Dorina Pojani is Associate Professor of Urban Planning at The University of Queensland, Australia. A native of Albania, she conducts international and comparative research on various aspects of the built environment, including urban design, transport, and housing. She has also authored Trophy Cities: A Feminist Perspective on New Capitals (Edward Elgar, 2021).Ranja Hautamäki is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Aalto University, Finland. Her research focuses on planning practices, discourses, and conceptions of nature and welfare. Her recent projects on nature-based planning solutions aim to develop practices and tools that tackle climate change, biodiversity, and well-being.

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSCHAPTER 1 IntroductionCHAPTER 2 Play 1: Tirana RocksCHAPTER 3 Play 2: Garden HelsinkiCHAPTER 4 Synthesis: Power and moneyCHAPTER 5 Conclusion: Undistorting planningREFERENCESAPPENDICES INDEX