Crossing Borders (eBook, PDF)

International Exchange and Planning Practices
Redaktion: Healey, Patsy; Upton, Robert

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Produktbeschreibung

Different intellectual perspectives from a range of expert contributors in this collection take a critical look at the international diffusion of planning ideas and practices, their impacts on planning practices in different contexts, on the challenge of 'situating' planning practices, and on the ethical and methodological issues of international exchange in the planning field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135154684
• Artikelnr.: 42507999

Autorenporträt

Patsy Healey is Professor Emeritus at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Newcastle, UK. Robert Upton was formerly Secretary General of the Royal Town Planning Institute and is now Deputy Chair of the Infrastructure Planning Commission in England.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction: The Transnational Flow of Knowledge and Expertise
in the Planning Field 2. Poverty Truths -The Politics of Knowledge in the
New Global Order of Development 3. Transnational Planners in a
Post-colonial World 4. Reimagining the American Neighborhood Unit for India
5. Cities in Transition: Spatial Planning in Modern China 6. Urban
Sustainability and Compact Cities Ideas in Japan: The Diffusion,
Transformation and Deployment of Planning Concepts 7. When Planning Ideas
Land: Mahaweli's People-centered Approach 8. Sustainable Urban Transport
Policy Transfer in Central and Eastern Europe 9. Subaltern Speak in a
Postcolonial Setting: Diffusing and Contesting Donor-engendered Knowledge
in the Water Sector in Zambia 10. Women's Safety Audits and Walking School
Buses: The Diffusion/De-fusion of Two Radical Planning Ideas 11.
Institutional Biases in the International Diffusion of Planning Concepts
12. Developmental Planning for Sustainable Urbanisation in Asia 13. A
Trans-Pacific Planning Education in Reverse: Reflections of an American
with a Chinese Doctorate in Urban Planning and Design 14. Crossing borders:
Do Planning Ideas Travel? 15. Similarity or Differences? What to Emphasize
Now for Effective Planning Practice