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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462627503321

Titolo

The Routledge Research Companion to Planning and Culture / / edited by Greg Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, , [2016]

©2013

ISBN

1-317-04216-6

1-317-04215-8

1-315-61339-5

1-78402-006-0

1-4094-2225-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (481 p.)

Collana

Ashgate research companion

Disciplina

307.1/216

Soggetti

City planning - Social aspects

Regional planning - Social aspects

Urban policy

Cultural policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Global contexts -- pt. 2. Planning and its dimensions -- pt. 3. Culture and its dimensions -- pt. 4. Planning practices -- pt. 5. Cultural practices -- pt. 6. Cultural and planning dynamics.

Sommario/riassunto

It has become increasingly evident that effective planning for sustainable communities, environments and economies pivots on the ability of planners to see the possibilities for culture in comprehensive social, historical and environmental terms and to more fully engage with the cultural practices, processes and theorisation that comprise a social formation. More broadly, an approach to planning theory and practice that is itself formed through a close engagement with culture is required.  This Research Companion brings together leading experts from around the world to map the contours of the relationship between planning and culture and to present these inextricably linked concepts



and issues together in one place. By examining significant trends in varying national and international contexts, the contributors scrutinise the theories and practices of both planning and culture and explore not only their interface, but significant divergences and tensions.  In doing so, this collection provides the first comprehensive overview and analysis of planning and culture, interdisciplinary and international in scope. It is comprised of six parts organised around the themes of global and historical contexts, key dimensions of planning and cultural theory and practice, and cultural and planning dynamics. Each section includes a final chapter that provides a case study lens which pulls the themes of the section together with reference to a significant planning issue or initiative.