Reflections on planning education in Europe

Article Abstract:

Education for urban planners in Europe needs strengthening in various aspects if the voice of planners is to be heard. Planning should, for example, integrate different strands of planning theory, and look beyond individual nations to Europe as a whole. Planners need to be politically aware, for example in lobbying for support for projects, they should be normative in their perspective, seek to innovate, and use an entrepreneurial approach, a stance which involves the ability to negotiate.

Editorial, Study and teaching, Western Europe, Metropolitan areas, Urban policy, Europe, Western

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Make no little buildings

Article Abstract:

The skills of town planning and architecture are seldom taught as a single qualification, which means that very little knowledge overlap exists between the professions. The lack of inter-discipline understanding, which has become worse since the second world war, would be lessened if joint training exercises were carried out. The roles of the planner and architect have changed dramatically in recent years due to economic constraints and social attitudes.

Architects

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From discourse to facts: the case of the ROM Project in Ghent, Belgium

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The way to solve complex spatial problems is assumed to depend on the ability to combine strategic visioning with short term to long-term action programmes. The Rom Project in Ghent Canal Zone was set up to develop an integrated strategic plan for the purpose of tackling problems by developing a selective consensus and deciding on joint actions among different actors at the different scale levels.

United States, Analysis, City planning and redevelopment law

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