This book brings new scholarship to students on the origins and development of planning thoughts, theories, policies, institutions and practices, outlining how these have shaped planning as a state and professional activity. It showcases the work of leading scholars working to develop new histories of planning, giving particular attention to the impact of colonisation and its approach to race, which has significantly impacted planning processes, as well as to the importance of women and people of colour as significant actors in the development of planning policy and practices. The chapters bring a much-needed global and comparative perspective, including views from the Global South and from countries where planning remains an under-resourced and under-recognised profession. This is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in planning, architecture and urban studies.
Introduction.- Part 1 Legacies of Colonialism.- Indigenous
Relationality and Planning Futures.- Spatial Planning Ideas in African
Cities: origination, circulation and hybridization.- Race in the Garden:
eugenics and utopian planning.- Berlin as European City: omitting
postcolonial conditions after 1989.- Planning histories and the new
progressive planning agenda in Colombia.- Indigenous Futurities: Maori
planning histories and ingenuity.- The History of Planning for Communities
Living on Land under Traditional Authority in Africa.- Part 2 Silenced
Themes and Voices.- "What is our city doing for us?" Placing Collective Care
into Atlanta's Post-Public Housing Movements.- Women, Property-ownership and
Finance: an under-examined contribution to settler city-building in North
America.- The History of Children, Young People and Planning.- Uncovering
Hidden Histories of Community-led Planning.- Mutualism in Housing Provision.-
A Queer Lens for Planning History.- Sidelined by History: revising the
evolution of green-space planning.- Conclusion.
Lauren Andres is Professor of Planning and Urban Transformations and Director of Research at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK.
Yasminah Beebeejaun is Professor of Urban Politics and Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK.
Yvonne Rydin is Professor of Planning, Environment and Public Policy at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK.
