This article reviews the developments in the new institutionalism in social science and their
relation to communicative planning theory, with emphasis on the relevance to the practcal …

Despite the proliferation of the governance concept in the broader academic literature, there
is little agreement on definitions, scope and what actually constitutes governance. This is …

While participatory urban and regional planning have become a widely accepted approach
to enhance the democratic aims of community and urban development, challenges still …

Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained
economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael …

Splintering Urbanism makes an international and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex
interactions between infrastructure networks and urban spaces. It delivers a new and …

As the twentieth century drew to a close, the rich were getting richer; power was
concentrating within huge corporations; vast tracts of the earth were being laid waste; three …

A produção capitalista do espaço agrupa sete textos, escritos entre 1975 e 2001, de índole
essencialmente metodológica, que buscam explicar os fundamentos teóricos e conceituais …

David Harvey is the most influential geographer of our era, possessing a reputation that
extends across the social sciences and humanities. Spaces of Capital, a collection of …

Citizen participation in such complex issues as the quality of the environment, neighborhood
housing, urban design, and economic development often brings with it suspicion of …

With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has' gone
global'. In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices of major …