1st Edition

Situated Practices of Strategic Planning An international perspective

Edited By Louis Albrechts, Alessandro Balducci, Jean Hillier Copyright 2017
430 Pages
by Routledge

430 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

430 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

All over the world societies are facing a number of major problems. New developments, challenges and opportunities cause these issues and yet cases tell us that traditional spatial planning responses and tools are often insufficient to tackle these problems and challenges. Situated Practices of Strategic Planning draws together examples from across the globe – from France to Australia; from... Read more

CONTENTS



List of figures



List of tables



Illustration credits



List of contributors



Preface Acknowledgements





GENERAL INTRODUCTION





Chapter 1. Some ontological and epistemological challenges



Louis Albrechts





PART 1 SITUATED EXPERIENCES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING WORLDWIDE



Chapter 2. Introduction.



Louis Albrechts and Alessandro Balducci





Cross-national & National experiences



Chapter 3. Regional strategic planning for China’s Pearl River Delta





Jiang Xu and Anthony G.O. Yeh





Chapter 4. Space as an Integrating Frame: Manifestations of and Prospects for Strategic Spatial Thinking in East Africa's Quest for Integration



Lawrence Esho and Robert Obudho



Chapter 5. The Region is Dead, Long Live the Region: the Øresund Region 15 years after the Bridge



Jonathan Metzger and Kristian Olesen



Chapter 6. Urban Strategic Spatial Planning in China: a two-round development since the late 1990s



Kang Cao and Li Zheng





Chapter 7. THE ROLE OF strategic spatial planning IN territorial sustainability - The CASE OF FRANCE





Christophe Demazière and José Serrano





Chapter 8. Strategic Spatial Planning in the USA



John Bryson Carissa and Schively Slotterback





Chapter 9. ‘What’s So Strategic about Australian Metropolitan Plans and Planning Reform? The Case of Melbourne, Perth and Sydney



Paul J. Maginn, Robin Goodman, Nicole Gurran and Kristian Ruming





Chapter 10. Strategic planning for transformation in post-Apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa



Philip Harrison





Chapter 11. The Blessings of ‘non-planning’ in Egypt



Mona Abdelwahab and Yehya Serag





Chapter 12.

Biography

Louis Albrechts is Emeritus Professor of Strategic Spatial Planning at the University of Leuven, Belgium.





Alessandro Balducci is Full Professor of Planning and Urban Policies at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.





Jean Hillier is Emeritus Professor of Sustainability and Urban Planning at RMIT University, Australia.