In conjunction with a revival of interest in planning history during the 1980s, this article
identifies a set of opportunities for making historically based analysis a regular part of …

Modern Architecture in Historic Cities illustrates why France has been so successful in
combining conservation and modernity, and points to important lessons for other countries …

This new edition of" the best anthology in planning" includes 33 selections by many of the
profession's most respected thinkers and eloquent writers. Returning editor Jay M. Stein …

Recent developments in South Africa in the field of planning, the domain of plans, and the
world of planners, would suggest that planning and plans are viewed in a positive light, the …

This commentary centres on the question-how can we further develop the relationship
between planning practice and academia? This question has been one of the central pillars …

The professional field of planning is by many indications facing a severe paradigmatic crisis,
shaken by the discrediting of its underlying intellectual rationale as well as by …

This comment began as a provocation, a challenge and an irritation. At South Bank
University we have been undertaking a complete review of our planning programmes …

The articles in this special issue take an interpretive and pragmatic approach to research
what planners do in the midst of political conflict. Instead of pursuing scientific predictability …

In design discussions someone will often say 'this () needs to be ()'. But it isn't the things that
need, its ourselves. Those needs are result, the projection of all that talk, all those …

Works of classical and modern literature and philosophy are helpful in understanding the
role of public actors, the methodologies of policy analysis and decision making, and aspects …