Published in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute, this series of leading edge texts is intended for academics, educators, students and practitioners in planning and related fields. Written by globally renowned authors the series looks at all aspects of spatial planning theory and practice from a comparative and international perspective.
Series: RTPI Library Series
The practical importance of diversity and equality for spatial planning and sustainable development is still not widely understood. Using international examples, this book shows planners and educationalists the benefits of building in a consideration of diversity and equality at each stage and...
Published April 21st 2005 by Routledge
Series: RTPI Library Series
The central concern of this book is place identity, and its representation and manipulation through planning. Place identity is of growing international concern, both in planning practice and in academic work. The issue is important to practitioners because of the impact of globalisation on notions...
Published November 24th 2004 by Routledge
Series: RTPI Library Series
This challenging introductory text explains how different countries worldwide go about planning and regulating land and development, outlining structures and practice of planning across the countries from Europe, North American, Asia and Australasia. International Planning concentrates on two...
Published January 14th 2004 by Routledge
Series: RTPI Library Series
Urban Planning and Cultural Identity reviews the intense spatiality of conflict over identity construction in three cities where culture and place identity are not just post-modernist playthings but touch on the raw sensibilities of who people define themselves to be. Berlin as the reborn German...
Published October 22nd 2003 by Routledge
Series: RTPI Library Series
Planning is not a technical and value free activity. Planning is an overt political system that creates both winners and losers. The Planning Polity is a book that considers the politics of development and decision-making, and political conflicts between agencies and institutions within British...
Published October 9th 2002 by Routledge
Series: RTPI Library Series
Shadows of Power examines public policy and in particular, the communicative processes of policy and decision-making. It explore the important who, how and why issues of policy decisions. Who really takes the decisions? How are they arrived at and why were such processes used? What relations of...
Published October 9th 2002 by Routledge
Series: RTPI Library Series
The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) is published in eleven official EU languages and so is the most international planning policy document that exists. This book is the only comprehensive account of the process of preparing, negotiating and adopting this document. It outlines the...
Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
Series: RTPI Library Series
Crime and the fear of crime are issues high in public concern and on political agendas in most developed countries. This book takes these issues and relates them to the contribution that urban planners and participative planning processes can make in response to these problems. Its focus is thus on...
Published October 24th 2001 by Routledge
Series: RTPI Library Series
Postmodern social theory has provided significant insights into our understanding of society and its components. Key thinkers including Foucault, Baudrillard and Lyotard have challenged existing ideas about power and rationality in society. This book analyses planning from a postmodern perspective...
Published October 25th 2000 by Routledge
