GEOFF VIGAR is Lecturer in Planning, University of Newcastle.PATSY HEALEY is Professor of Planning Theory, University of Newcastle.ANGELA HULL is Senior Lecturer in Town Planning, University of Newcastle.SIMIN DAVOUDI is Lecturer in Town Planning, University College London.

'A very useful text for researching purposes, balancing theory with practice.' - Nick Bailey, University of Westminster

• PART I: RESEARCHING PLANNING PRACTICE AND THEORYPlanning Systems and Territorial GovernanceConstructing Accounts of Planning Practices: Theories and ConceptsPART II: PLANNING, GOVERNANCE AND SPATIAL STRATEGYPlanning and Governance in Three LocalitiesCascading Numbers: Finding New Space for HousingJobs, Sites and Portfolio: Allocating Large Sites for Economic Development PurposesTransport at a Metaphorical Crossroads: The Gradual Penetration of a Sustainable Development DiscourseManaging Waste: An Emerging Discourse in the Planning System?PART III: THE DISCOURSES AND INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS OF THE PLANNING SYSTEMPlanning Discourses in TransitionThe Policy Communities of Spatial Strategy-making: The Emergence of a Regional Corporatism?PART IV: CONCLUSIONS: TOWARDS A POLITICS OF PLACE?Spatial Regulation or Spatial Planning: The Emergence of a New Politics of Place?

GEOFF VIGAR is Lecturer in Planning, University of Newcastle.PATSY HEALEY is Professor of Planning Theory, University of Newcastle.ANGELA HULL is Senior Lecturer in Town Planning, University of Newcastle.SIMIN DAVOUDI is Lecturer in Town Planning, University College London.

'A very useful text for researching purposes, balancing theory with practice.' - Nick Bailey, University of Westminster

• PART I: RESEARCHING PLANNING PRACTICE AND THEORYPlanning Systems and Territorial GovernanceConstructing Accounts of Planning Practices: Theories and ConceptsPART II: PLANNING, GOVERNANCE AND SPATIAL STRATEGYPlanning and Governance in Three LocalitiesCascading Numbers: Finding New Space for HousingJobs, Sites and Portfolio: Allocating Large Sites for Economic Development PurposesTransport at a Metaphorical Crossroads: The Gradual Penetration of a Sustainable Development DiscourseManaging Waste: An Emerging Discourse in the Planning System?PART III: THE DISCOURSES AND INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS OF THE PLANNING SYSTEMPlanning Discourses in TransitionThe Policy Communities of Spatial Strategy-making: The Emergence of a Regional Corporatism?PART IV: CONCLUSIONS: TOWARDS A POLITICS OF PLACE?Spatial Regulation or Spatial Planning: The Emergence of a New Politics of Place?

GEOFF VIGAR is Lecturer in Planning, University of Newcastle.PATSY HEALEY is Professor of Planning Theory, University of Newcastle.ANGELA HULL is Senior Lecturer in Town Planning, University of Newcastle.SIMIN DAVOUDI is Lecturer in Town Planning, University College London.

'A very useful text for researching purposes, balancing theory with practice.' - Nick Bailey, University of Westminster

• PART I: RESEARCHING PLANNING PRACTICE AND THEORYPlanning Systems and Territorial GovernanceConstructing Accounts of Planning Practices: Theories and ConceptsPART II: PLANNING, GOVERNANCE AND SPATIAL STRATEGYPlanning and Governance in Three LocalitiesCascading Numbers: Finding New Space for HousingJobs, Sites and Portfolio: Allocating Large Sites for Economic Development PurposesTransport at a Metaphorical Crossroads: The Gradual Penetration of a Sustainable Development DiscourseManaging Waste: An Emerging Discourse in the Planning System?PART III: THE DISCOURSES AND INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS OF THE PLANNING SYSTEMPlanning Discourses in TransitionThe Policy Communities of Spatial Strategy-making: The Emergence of a Regional Corporatism?PART IV: CONCLUSIONS: TOWARDS A POLITICS OF PLACE?Spatial Regulation or Spatial Planning: The Emergence of a New Politics of Place?