Situated Practices of Strategic Planning: An international perspective / Edition 1

by Louis Albrechts, Alessandro Balducci, Jean Hillier

Overview

All over the world'societies are facing a number of major problems. New developments, challenges and opportunities cause these issues and yet cases tell us that traditional spatial planning responses and tools are often insufficient to tackle these problems and challenges.

Situated Practices of Strategic Planning draws together examples from across the globe – from France to Australia; from Nigeria to the United States, as it observes international comparisons of the strategic planning process. Many approaches and policies used today fail to capture the dynamics of urban/regional transformation and are more concerned with maintaining an existing social order than challenging and transforming it. Stewarded by a team of highly regarded and experienced researchers, this book gives a synthetic view of the process of change and frames future directions of development. It is unique for its combination of analysis of international case studies and reflection on critical nodes and features in strategic planning.

This volume will be of interest to students who study regional planning, academics, professional planners, and policy makers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367874094
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/12/2019
Series:	Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
Pages:	430
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Louis Albrechts is Emeritus Professor of Strategic Spatial Planning at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Alessandro Balducci is Full Professor of Planning and Urban Policies at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

Jean Hillier is Emeritus Professor of Sustainability and Urban Planning at RMIT University, Australia.

Table of Contents

List of figures viii

List of tables x

Preface xi

List of contributors xiii

General Introduction

1 Some ontological and epistemological challenges Louis Albrechts 1

Part 1 Situated experiences of strategic planning worldwide 13

2 Introduction Louis Albrechts Alessandro Balducci 15

Cross-national and national experiences 23

3 Regional strategic planning for China's Pearl River Delta Jiang Xu Anthony G. O. Yeh 25

4 Space as an integrating frame: manifestations of and prospects for strategic spatial thinking in East Africa's quest for integration Lawrence Esho Robert Obudho 45

5 The region is dead, long live the region: the Øresund Region 15 years after the bridge Kristian Olesen Jonathan Metzger 67

6 Urban strategic spatial planning in China: a two-round development since the late 1990s Kang Cao Li Zheng 84

7 The role of strategic spatial planning in territorial sustainability: the case of France Christophe Demazière José Serrano 101

8 Strategic spatial planning in the USA John M. Bryson Carissa Schively Slotterback 117

9 What's so strategic about Australian metropolitan plans and planning reform? The case of Melbourne, Perth and Sydney Paul J. Maginn Robin Goodman Nicole Gurran Kristian Ruming 135

10 The blessings of 'non-planning' in Egypt Mona Abdelwahab Yehya Serag 158

11 15 years of strategic planning in Italian cities: premises, outcomes and further expectations Valeria Fedeli 180

12 Strategy at work: a decade of strategic planning in Wales Francesca S. Sartorio 197

Regional and local experiences 215

13 Strategic planning for transformation in post-apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa Philip Harrison 217

14 Spatial planning in Flanders and Antwerp 1940-2012: movements, clashing values and expertise: drivers for change Jef Van Den Broeck 233

15 Regional strategic planning and managing uncertainty in Greater Vancouver John Abbott Christina Demarco 255

16 Rio de Janeiro's strategic plan: the Olympic construction of the corporate town Carlos Vainer 275

Part 2 Conceptual and critical nodes in strategic planning 291

17 Introduction Jean Hillier 293

18 Strategic spatial planning in uncertainty or planning indeterminate futures? A critical review Jean Hillier 298

19 Strategic planning and land use planning conflicts: the role of statutory authority Glen Searle 317

20 Strategic planning and institutional change: a karst river phenomenon Loris Antonio Servillo 331

21 Framing 'evidence' and scenario stories in strategic spatial planning Raine Mantysalo Kristi Grišakov 348

22 Strategic planning and 'trading zones' Alessandro Balducci 362

23 Reinventing strategic spatial planning: a critical act of reconstruction Willem Salet 373

Part 3 Epilogue 387

24 Some ingredients for revisiting strategic spatial planning Louis Albrechts 389

Index 405