We carry out a critical analysis of current participation practices in urban regeneration
processes. Many concrete examples suffer from major flaws in terms of instrumental or …

There is a lack of theoretical and empirical studies regarding social sustainability. The
literature reveals that the “social” was integrated late into debates on sustainable …

This paper advances a conceptual apparatus capable of accounting for planning's
entanglement with white supremacy and racial capitalism by developing a theory of racial …

Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east
and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of …

With its origins in systems ecology and emerging interest in the inter-disciplinary
examination of the governance of linked social-ecological systems, social-ecological …

Geography is the study of relations between society and the natural environment.
Geography looks at how society shapes, alters and increasingly transforms the natural …

This book takes a Lacanian, and related post-structuralist perspective to demythologize ten
of the most heavily utilised terms in spatial planning: rationality, the good, certainty, risk …

Making European Space explores how future visions of Europe's physical space are being
decisively shaped by transnational politics and power struggles, which are being played out …

Bringing together leading international practitioners and theorists in the field, ranging from
the 1960s pioneers of participation to some of the major contemporary figures in the field …

Since the intensification of the search for sustainable urban planning, the ideal of the
compact and green city characterized by high density, mixed land use and attractive green …