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Planning cultures in Europe : decoding cultural phenomena in urban and regional planning

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Urban and regional planning and developmentPublication details: London: Routledge, ©2009.Description: xxxv, 328 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780754675655
  • 0754675653
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.12 PLA
Contents:
PART 1. PLANNING CULTURE -- THEORETICAL APPROACHES: Theoretical reflections on common European (planning- ) cultures / Hans Gullestrup -- Planning cultures en route to a better comprehension of 'planning processes'? / Dietrich Furst -- En route to a theoretical model for comparative research on planning cultures / Joerg Knieling and Frank Othengrafen -- PART 2. PLANNING CULTURES IN NORTHWESTERN EUROPE: How German is it? An essay in epistemological eclecticism / Friedhelm Fischer -- Planning culture in Austria: the case of Vienna, the unlike city / Jens S. Dangschat and Alexander Hamedinger -- Visualising spatial policy in Europe / Stefanie Duhr -- PART 3. PLANNING CULTURES IN EASTERN EUROPE -- BETWEEN BREAKUP AND TRADITION: Remarks on the features of Lithuanian planning culture / Eugenijus Kestutis Staniunas -- Planning rationalities among practitioners in St. Petersburg, Russia: Soviet traditions and Western influences / Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen -- The house of many different ages / Violeta Puscasu -- PART 4. PLANNING CULTURES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE: Planning cultures in Italy: reformism, laissez-faire and contemporary trends / Luciano Vettoretto -- Planning culture and the interference of major events: the recent experience of Athens / Konstantinos Serraos, Evangelos Asprogerakas and Byron Ioannou -- Coping with the era of change -- planning and decision-making under globalisation in Turkey: the case of the French Street urban transformation project, Istanbul / Susanne Prehl and Gul Tucaltan -- PART 5. INTERDEPENDENCIES BETWEEN EUROPEAN SPATIAL POLICIES AND PLANNING CULTURES: The impact of Europeanisation on planning cultures / Bas Waterhout, Joao Morais Mourato and Kai Bohme -- A missing link in the cultural evolution of the European Union: confronting EU ideology with INTERREG III practice concerning cultural diversity / Roel During, Rosalie van Dam and Andre van der Zande -- Territorial cohesion, European social model and transnational cooperation / Simin Davoudi -- PART 6. CONCLUSIONS: Planning cultures between models of society and planning system /, Dominic Stead and Vincent Nadin -- Planning cultures in Europe between convergence and divergence: findings, explanations and perspectives / Joerg Knieling and Frank Othengrafen.
Summary: Aims to connect elements of cultural and planning theories to explain differences and peculiarities among EU member states. This work introduces a 'culturized planning model' to consider the 'rules of the game', how culture affects planning practices not only on an explicit 'surface' but also on a 'hidden' implicit level.
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Includes Index

PART 1. PLANNING CULTURE --
THEORETICAL APPROACHES: Theoretical reflections on common European (planning- ) cultures / Hans Gullestrup --
Planning cultures en route to a better comprehension of 'planning processes'? / Dietrich Furst --
En route to a theoretical model for comparative research on planning cultures / Joerg Knieling and Frank Othengrafen --
PART 2. PLANNING CULTURES IN NORTHWESTERN EUROPE: How German is it? An essay in epistemological eclecticism / Friedhelm Fischer --
Planning culture in Austria: the case of Vienna, the unlike city / Jens S. Dangschat and Alexander Hamedinger --
Visualising spatial policy in Europe / Stefanie Duhr --
PART 3. PLANNING CULTURES IN EASTERN EUROPE --
BETWEEN BREAKUP AND TRADITION: Remarks on the features of Lithuanian planning culture / Eugenijus Kestutis Staniunas --
Planning rationalities among practitioners in St. Petersburg, Russia: Soviet traditions and Western influences / Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen --
The house of many different ages / Violeta Puscasu --
PART 4. PLANNING CULTURES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE: Planning cultures in Italy: reformism, laissez-faire and contemporary trends / Luciano Vettoretto --
Planning culture and the interference of major events: the recent experience of Athens / Konstantinos Serraos, Evangelos Asprogerakas and Byron Ioannou --
Coping with the era of change --
planning and decision-making under globalisation in Turkey: the case of the French Street urban transformation project, Istanbul / Susanne Prehl and Gul Tucaltan --
PART 5. INTERDEPENDENCIES BETWEEN EUROPEAN SPATIAL POLICIES AND PLANNING CULTURES: The impact of Europeanisation on planning cultures / Bas Waterhout, Joao Morais Mourato and Kai Bohme --
A missing link in the cultural evolution of the European Union: confronting EU ideology with INTERREG III practice concerning cultural diversity / Roel During, Rosalie van Dam and Andre van der Zande --
Territorial cohesion, European social model and transnational cooperation / Simin Davoudi --
PART 6. CONCLUSIONS: Planning cultures between models of society and planning system /, Dominic Stead and Vincent Nadin --
Planning cultures in Europe between convergence and divergence: findings, explanations and perspectives / Joerg Knieling and Frank Othengrafen.

Aims to connect elements of cultural and planning theories to explain differences and peculiarities among EU member states. This work introduces a 'culturized planning model' to consider the 'rules of the game', how culture affects planning practices not only on an explicit 'surface' but also on a 'hidden' implicit level.

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