Planning Practice & Research

2011 - 2026

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Volume 41, issue 4, 2026

Publishing in special issues in urban studies and planning: no longer so special? pp. 707-718

Ann Forsyth

Beyond smart cities: quantum-enabled AI for adaptive urban equity and resilience pp. 719-727

Ehsan Dorostkar

Multi-level policy experimentation and institutional change: digital transformation of the spatial planning system in China pp. 728-747

Mingmin (Emily) Pan and Mee Kam Ng

Applying a logistics cluster typology in spatial planning for circularity: lessons from a Dutch policy lab pp. 748-769

Merten Nefs

Understanding the framing of urban policy at the intersection of smart city and urban innovation across Latin American cities: a policy content analysis pp. 770-801

Thomas Harris and Nuno Pinto

Exploring the extent of gender inequality in professional planning practice in Ghana: an analysis of contributing factors pp. 802-818

Abigail Bonnah, Stephen Appiah Takyi, James Alidzi Gbeku, Owusu Amponsah and Amma Birago Kantanka Gyimah

Disaster justice and disastrous governance: what role for risk-based planning? pp. 819-839

Suzanne Vallance and Gradon Diprose

Disaster risk reduction in Chile: a typology of planning action pp. 840-857

Larissa Brandenstein

Using resident perceptions to prioritise heritage governance: spatial planning in Zhengding Ancient City pp. 858-884

Yan Jia and Rongrong Sun

Photovoice in urban planning: operational lessons from engaging young people in municipal spatial planning pp. 885-909

Sofia Lundmark and Romina Rodela

Rethinking child-friendly urbanism in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a comparative neighborhood-scale study of planned and unplanned areas pp. 910-947

Maliha Nowshin Anita and Neelopal Adri

Exploring researcher-practitioner communication in Portuguese spatial planning pp. 948-965

Ana Mélice Dias and Vítor Oliveira

Paralysis or empowerment: climate anxiety, hope and action in planning education pp. 966-985

Jessica Debats Garrison and Douglas Houston

Circular economy as a bridge concept in learning and planning. Insights from an educational university course in a detention centre pp. 986-1007

Chiara Mazzarella and Marilena Prisco

Land use planning and safeguarding of mineral resources: the case of Portugal pp. 1008-1027

Jorge M. F. Carvalho, José Vitor Lisboa and Rute Salgueiro

Environmental transformation of the coal region. Decarbonization in Silesian voivodeship in Poland pp. 1028-1044

Piotr Hetmańczyk and Sylwia Jarosławska - Sobór

Volume 41, issue 3, 2026

Local economic sustainability in rural Norden: planning, policy and practice pp. 473-480

Josefina Syssner

Parallels and divergences: a thematic reading of degrowth and shrinkage literatures pp. 481-500

Sara Löwgren and Josefina Syssner

Place-based development interventions through sparsely populated municipalities in Sweden – governance setting and geographical conditions pp. 501-517

Brita Hermelin

Powering up the periphery – how local governments turn resources into political capital pp. 518-535

Louise Skoog

Mobilizing policy capacity amid rapid green industrialization: peripheral local government in the Northvolt boom-and-bust pp. 536-553

Andreas Asplén Lundstedt, Emma Ek Österberg and Patrik Zapata

Productive ambivalences, dilemmas and limitations: conceptualisations of local economic development in comprehensive planning in shrinking Swedish municipalities pp. 554-575

Josefina Syssner

Local government planning for community sustainability in municipal peripheries: insights from the inland north of Sweden pp. 576-598

Albert Brunet Johansson, Dean B. Carson, Doris A. Carson, Frida Jonsson and Anna-Karin Hurtig

Place-based resources as a means for local economic development – local planning in shrinking rural areas pp. 599-616

Ida Nilsson and Sabrina Fredin

Possibilities and limitations in the planning and provision of local ALMPs in rural settings – perspectives from municipalities in northern Sweden pp. 617-633

John Brauer

Public procurement and local food for sustainable governance: insights from Dalarna, Sweden pp. 634-660

Lena Krautscheid, Rhiannon Pugh and Sara Westerdahl

A new role for food security in regional economic sustainability? A critical analysis of policy implementation of the Swedish Food Strategy and planning for food preparedness in the Uppsala region pp. 661-690

Cristián Alarcón-Ferrari, Johanna Bergman Lodin, Margarita Cuadra, Alessandra Corrado and Marcelo Garrido

Stigma, constraints and policy paralysis. Explaining local governments’ failure to deal with population decline pp. 691-705

Marlies Meijer and Josefina Syssner

Volume 41, issue 2, 2026

Challenges for the application of circular economy and urban metabolism principles. Towards circularity in urban planning practice, education and research pp. 259-264

Alexander Wandl and Libera Amenta

Which circularity for urban design and planning? A compass to navigate circular economy research knowledge and methods pp. 265-284

Andrea Bortolotti, Giulia Caterina Verga and Ahmed Zaib Khan

Identifying site-specific circularity potential in the built environment through socio-spatial visualizations pp. 285-302

Ellen Verbiest, Julie Marin, Bruno De Meulder and Andrew Vande Moere

Challenges of applying circular economy principles in urban planning practice in Pécs (Hungary) pp. 303-316

Viktor Varjú and Ágnes Óvári

The Delft scales to aspects circular built environment model: the result of two years of interdisciplinary discussions pp. 317-338

A. Wandl, O. Ioannou, V. Gruis, D. Peck, A. Jenkins, B. Geldermans, K. van den Berghe, F. Bucci-Ancapi, T. Tsui, M. van Uden, T. Egger, M. Dabrowski, P. Medici and T. Klein

Six recommendations for a circular city. Pushing the sustainable urban transition forward pp. 339-356

Libera Amenta

Living with water: (re)imagining land–sea spaces in Naples as a design strategy to (re)conceptualise port cities as circular landscapes pp. 357-375

Paolo De Martino, Francesco Musco and Michelangelo Russo

Integrated strategies toward circular and resilient cities: a case study on the Structural Plan of Sant’Anastasia (Naples) pp. 376-394

Libera Amenta, Anna Attademo, Marilù Vaccaro and Fabio Di Iorio

Bridging gaps with a spatial strategy for the circularity transition: practice review from Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands pp. 395-419

Jeroen van Schaick

Integration by design: exploring circularity in planning education pp. 420-436

A. Bortolotti, M. De Marchi and G. Lucertini

Imagining inclusive circular cities: the role of social fiction in planning education pp. 437-453

Wendy Wuyts

Circular economy practice in urban regeneration: a case study of Guanzhou community pp. 454-471

Weipeng Zhu, Jinghuan He, Fei Wang, Chengfang Wang, Shuyu Liang and Qian Huang

Volume 41, issue 1, 2026

Planning in transition: the case of Greece pp. 1-14

Louis Wassenhoven and Evangelos Asprogerakas

The Greek legislative decree of 1923: the legal foundation for modern urban planning pp. 15-31

Dimitris Melissas

Shifts in planning tradition amid an economic crisis and in light of a planning reform: the case of Greece pp. 32-51

Anastasia Tasopoulou

Integrated territorial investments and the ‘Europeanization’ of spatial planning and territorial development in Greece: weakening institutional dualism? pp. 52-68

Nikos Karadimitriou and Athanasios Pagonis

Planning reform and change in times of economic crisis: lessons from the expansion of private-led planning in Greece pp. 69-89

Georgia Giannakourou and Konstantina Stamatiou

Strategic dilemmas for the redevelopment of a former airport in Athens, Greece pp. 90-102

Evangelos Asprogerakas

Assessing the effectiveness of regional development planning in Greece through the detection of changes in recent developmental laws pp. 103-123

Thomas Krabokoukis, Dimitrios Tsiotas and Serafeim Polyzos

Integrated approach for the development of railway as a core dimension of spatial planning pp. 124-143

Chrysaida-Aliki Papadopoulou and Maria Giaoutzi

Hot spots for risk-based planning in Greece – the cases of floods and forest fires pp. 144-168

Kalliopi Sapountzaki and Katerina Dermosinoglou

Exploring the dual role of the State in post-crisis project-led planning practice in Greece: over-regulator or enabler? pp. 169-183

Georgia Gemenetzi

Spatial planning in Greece: framework critical review, challenges and perspectives pp. 184-205

Anestis Gourgiotis and Georgios Tsilimigkas

Marine spatial planning in Greece: issues raised from the preparation of the Marine Spatial Framework for the North Aegean region pp. 206-224

Athena Yiannakou, Anestis Gourgiotis and Konstantina Dimitra Salata

Establishing cultural and natural heritage areas as protected landscapes: an institutional framework for Greece pp. 225-242

George Faidon D. Papakonstantinou and Maria P. Papadopoulou

Policy and legal framework for the spatial development of the extractive industry in Greece pp. 243-258

Lena Karka