RTPI Library Series
About the Book Series
Published in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute [http://www.rtpi.org.uk/], this series of leading edge texts is intended for academics, educators, students and practitioners in planning and related fields. Written by globally renowned authors the series looks at all aspects of spatial planning theory and practice from a comparative and international perspective.
Conceptions of Space and Place in Strategic Spatial Planning
1st Edition
Edited
By Simin Davoudi, Ian Strange
February 05, 2009
Bringing together authors from academia and practice, this book examines spatial planning at different places throughout the British Isles. Six illustrative case studies of practice examine which conceptions of space and place have been articulated, presented and visualized through the production ...
Planning and Transformation: Learning from the Post-Apartheid Experience
1st Edition
By Philip Harrison, Alison Todes, Vanessa Watson
October 30, 2007
Planning and Transformation provides a comprehensive view of planning under political transition in South Africa, offering an accessible resource for both students and researchers in an international and a local audience. In the years after the 1994 transition to democracy in South Africa, ...
The Visual Language of Spatial Planning: Exploring Cartographic Representations for Spatial Planning in Europe
1st Edition
By Stefanie Dühr
April 19, 2007
At a time when strategic spatial planning is undergoing a renaissance in Europe, The Visual Language of Spatial Planning makes a unique contribution to this rapidly growing area of teaching and research. Discussing the relevant theoretical perspectives on policy-making and planning, combined with ...
Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies: Towards a Relational Planning for Our Times
1st Edition
By Patsy Healey
February 20, 2007
Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies develops important new relational and institutionalist approaches to policy analysis and planning, of relevance to all those with an interest in cities and urban areas. Well-illustrated chapters weave together conceptual development, experience and ...
Indicators for Urban and Regional Planning: The Interplay of Policy and Methods
1st Edition
By Cecilia Wong
July 07, 2006
This book focuses on the measurement and utilisation of quantitative indicators in the urban and regional planning fields. There has been a resurgence of academic and policy interest in using indicators to inform planning, partly in response to the current government's information intensive ...
Planning at the Landscape Scale
1st Edition
By Paul Selman
May 25, 2006
Traditionally, landscape planning has involved the designation and protection of exceptional countryside. However, whilst this still remains important, there is a growing recognition of the multi-functionality of rural areas, and the need to encourage sustainable use of the whole countryside rather...
Planning, Law and Economics: The Rules We Make for Using Land
1st Edition
By Barrie Needham
May 01, 2006
What rights does the state have over privately owned land? Why should some landowners be favoured over others? How can the practice of land-use planning be improved? This book addresses these essential questions and shows that the interests people have in property rights over land and buildings ...
Planning the Good Community: New Urbanism in Theory and Practice
1st Edition
By Jill Grant
January 24, 2006
An examination of new urban approaches both in theory and in practice. Taking a critical look at how new urbanism has lived up to its ideals, the author asks whether new urban approaches offer a viable path to creating good communities. With examples drawn principally from North America, ...
Planning for Diversity: Policy and Planning in a World of Difference
1st Edition
By Dory Reeves
June 06, 2005
The practical importance of diversity and equality for spatial planning and sustainable development is still not widely understood. Using international examples, this book shows planners and educationalists the benefits of building in a consideration of diversity and equality at each stage and ...
Place Identity, Participation and Planning
1st Edition
Edited
By Cliff Hague, Paul Jenkins
December 17, 2004
The central concern of this book is place identity, and its representation and manipulation through planning. Place identity is of growing international concern, both in planning practice and in academic work. The issue is important to practitioners because of the impact of globalisation on notions...
Urban Planning and Cultural Identity
1st Edition
By William Neill
December 18, 2003
Urban Planning and Cultural Identity reviews the intense spatiality of conflict over identity construction in three cities where culture and place identity are not just post-modernist playthings but touch on the raw sensibilities of who people define themselves to be. Berlin as the reborn German ...
Shadows of Power: An Allegory of Prudence in Land-Use Planning
1st Edition
By Jean Hillier
November 27, 2002
Shadows of Power examines public policy and in particular, the communicative processes of policy and decision-making. It explore the important who, how and why issues of policy decisions. Who really takes the decisions? How are they arrived at and why were such processes used? What relations of ...