Even though city branding has recently been considered an urban policy, it remains a
research area theoretically detached from urban planning theory and ethics. On this issue …

Today, municipal decision-makers, planners, and investors rely on valuation studies of
ecosystem services, public health assessments, and real estate projections to promote a …

Justice has always been a major topic within political philosophy, but scholars in the
behavioural sciences have largely avoided normative statements. After the urban uprisings …

In the last quarter century, a new form of iconic architecture has appeared throughout the
world's major cities. Typically designed by globe-trotting" starchitects" or by a few large …

There is growing evidence that the problems, challenges and opportunities that our cities,
city-regions and regions are facing cannot be tackled adequately by traditional spatial …

In this essay, I reflect on the way planning concepts, techniques, instruments and the
general idea of 'planning'itself flow from one place to another, particularly in the context of …

The purpose of the paper is to contribute to the debate on existing planning approaches—
more specifically, strategic spatial planning—and the search for new ideas. Therefore, after …

Discussing some of the most vexing criticism of communicative planning theory (CPT), this
book goes on to suggest how theorists and planners can respond to it. Looking at issues of …

Five years ago Yiftachel (2006) called on planning theorists to focus attention on cities of the
global 'South-East'where issues differ significantly from northern contexts–which currently …

Good land policy provides a diversity of land uses with plural property relations. No single
kind of property rules fits the purposes of all types of land uses. Neither is a de-tached single …