and as a whole the book adds new insights and offers analytical tools that will certainly prove useful for researchers and practitioners working in the broad field of urban and regional planning.' Planning Practice and Research