Encounters in Planning Thought creates an informed future perspective on the spatial planning field by looking at it through the eyes of those who have been at the coal face of planning s scholarly institutionalisation. The book provides a topical insight into how and why 16 distinguished planners, as they matured and built their planning ideas over the last half-century, have done what and when. It brings together contributions from leading planning scholars from Europe, America, and beyond, including John Friedmann, Peter Marcuse, Patsy Healey, Andreas Faludi, Judith Innes,...

Encounters in Planning Thought creates an informed future perspective on the spatial planning field by looking at it through the eyes of those who have been at the coal face of planning s scholarly institutionalisation. The book provides a topical insight into how and why 16 distinguished planners, as they matured and built their planning ideas over the last half-century, have done what and when. It brings together contributions from leading planning scholars from Europe, America, and beyond, including John Friedmann, Peter Marcuse, Patsy Healey, Andreas Faludi, Judith Innes,...