2018 IPHS Special Book Prize Award Recipient

The Routledge Handbook of Planning History offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of planning history since its emergence in the late 19th century, investigating the history of the discipline, its core writings, key people, institutions, vehicles, education, and practice. Combining theoretical, methodological, historical, comparative, and global approaches to planning history, The Routledge Handbook of Planning History explores the state of the discipline, its achievements and shortcomings, and its future challenges.

A foundation for the discipline and a springboard for scholarly research, The Routledge Handbook of Planning History explores planning history on an international scale in thirty-eight chapters, providing readers with unique opportunities for comparison. The diverse contributions open up new perspectives on the many ways in which contemporary events, changing research needs, and cutting-edge methodologies shape the writing of planning history.

About the Author

Carola Hein is Professor and Head of the History of Architecture and Urban Planning Chair at TU Delft, the Netherlands. She is the author and editor of several books, including the editor of Port Cities: Dynamic Landscapes and Global Networks, contributor to Reflections on Urban, Regional and National Space by Nishiyama Uzo, and co-editor of Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan. She serves on the boards of the International Planning History Society, the Society for American City and Regional Planning History, and the Urban History Association. She is a member of the editorial boards of Planning Perspectives and the Journal of Urban History.

Reviews

"An ambitious and masterly synthesis of planning history worldwide. The Routledge Handbook of Planning History explores the state of the discipline, its theories, methods, achievements and challenges. The range and erudition of analysis by leading scholars in the field makes this a must-read for anyone interested in the evolution of cities. This is destined to become a classic."

Rosemary Wakeman, Fordham University, USA

"Unprecedentedly global in scope, this ambitious handbook interweaves the fullest-ever account of the historiography and current state of the field. Even more usefully, by helping to hone critical questions, it is an inspiration to those who will craft the planning history of the future."

Lawrence J. Vale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Past President, Society for American City and Regional Planning History

"The Routledge Handbook of Planning History serves as a valued resource for planning educators and students. It is well written and edited, and brings together a range of recent scholarship that would require substantial effort to assemble from journal articles and other sources. Most importantly, it emphasizes the importance of both understanding planning history, for the successful creation and implementation of plans for contemporary communities large and small. In other words, the ideas of our planning heroes must be understood in their original physical and social contexts and carefully interpreted for current use."

Christopher Auffrey, University of Cincinnati, Review in Journal of Urban Affairs

Book Information
ISBN 9780367872373
Author Carola Hein
Format Paperback
Page Count 534
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g