1st Edition

Planning and the Intelligence of Institutions Interactive Approaches to Territorial Policy-Making Between Institutional Design and Institution-Building

By Enrico Gualini Copyright 2001
356 Pages
by Routledge

356 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2001. The hierarchical approach of regional planning institutions is facing crisis. In an era of globalization, the conditions of urban growth dynamics is dependent on innovation, entrepreneurial and economic structures and socio-political and institutional forces. As a result, the notion of 'region' has become more about social interaction than geographical... Read more
Contents: An 'Institutional Turn' in Planning Theory?: Governance and the challenges to institutional innovation; Redefining institutional issues: a planning-theoretical review; Perspectives on consensus-building in planning. An Experience in Institutional Innovation: The Cross-Acceptance Process in New Jersey: Introduction: a new planning style; Genealogy of the cross-acceptance process; Cross-acceptance: plans and procedures; Cross-acceptance: the coevolution of processes; Cross-acceptance: an interpretive summary; Conclusion: the fortune of cross-acceptance. Rethinking the Dimension of Institutionalization in Planning Practice: Planning, social interaction and institutionalization; New-institutionalist perspectives; Three relevant dimensions of institutionalization processes; Institutionalization processes and collective action; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Enrico Gualini, University of Amsterdam, Holland. Graduated in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano in 1988 and gained his PhD degree in Planning at the Dipartimento di Scienze del Territorio, Politecnico di Milano, in 1997. He is now based at the Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment, University of Amsterdam, Holland.

’The book should be of interest to those working in planning and public administration.’ Aslib Book Guide 'This book is a major contribution to the "institutional turn" in planning theory, reviewing a range of theoretical strands which have contributed to this arena and setting out a position on how planning can and should function within institutions.' Urban Studies