Comparative planning cultures / edited by Bishwapriya Sanyal.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sanyal, Bishwapriya
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Subjects:
Regional planning > Cross-cultural studies.
City planning > Cross-cultural studies.
Social policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Central planning > Cross-cultural studies.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
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Physical Description:xxiv, 415 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Hybrid planning cultures: and the search for the global cultural commons / Bishwapriya Sanyal
  • Planning cultures in an era of transition / John Friedmann
  • Space of flows, space of places: materials for a theory of urbanism in the information age / Manuel Castells
  • Planning culture in Iran: centralization and decentralization and local governance in the twentieth century (the case for uban management and planning) / Kian Tajbakhsh
  • Modernity confronts tradition: the professional planner and local corporatism in the rebuilding of China's cities / Michael Leaf
  • Planning cultures in two Chinese transitional cities: Hong Kong and Shenzhen / Mee Kam Ng
  • Understanding planning cultures: the Kolkata paradox / Tridip Banerjee
  • Does planning culture matter? Dutch and American models in Indonesian urban transformations / Robert Cowherd
  • Contending planning cultures and the urban built environment in Mexico City / Diane E. Davis
  • The developmental state and the extreme narrowness of the public realm: the 20th century evolution of Japanese planning culture / André Soreneon
  • The nature of difference: traditions of law and government and their effects on planning in Britain and France / Philip Booth
  • The Netherlands: a culture with a soft spot for planning / Andreas Faludi
  • Picking the paradoxes: an historical anatomy of Australian planning cultures / Leonie Sandercock
  • US planning culture under pressure: major elements endure and flourish in the face of crises / Eugenie L. Birch.