1st Edition
Conversations in Spatial Planning Exploring Change in Planning Practice and Academia with Voices Across Generations and Expertise
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld and Susa Eräranta
Chapter 2. Social Learning as Treadmill, Harness and Springboard: a multi-perspective examination of the ambiguous potentials of social learning in planning practice
Susa Eräranta, Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld, Patsy Healey, Raine Mäntysalo, Wendy Tan, António Ferreira, and Jonathan Metzger
Chapter 3. Questioning Mental Comfort in Planning: exploring the pendulum between creativity and safety
Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld, Susa Eräranta, Wendy Tan, António Ferreira, John Sturzaker, and Sofia Wiberg
Chapter 4. Combining “Science” and “Art” in Planning: aiming for convergence or collaboration?
Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld, Susa Eräranta, Sofia Wiberg, Sofia Greaves, and Raine Mäntysalo
Chapter 5. The Role of Academia in Initiating or Enabling Change: researcher activism in the context of planning
Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld, Susa Eräranta, Ersilia Verlinghieri, Miloš N. Mladenović, António Ferreira, and Wendy Tan
Chapter 6. Epilogue
Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld and Susa Eräranta
Index
Biography
Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld works as Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, in Bergen, Norway, and collaborating researcher at the Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment at the University of Porto, Portugal.
Susa Eräranta works as Professor of Practice at the Department of Built Environment at Aalto University, Finland, and full-time in planning practice, inspired by the possibilities of bringing together theory and practice.
"The book is a fascinating and revealing set of dialogues that bridge academic thinking and planning practice on critical issues and trends that planning is faced with currently. It fills a major gap in the literature. It offers something much more than a dialogue about planning dilemmas, and shows how and why planners – in all sectors – need to respect, listen and learn from each other."
Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Professor of Cities and Regions, University College London
"In a refreshingly unconventional way, this volume invites readers to a dialogical reflection on critical issues of contemporary planning practice. Against the often assertive attitude of academic communication, the contributors engage in a multi-voice and multi-perspective endeavour that opens up a rich array of critical entry points to the issues selected and extends their discussion beyond mainstream assumptions. This allows not only addressing challenging questions in a complex, non-reductionist way, but also appealing to readers with different backgrounds. This book will be rewarding reading for anyone willing to take critical reflection on such issues seriously."
Enrico Gualini, Professor of Planning Theory and Urban-Regional Policy Analysis, Technische Universität Berlin
