Routledge
444 pages | 42 B/W Illus.
This Companion presents a distinctive approach to environmental planning by: situating the debate in its social, cultural, political and institutional context; being attentive to depth and breadth of discussions; providing up-to-date accounts of the contemporary practices in environmental planning and their changes over time; adopting multiple theoretical and analytical lenses and different disciplinary approaches; and drawing on knowledge and expertise of a wide range of leading international scholars from across the social science disciplines and beyond.
It aims to provide critical reviews of the state-of-the-art theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge and understandings of environmental planning; encourage dialogue across disciplines and national policy contexts about a wide range of environmental planning themes; and, engage with and reflect on politics, policies, practices and decision-making tools in environmental planning. The Companion provides a deeper understanding of the interdependencies between the themes in the four parts of the book (Understanding ‘the environment’, Environmental governance, Critical environmental pressures and responses, and Methods and approaches to environmental planning) and its 37 chapters. It presents critical perspectives on the role of meanings, values, governance, approaches and participations in environmental planning. Situating environmental planning debates in the wider ecological, political, ethical, institutional, social and cultural debates, it aims to shine light on some of the critical journeys that we have traversed and those that we are yet to navigate and their implications for environmental planning research and practice.
The Companion provides a reference point mapping out the terrain of environmental planning in an international and multidisciplinary context. The depth and breadth of discussions by leading international scholars make it relevant to and useful for those who are curious about, wish to learn more, want to make sense of, and care for the environment within the field of environmental planning and beyond.
Introduction: Environmental planning: meanings, governance, pressures, responses and approaches
Simin Davoudi, Richard Cowell, Iain White, Hilda Blanco
Part 1
Chapter 1.0 Introduction: Understanding ‘the environment’
Simin Davoudi, Richard Cowell, Iain White, Hilda Blanco
Chapter 1.1 Perspectives on the nature of environmental planning
Noel Castree
Chapter 1.2 Discourses and meanings of ‘the environment’
Timothy W. Luke
Chapter 1.3 Visionary idealism in environmental planning
Michael Gunder
Chapter 1.4 Sustainable development: history and evolution of the concept
Delyse Springett, Michael Redclift
Chapter 1.5 Ecological modernisation: achievements and limitations of densification
Petter Næss, Inger-Lise Saglie
Chapter 1.6 Anthropocene: the challenge for environmental planning
Mark Whitehead
Chapter 1.7 Understanding risk in environmental planning
Eoin O’Neill
Chapter 1.8 Complexity, uncertainty and resilience
Jon Coaffee
Part 2
Chapter 2.0 Introduction: Environmental governance
Richard Cowell, Simin Davoudi, Iain White, Hilda Blanco
Chapter 2.1 Environmental justice and fairness
Juliana Maantay
Chapter 2.2 Planning in and for a post-growth and post-carbon economy
John Barry
Chapter 2.3 Enhancing anticipatory governance: strategies for mitigating political myopia in environmental planning and policy making
Jonathan Boston
Chapter 2.4 Knowledge, expertise and trust
James Palmer
Chapter 2.5 Grassroots and environmental NGOs
Nathalie Berny, Ellen Clarke
Chapter 2.6 Sustainable behaviour and environmental practices
Erin Roberts
Chapter 2.7 Green citizenship: towards spatial and lived perspectives
Bronwyn E. Wood, Kirsi Pauliina Kallio
Chapter 2.8 Intermediaries and networks
Ross Beveridge
Chapter 2.9 A more-than-human approach to environmental planning
Jonathan Metzger
Chapter 2.10 Cities leading: the pivotal role of local governance and planning for sustainable development
Patricia McCarney
Chapter 2.11 Anthropocene communications: cultural politics and media representations of climate change
Marisa B. McNatt, Michael K. Goodman and Maxwell T. Boykoff
Part 3
Chapter 3.0 Introduction: Critical environmental pressures and responses
Iain White, Simin Davoudi, Richard Cowell, Hilda Blanco
Chapter 3.1 Climate Resilient Land Governance in the Global South
Darryn McEvoy, David Mitchell
Chapter 3.2 Planning and disaster risk reduction
John R. Campbell
Chapter 3.3 Planning, infrastructure and low carbon energy
Matthew Cotton
Chapter 3.4 Waste and management of environmental resources
Nick Hacking
Chapter 3.5 Biodiversity, ecosystem services and environmental planning
Kimmo Lapintie, Mina di Marino
Chapter 3.6 Grasping green infrastructure: an introduction to the theory and practice of a diverse environmental planning approach
Mick Lennon
Chapter 3.7 Marine planning and coastal management
Sue Kidd
Chapter 3.8 Transport and air pollution
Anil Namdeo, Saad Almutairi
Part 4
Chapter 4.0 Introduction: Methods and approaches to environmental planning
Hilda Blanco, Iain White, Richard Cowell, Simin Davoudi
Chapter 4.1 Addressing sustainability issues through land use regulation and zoning
Nicole Gurran
Chapter 4.2 Indicator-based approaches to environmental planning
Cecilia Wong, Wei Zheng
Chapter 4.3 Material flow analysis
Robin Curry, Geraint Ellis
Chapter 4.4 Urban metabolic impact assessment: from concept to practice
Paulo Pinho, Ruben Fernandes
Chapter 4.5 Application of Life Cycle Assessment in buildings: an overview of theoretical and practical information
Carlo Ingrao, Antonio Messineo, Riccardo Beltramo, Tan Yigitcanlar, Giuseppe Ioppolo
Chapter 4.6 Environmental economics and cost-benefit analysis
Ken Willis
Chapter 4.7 Natural capital and ecosystem services valuation: assisting policy making
Tomas Badura, Kerry Turner, Silvia Ferrini
Chapter 4.8 Suitability analysis: a fundamental environmental planning tool
Robert Paterson, Frederick Steiner
Chapter 4.9 Mainstreaming the environment in planning policy and decision making
Alister Scott
