Planning Theory expresses a sound unease about the direction taken by the current analysis and criticism of planning experiences. To oppose the debate that freezes planning as a permanently declining engagement, this book aims to identify the essential guidelines of a re-launch of planning processes and techniques, configuring a kind of neo-discipline. This builds upon a multi-disciplinary integration - never seen and experimented with until now.
Professor of Planning (in several Italian Universities, and lastly at the Postgraduate School of Public Administration, Rome; President of the Planning Studies Centre, Rome). He has been consultant of many international institutions (UNDP, UNESCO, UN-ECE, UNEP, OECD, European Union, Council of Europe and others) and of the Italian Government. Author of some books in economics and planning, which have had international audience within the scientific community, like The Associative Economy (Macmillan, 2000), The Ecological City (Ashgate, 1997), Economy and Ecology (co-ed., Kluwer, 1992), and others. |