Planning and Knowledge: How New Forms of Technocracy Are Shaping Contemporary Cities - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 144734524X ISBN 13: 9781447345244

Publisher: Policy Press, 2019

Synopsis

This book uses a broad international perspective to examine the different landscapes of knowledge driving contemporary urban change, as historically established systems of regulation and control are being subject to unprecedented pressures from multiple directions. Its authors reflect on the shift in power relations between expert and local cultures in planning processes, examining its disruptive effect on the traditional separation between public, private, and voluntary sectors.

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About the Authors

Rob Kitchin is a Professor in the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland. He is author/editor of a number of books about technology and society and is a recipient of the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social Sciences.

Dr Sue Brownill is Reader in Urban Policy and Governance at Oxford Brookes University. Her research focuses on public participation and spatial equity in planning and regeneration, affordable housing and community planning and localism.

Gavin Parker is Professor of Planning Studies at the University of Reading. Professor Parker maintains a strong interest in citizenship, participation and governance in land, planning and development. Recent research has centred on neighbourhood planning in England.

Stan Majoor is Professor of Urban Management at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144734524X
• ISBN 13: 9781447345244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Raco Mike