Innovation in Public Planning: Calculate, Communicate and Innovate [Paperback]

This book contributes to the discourse on planning theory by accentuating the perspective of public innovation. Extending planning theory's traditional two major perspectives - 'Communicate' and 'Calculate' - the book argues that contemporary planning theory should incorporate 'Innovate' as a third perspective. It highlights the multitude of new perspectives that innovative planning can bring to bear on planning theory, as well as showing how the interplay between the three perspectives - 'Communicate', 'Calculate' and 'Innovate' - can help to address vital issues in contemporary societal development. 1. Innovation on the planning theory agenda - an introduction.- 2. Calculate, communicate and innovate.- 3. Planning and innovation in a collaborative framework.- 4. Politicians' roles in planning - seen or ignored? What do we know about politicians' roles in planning?.- 5. Strategic turn in planning and the role of institutional innovation.- 6. Sustainable development - a question of 'modernization' or degrowth'?.- 7. To reduce social inequality through urban planning: the potential for innovation.- 8. Climate leadership: developing innovative strategic tools to improve the partnership-mode of planning.- 9. Innovative planning in rural, depopulating areas: conditions, capacities & goals.- 10. Lost or found? Translating innovative participation.- 11. Planning for innovation as innovative planning?.- 12. Innovation in planning theory, the upcoming perspectives.