ABSTRACT

Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban planning across the world and in different cultures.

part |2 pages

PART I OVERVIEW

chapter 1|24 pages

HYBRID PLANNING CULTURES: THE SEARCH FOR THE GLOBAL CULTURAL COMMONS

part |2 pages

PART II TWO THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS

chapter 2|16 pages

PLANNING CULTURES IN TRANSITION

chapter 3|20 pages

Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of Urbanism in the Information Age

part |2 pages

PART III THE TRAFFIC OF PLANNING IDEAS ININDUSTRIALIZING NATIONS

chapter 4|24 pages

PLANNING CULTURE IN IRAN: CENTRALIZATION AND DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (THE CASE FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING)

chapter 5|22 pages

MODERNITY CONFRONTS TRADITION: THE PROFESSIONAL PLANNER AND LOCAL CORPORATISM IN THE REBUILDING OF CHINA’S CITIES

chapter 6|32 pages

Planning Cultures in Two Chinese Transitional Cities: Hong Kong and Shenzhen

chapter 7|20 pages

Understanding Planning Cultures: The Kolkata Paradox

chapter 8|28 pages

Does Planning Culture Matter? Dutch and American Models in Indonesian Urban Transformations

chapter 9|28 pages

CONTENDING PLANNING CULTURES AND THE URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN MEXICO CITY

part |2 pages

PART IV PLANNING CULTURES AND SOCIAL CHANGE:THE EXPERIENCE OF INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS

chapter 10|36 pages

The Developmental State and the Extreme Narrowness of the Public Realm: The Twentieth Century Evolution of Japanese Planning Culture

chapter 11|26 pages

The Nature of Difference: Traditions of Law and Government and Their Effects on Planning in

chapter 12|24 pages

THE NETHERLANDS: A CULTURE WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR PLANNING

chapter 13|22 pages

PICKING THE PARADOXES: A HISTORICAL ANATOMY OF AUSTRALIAN PLANNING CULTURES

chapter 14|28 pages

U.S. Planning Culture under Pressure: Major Elements Endure and Flourish in the Face of Crises

Comparative Planning Cultures

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |2 pages

PART I OVERVIEW

chapter 1|24 pages

HYBRID PLANNING CULTURES: THE SEARCH FOR THE GLOBAL CULTURAL COMMONS

part |2 pages

PART II TWO THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS

chapter 2|16 pages

PLANNING CULTURES IN TRANSITION

chapter 3|20 pages

Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of Urbanism in the Information Age

part |2 pages

PART III THE TRAFFIC OF PLANNING IDEAS ININDUSTRIALIZING NATIONS

chapter 4|24 pages

PLANNING CULTURE IN IRAN: CENTRALIZATION AND DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (THE CASE FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING)

chapter 5|22 pages

MODERNITY CONFRONTS TRADITION: THE PROFESSIONAL PLANNER AND LOCAL CORPORATISM IN THE REBUILDING OF CHINA’S CITIES

chapter 6|32 pages

Planning Cultures in Two Chinese Transitional Cities: Hong Kong and Shenzhen

chapter 7|20 pages

Understanding Planning Cultures: The Kolkata Paradox

chapter 8|28 pages

Does Planning Culture Matter? Dutch and American Models in Indonesian Urban Transformations

chapter 9|28 pages

CONTENDING PLANNING CULTURES AND THE URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN MEXICO CITY

part |2 pages

PART IV PLANNING CULTURES AND SOCIAL CHANGE:THE EXPERIENCE OF INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS

chapter 10|36 pages

The Developmental State and the Extreme Narrowness of the Public Realm: The Twentieth Century Evolution of Japanese Planning Culture

chapter 11|26 pages

The Nature of Difference: Traditions of Law and Government and Their Effects on Planning in

chapter 12|24 pages

THE NETHERLANDS: A CULTURE WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR PLANNING

chapter 13|22 pages

PICKING THE PARADOXES: A HISTORICAL ANATOMY OF AUSTRALIAN PLANNING CULTURES

chapter 14|28 pages

U.S. Planning Culture under Pressure: Major Elements Endure and Flourish in the Face of Crises