Planning Practice & Research

2011 - 2025

Current editor(s): Vincent Nadin

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Volume 40, issue 2, 2025

Urban planning as a project of national military violence in Ukraine and globally pp. 233-243

Justin B. Hollander

Changing shape of sustainable urban form with technological progress pp. 244-262

Colin Jones

The Europeanization of territorial governance. Towards a typology pp. 263-284

Giancarlo Cotella and Umberto Janin Rivolin

Installing solar panels on heritage buildings: an Australian case study reveals a vexed issue pp. 285-305

Anna Hurlimann, Cristina Garduno Freeman and David Nichols

Optimizing urban density: developer positions on densification in two mid-sized cities pp. 306-325

Payton Nicol and Jeffrey Biggar

Towards enhanced urban fire risk reduction through more effective urban policy – a case study of Mandalay city, Myanmar pp. 326-346

Aye Thandar Phyo Wai, Alan March and Anna Hurlimann

‘Are we in agreement?’ Process architecture considerations as a tool for navigating stakeholder perspectives in favor of consensus-building in land consolidation projects pp. 347-368

N. A. Lindhout, T. van Dijk and G. van der Vaart

Perspectives of municipal professionals on adopting a dementia-friendly and inclusive approach in urban planning and design in British Columbia, Canada pp. 369-391

Kishore Seetharaman, Habib Chaudhury, Atiya Mahmood, Alison Phinney and Richard Ward

Securing affordable homes on ‘rural exception sites’ though negotiated land deals or compulsory land purchase? pp. 392-405

Nick Gallent, William Walton, Phoebe Stirling, Andrew Purves and Iqbal Hamiduddin

Decision support for inclusive spatial planning in the European geographical context pp. 406-420

Romina Rodela

Efficacy of distance learning in planning-education: the case of a hybrid curriculum pp. 421-442

Uttam Kumar Roy

Volume 40, issue 1, 2025

Humanizing urban planning: acknowledging the emotional and psychological dimensions of upgrading informal settlements pp. 1-23

Danielle Hill

Age-friendly planning and play: the Study of Older Adult Play Spaces (SOAPS) observation tool pp. 24-40

Maxwell Hartt and Marley Gryfe

Directions of change in spatial planning systems in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 pp. 41-64

Maciej J. Nowak, Andrei Mitrea, Gunta Lukstiņa, Daiva Jukneliene, Evelin Jürgenson, Krisztina Filepné Kovács, Zuzana Ladzianska, Eugenia Maruniak, Yuriy Palekha, Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor, Kätlin Põdra, Justyna Przedańska, Cătălin Niculae Sârbu, Velislava Simeonova, Jolanta Valciukiene, Pavel Yanchev and Małgorzata Blaszke

Getting past NIMBY: new insights on participatory planning and protest pp. 65-84

Anna McKinlay, Claudia Baldwin and Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck

Can the COVID-19 pandemic create a context for participatory urban e-planning in the Wa Municipality of Ghana? pp. 85-102

Maxwell Okrah

Transaction costs of implementing the transfer of development rights program in Milan pp. 103-121

Enzo Falco, Emanuele Garda and Sina Shahab

From marine plans to marine licences: a weak link in the English system? pp. 122-142

Joseph Onwona Ansong, Stephen Jay and George Colcomb

Cross-fertilisation between spatial planning and territorial cohesion: lessons from the Czech Republic pp. 143-163

Karel Maier, Jan Kabrhel and Marcin Dabrowski

Teaching climate change planning: fostering hope while building capacity pp. 164-182

Elisabeth Infield, Mark Seasons and Ward Lyles

Scenario planning and planning support systems tested in a graduate-level planning studio in Bogotá pp. 183-197

Juan G. Yunda

An early reading of English planning reform under Starmer’s Labour government pp. 198-213

Dave Valler and Nicholas A. Phelps

Implementing transformative resilience in urban regeneration: recommendations for local planning practice pp. 214-232

Grete Swensen, Oddrun Helen Hagen and Abid Mehmood

Volume 39, issue 6, 2024

Rights and planning: challenges, progress, and approaches pp. 907-919

Sandeep K. Agrawal

Planning rights: what are they, and how to use them pp. 920-936

Ernest R. Alexander

Urban planning and group and collective rights in Québec, Canada pp. 937-959

Sandeep K. Agrawal

The (unprivileged) polluter pays: Conflict of Rights in Delhi’s stormwater drain-adjacent ‘informal’ settlements pp. 960-993

Shruti Syal

Rights amidst commercial gentrification: a comparative case study of Latinx business zones in Chicago and Santa Ana pp. 994-1011

Janet Muñiz, Ivis García and Erualdo González Romero

The right to housing in a neoliberal and colonial context pp. 1012-1031

Sarah EV Cooper

Human rights and municipal land use bylaws in Atlantic Canada pp. 1032-1055

Sandeep K. Agrawal, Pradeep Sangapala, Elisabeth Hill and Jill Lang

Master planning ‘as a verb’: enforcing participatory planning through the Brazilian courts pp. 1056-1087

Ana Paula Pimentel Walker and Abigail Friendly

The coevolution between the status of groups in planning London and the development of the British constitutional rights pp. 1088-1113

Orwa Switat and Yosef Jabareen

Civilizing practices and created spaces: resistance processes in the San Francisco (Paraguay) and Ismael Silva-Zé Keti (Brazil) housing projects pp. 1114-1134

Maíra Machado-Martins and Ramona Elizabeth Sánchez

Rights intrusion and land use planning inequalities in Alberta’s summer villages pp. 1135-1152

Craig Thomas

Volume 39, issue 5, 2024

Towards just planning: on the relationship between procedural and distributive justice in local development actions pp. 753-771

Peter Schmitt and Sabine Weck

Do comprehensive plans plan to prevent displacement? An analysis of four regions experiencing gentrification in the United States pp. 772-792

Silvia R. Gonzalez, C. Aujean Lee and Victor D. Tran

Nature for everyone? Planning perspectives on accessibility, disability and participation in the Swedish outdoors pp. 793-812

Rosemarie Ankre and Sandra Wall-Reinius

The ecosystem services concept in urban planning: the criteria for practical fit pp. 813-838

Kate Thompson, P. N. Duinker, K. Sherren, A. Hayden and M. Terashima

Smart Barcelona: the gap between inspiring rhetoric and lackluster implementation in transformative approaches pp. 839-854

Tooran Alizadeh, Eshita Dutia and Rebecca Clements

Urban planning as ‘great dialogue’? Developing polyphonic planning practices in a process of hybrid participation, case Viiskorpi, Espoo, Finland pp. 855-875

Eveliina Harsia and Pilvi Nummi

‘What planners don’t do is plan’: recovering the English strategic spatial planning imagination pp. 876-891

Nicholas A. Phelps and David C. Valler

Are shared workspaces a new form of social infrastructure? pp. 892-905

Stefania Fiorentino

Volume 39, issue 4, 2024

Social participation in planning, design, and management of public spaces: the case of Mexico pp. 565-596

Sergio Alvarado Vazquez, Ana Mafalda Madureira, Frank O. Ostermann and Karin Pfeffer

Are rural places prepared for the energy transition? An evaluation of land use plans in rural Manitoba pp. 597-614

Michael Kvern, Leith Deacon and Dave Guyadeen

Adapting a systems perspective for sectoral coordination: approaching flood resilience in Houston and Accra pp. 615-635

Aksel Ersoy, Nikki Brand and Ellen van Bueren

Decoding the image of island urban sprawl: insights from the Indonesian archipelago pp. 636-664

Luthfi Muhamad Iqbal, Georgios Tsilimigkas and Thanasis Kizos

On the role of values in judgements on conflicting planning processes – prospects for agonistic planning? Basic considerations from Germany pp. 665-682

Sabine Bongers-Römer and Christian Diller

Planning in Ghana: analysis of the various forms of professional misconduct from the perspective of professional planners pp. 683-702

Justice Sebuga Kotani, Stephen Appiah Takyi, Michael Osei Asibey, Owusu Amponsah, Victor Kwesi Quagraine and Stephen Biliyitorb Liwur

Educating planning professionals to promote the transformation towards carbon-free cities and regions – a survey of planning schools in Europe pp. 703-720

Peter Schmitt and Dick Magnusson

Overcoming an impasse or innovating urban policy? The role of social activism within conflictual urban regeneration processes in Southern Italy pp. 721-739

Carla Tedesco

New planning formats in established settings: a reflection on advice and consultancy, inertia and failure in Luxembourg’s planning practice pp. 740-752

Markus Hesse

Volume 39, issue 3, 2024

Research in action: enhancing the policy impact of planning research through an interactive approach pp. 375-391

Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella, David Evers and Ivana Katuric

Mapping everyday community life in suburban shrinking areas around Tokyo: case study of Minamiashigara, Kanagawa prefecture pp. 392-416

Alejandro Pineda, Fernando Ortiz-Moya and Jorge Almazán

Do young adults want to live downtown? Understanding attitudes in Prince George, BC pp. 417-440

Rylan Graham

Evaluating the integration of transport planning considerations into decentralized plans in Ghana: evidence from the Kumasi Metropolis pp. 441-460

Millicent Awialie Akaateba, Akosua Kesewah Boampong and Emile Akangoa Adumpo

From big apple to home of hockey: how scalar narratives and performative practices work in urban planning pp. 461-478

Helena Leino

Citizen participation and acceptance in the context of urban events. An investigation on regional garden shows in Germany pp. 479-497

Sarah Karic

Understanding people-centered planning practice in Europe: an institutionalist comparison between urban development projects in Vienna and Helsingborg pp. 498-524

Céline Janssen

Feminization of the urban planning discipline: developing a gender responsive pedagogy at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran pp. 525-546

Hossein Maroufi and Parsa Pahlavan

The next generation of nuclear power plants and the role of the local planner pp. 547-557

John R. Mullin and Zenia Kotval

Ten pieces of advice U.S. municipal planners should follow when evaluating prospective affordable housing partners pp. 558-563

Dustin C. Read, Donna Sedgwick and Walker K. Hughen

Volume 39, issue 2, 2024

Planning’s value, planners’ values: defining and redefining for contemporary practice pp. 157-170

John Sturzaker and Hannah Hickman

What’s urban planning in the Brazilian 21st century? pp. 171-186

Maria Lucia Refinetti Martins, Jeanne Christine Versari Ferreira and Ana Leticia Saquete Gonçalves

Planning practice and the planning profession in Mexico pp. 187-206

Sergio Peña

Planners, blended (in)formality and a public interest of fragments pp. 207-222

Lauren Andres, Stuart Denoon-Stevens and Phil Jones

Practicing within and beyond planning: narratives of practitioners from South Africa pp. 223-238

Geetika Anand

Planning practice in Indonesia during COVID-19: insights from students pp. 239-256

Prananda Navitas, Fatimah Ratna Nur Irsyad and Aida Fitri Larasati

Sympathy for the bogeyman planner: a call for a nuanced discourse on planning ethics in India pp. 257-276

Surajit Chakravarty and Poonam Prakash

The roles and ethical perspectives of urban planners in Turkey pp. 277-305

Cihan Mert Sabah and Aliye Ahu Gülümser

Using practice theory to conceptualise balancing and values in urban planning pp. 306-319

Julija Bakunowitsch, Sabine Bongers-Römer and Frank Othengrafen

Disparate goals, progressive ideals? Professional biographies of planners in the UK and their ideas of ‘mission’ pp. 320-338

Ben Clifford and Geoff Vigar

Profit or public service? Tensions and alignment in private planning practice pp. 339-354

John Sturzaker and Hannah Hickman

The experience of others – reflections on professional practice, values and motivations from alternative career journeys pp. 355-362

Andrew Close

The future of the planning profession revisited pp. 363-367

Aude Bicquelet-Lock

Voices from the sharp end: how are the values of today’s planners shaping contemporary practice? pp. 368-374

Catriona Riddell

Volume 39, issue 1, 2024

Regional design: a transformative approach to planning pp. 1-13

Verena Elisabeth Balz

Regional design for post-mining transformation: insights from implementation in Lusatia pp. 14-31

Antje Matern, Jessica Theuner, Robert Knippschild and Tristam Barrett

The impact of regional design on river agreements: the case of the ombrone river in Tuscany pp. 32-53

Carlo Pisano and Valeria Lingua

Disseminating regional design: potentials and barriers in existing spatial planning and governance pp. 54-71

Markus Weinig, Nadia Alaily-Mattar and Alain Thierstein

‘Water as everage’: design-led planning for urban climate resilience pp. 72-92

Annet Kempenaar, Naim Laeni, Margo van den Brink, Tim Busscher and Henk Ovink

Mobilization, assembling and translation of integrated urban development policy in Ukraine: revealing strategies, actors and labors pp. 93-115

Vladyslav Tyminskyi

From territorial capital to regional design: a multidimensional model for territorial analysis and scenario evaluation pp. 116-135

Francesco Orsi, Cristina Cavaco and Jorge Gil

Rehabilitating utopias: the importance of imagination to confronting our spatial challenges pp. 136-155

Joey Koning and Terry van Dijk