Critical Planning Futures New Directions in Planning Theory

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Critical planning futures
Matthew Wargent, Mark Tewdwr-Jones and Philip Allmendinger

2. The ongoing unsettlement of planning thought: The difference that settler-colonial and critical Indigenous theory make
Janice Barry

3. Environment planning after decolonial critique: On politics of knowledge, freedom, and future
Ihnji Jon

4. Learning from the ‘south’: Towards a postcolonial narrative and understanding of informality
Pranita Shrestha

5. Refugeescapes in planning theory: Refugee placemaking in Dhaka and Delhi
Nithya Rajan and Efadul Huq

6. Narrative approaches for Twenty-First Century planning
Lieven Ameel

7. The epistemic limits of planning participation
Yasminah Beebeejaun

8. A trek from instrumental and communicative rationality to emotional and symbolic involvement in urban planning and design
Raúl Díaz-Padilla

9. Planning from a systems perspective at the frontier: Complexity in the past and present
Angelique Chettiparamb

10. Ruptures and departures: An emancipatory perspective on planning and technology
Nancy Odendaal

11. The mistreatment of time in planning theory: Towards planning beyond the clock in a world increasingly out-of-sync
Miriam Jensen, Daniel Galland and John Harrison

12. Think far futures, act now: Reclaiming distant futures in planning education and practice
Lucie Laurian

13. Epilogue: In search of planning theory
Philip Allmendinger, Matthew Wargent and Mark Tewdwr-Jones

Biography

Philip Allmendinger is Professor of Land Economy and Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education at the University of London, UK.

Mark Tewdwr-Jones is Professor of Cities and Regions at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, UK.

Matthew Wargent is a lecturer in Urban Planning and Development at Cardiff University, UK.

‘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

"A core strength of the volume is its intellectual depth, cross-disciplinary borrowing, and breadth of applied settings....Taken with cases from Nepal, Australia, Mexico, India, and Bangladesh, the book does not merely globalize planning, it demonstrates how non-Western cases can recalibrate core ideas on justice, understanding unsettled populations, and refugee placemaking....This collection delivers on its ambition, inviting planners in training and practice to rethink the 'story of planning' we tell ourselves."

Sarah L. Hofmeyer, University of Iowa, Review for the Journal of Planning Education and Research