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A Planner's Encounter with Complexity (Paperback)
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A Planner's Encounter with Complexity (Paperback)
Series: New Directions in Planning Theory
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Spatial planning is about dealing with our 'everyday' environment.
In A Planner's Encounter with Complexity we present various
understandings of complexity and how the environment is considered
accordingly. One of these considerations is the environment as
subject to processes of continuous change, being either progressive
or destructive, evolving non-linearly and alternating between
stable and dynamic periods. If the environment that is subject to
change is adaptive, self-organizing, robust and flexible in
relation to this change, a process of evolution and co-evolution
can be expected. This understanding of an evolving environment is
not mainstream to every planner. However, in A Planner's Encounter
with Complexity, we argue that environments confronted with
discontinuous, non-linear evolving processes might be more real
than the idea that an environment is simply a planner's creation.
Above all, we argue that recognizing the 'complexity' of our
environment offers an entirely new perspective on our world and our
environment, on planning theory and practice, and on the raison
d'Atre of the planners that we are. A Planner's Encounter with
Complexity is organized into 17 chapters. It begins with the
interplay of planning and complexity from the perspective of
contemporary planning theory. It continues by critically assessing
planning theory and practice in the light of the interdisciplinary
debate regarding complexity thinking. As the book progresses, it
positions itself ever closer to the perspective of complexity
thinking, looking at the planning discipline 'from the outside in',
clarifying the facets of complexity and its importance in planning.
Finally, conceptual and theoretical developments towards more
applied examples are identified in order to see the interplay of
planning and complexity in practice. This book emphasizes the
importance of complexity in planning, clarifies many of the
concepts and theories, presents examples on planning and
complexity, and proposes new ideas and methods for planning.
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