Crossing Borders International Exchange and Planning Practices [Paperback]

The complex diffusion processes affecting the flow of planning ideas and practices across the globe are illustrated in this book. It raises questions about why and how some ideas and practices attract international attention, and about the invention processes which go on when external influences are woven together with local efforts to meet local specifics and requirements.

Initiated to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the journal Planning Theory and Practicein 2009, this book reflects the themes of the journal.

Taking different intellectual perspectives, this collection takes a critical look at the international diffusion of planning ideas and practices, their impacts on planning practices in different contexts, on the challenge of situating planning practices, and on the ethical and methodological issues of international exchange in the planning field.

Preface  1. Introduction: The Transnational Flow of Knowledge and Expertise in the Planning Field Patsy Healey  2. Poverty Truths The Politics of Knowledge in the New Global Order of Development Ananya Roy  3. Transnational Planners in a Post-colonial World Stephen Ward  4. Exploring the Travel of the American Neighbourhood Unit to India Sanjeev Vidyarthi  5. Cities in Transition: Spatial Planning in Modern China Bing Wang  6. Urban Sustainability and Compact Cities Ideas in Japan: The Diffusion, Transformation and Deployment of Planning Concepts Andre Sorensen  7. When Planning Ideas Land: Mahawelis People-centered Approach Nihal Perera  8. Sustainable Urban Transport Policy Transfer in Central and Eastern Europe Dominic Stead, Martin de Jong and Iveta Reinholde  9. Subaltern Speak in a Postcolonial SlÓh