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Planning and Knowledge

How New Forms of Technocracy Are Shaping Contemporary Cities

Mike Raco editor Federico Savini editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Policy Press

Published:10th Jul '19

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This book uses a broad international perspective to examine the different landscapes of knowledge driving contemporary urban change, as historically established systems of regulation and control are being subject to unprecedented pressures from multiple directions. Its authors reflect on the shift in power relations between expert and local cultures in planning processes, examining its disruptive effect on the traditional separation between public, private, and voluntary sectors.

"Planning and Knowledge is an important contribution to the understanding of contemporary politics and urban development. It highlights the dilemmas of an urban world that appears to be increasingly in the hands of technocrats seeking to depoliticise policy and practice". Rob Imrie, Goldsmiths, University of London

ISBN: 9781447345244

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336 pages