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Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning
Author(s): Bruce Stiftel (Editor), Vanessa Watson (Series Editor), Henri Acselrad (Series Editor)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: May 22, 2015
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 1138892416
- ISBN-13: 9781138892415
Book Description
Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning offers a new selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world’s planning school associations. The award winning papers presented illustrate the concerns and the discourse of planning scholarship communities and provide a glimpse into planning theory and practice by planning academics around the world. All those with an interest in urban and regional planning will find this collection valuable in opening new avenues for research and debate.
This book is published in association with the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN), and the nine planning school associations it represents, who have selected these papers based on regional competitions.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘[Brings] together contemporary planning papers that cut across the conventional territorial boundaries of planning scholarship.’ – Australian Planner
‘A book … which can be savoured; to be read and re-read many times, pondered about, discussed, reflected upon and then re-read again.’ – Australian Planner
‘The papers are thought-provoking in their analysis and conclusions.’ – Australian Planner
About the Author
Bruce Stiftel, FAICP, is professor of urban and regional planning at Florida State University, USA.
Vanessa Watson is professor in the City and Regional Planning programme and deputy director of the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Henri Acselrad is professor in the Institute for Urban and Regional Research at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
