1st Edition

Planning Knowledge and Research

Edited By Thomas W. Sanchez Copyright 2018
    282 Pages
    by Routledge

    282 Pages
    by Routledge

    The field of urban planning is far-reaching in breadth and depth. This is due to the complex nature of cities, regions, and development processes. The knowledge domain of planning includes social, economic, technological, environmental, and political systems that continue to evolve and expand rapidly. Understanding these systems is an inter-disciplinary endeavor at the scale of several academic fields. The wide range of topics considered by planning educators and practitioners are often based on varying definitions of "planning" and modes of planning practice. This unique book discusses various elements and contributions to urban planning research to show that seemingly disparate topics do in fact intersect and together, contribute to ways of understanding urban planning. The objective is not to discuss how to "do" research, but rather, to explore the context of urban planning scholarship with implications for the planning academy and planning practice.

    This edited volume includes chapters contributed by a diverse range of planning scholars who consider the corpus of planning scholarship both historically and critically in their area of expertise. It is essential reading for students of planning research and planning theory from around the world.

    Introduction: Planning Knowledge and Research

    Thomas Sanchez

    Part I

    How Theory Links Research and Practice: 70 Years' Planning Theory: A Critical Review

    Ernest Alexander

    Mapping the Knowledge Domain of Urban Planning

    Thomas W. Sanchez and Nader Afzalan

    Planning Research in the Service of Planning Practice: Process and Implementation

    Carolyn G. Loh

    Striving for Impact Beyond the Academy? Planning Research in Australia

    Paul Burton

    Part II

    Planning Culture: Research Heuristics and Explanatory Value

    Karsten Zimmermann, Robin Chang, and Andreas Putlitz

    The Relationship of Green Places and Urban Society: Understanding the Evolution and Integration of City Planning with the Ecological Sciences

    Charles Hostovsky

    Evolution in Land Use and Transportation Research

    Dea van Lierop, Geneviève Boisjoly, Emily Grise, and Ahmed El-Geneidy

    Monitoring Sustainability Culture: An Overview of a Multi-Year Program of Evaluation Research at the University of Michigan

    Robert W. Marans and John Callewaert

    Part III

    Towards an Object-Oriented Case Methodology for Planners

    Robert Beauregard and Laura Lieto

    Urban Morphology as a Research Method

    Brenda Case Scheer

    The Unwarranted Boundaries between Urban Planning and Design in Theory, Practice and Research

    Davide Ponzini

    Part IV

    Use of Planning Magazine to Bridge the Gap Between Researchers and Practitioners

    Kathryn Terzano and Reid Ewing

    Planning from the Inside Out: Using GIS Technology & Citizen Science Post-Disaster in New Orleans

    Michelle M. Thompson

    Planning Our Future Cities: The Role Computer Technologies Can Play

    Robert Goodspeed, Peter Pelzer, and Chris Pettit

    Science in Planning: Theory, Methods and Models

    Michael Batty

    Postscript

    Tom Sanchez

    Appendices

     

    Biography

    Thomas W. Sanchez earned his PhD in City Planning from Georgia Tech in 1996 and has since taught at Iowa State University, Portland State University, and the University of Utah. He is currently chair and professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech. Sanchez conducts research in the areas of transport equity, environmental justice, technology, and scholarly impact. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Housing Policy Debate, a leading journal on housing and community development policy. In 2012 he co-authored, Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity with Marc Brenman. In 2007 they co-authored The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity. Also in 2007 he co-authored The Social Impacts of Urban Containment with Arthur C. Nelson and Casey Dawkins.