Planning Perspectives

A bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of history, planning and the environment. Latest issue:

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#MarcelVellinga explores the overlooked planning ideas of #ErwinAntonGutkind and his vision of a #creativedemobilisation during and after #WorldWarII.The paper revisits debates on #decentralisation, regional planning, and alternative futures for post-war reconstruction.@tandfhss

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#Newarticle is released by #ImranGümüşBattal.Drawing on nearly four decades of #WorldHabitatAward-winning projects (1986–2023), we examine how housing design has evolved in response to social, technological, and environmental challenges.
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#Housing #UrbanPlanning #Habitat

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#TuesdayReading How did #colonialgovernments respond to urban environmental challenges? #KrisnandaTheoPrimaditya explores cleanliness policies, sanitation infrastructure, and urban governance in Surakarta, Indonesia, between 1897 and 1930.@tandfhss #EnvironmentalHistory

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#Mondayreading #SóniaAlves examines Évora’s first planned urban expansion in the 1940s, revealing how historic-city protection, housing provision and social differentiation were institutionalised under Portugal’s Estado Novo regime. @tandfhss #planninghistory

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📰"Eastern European Reconstruction: a new perspective on over 80 years of post-WW2 recovery experiences"
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Call for Proposals for Papers for a Special Issue of @PlanningPersp is open until 28th February 2026!
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Link to the full CfP: https://t.co/m7bkQu0eFF

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📢#Reminder:Call for Papers! Submit your 300-word abstract for the #PlanningPerspectives Special Issue: #EasternEuropeanReconstruction.
📅 Abstract Deadline: 28th February 2026.
📧 Submit to: Łukasz Bugalski ([email protected]) @tandfhss

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#GabrielSchwake argues that today’s crises call for a radical #planninghistory,while also warning of a #radicalcatch where crisis can limit radical imagination. #criticalurbanism @tandfonline doi:10.1080/02665433.2026.2613117

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#weekendvibe,#HasanDogan uses #MichelFoucault’s #heterotopia to interpret Sümerbank industrial campuses (1923–45) as spatial tools for modernity and social ordering in early #RepublicanTürkiye @tandfonline @tandfhss doi:10.1080/02665433.2025.2602729

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#HappyFriday An article by #AbrahamR.Matamanda and hisfriends examines how unauthorised land occupations shape planning outcomes on #SouthAfrica’s #urbanperipheries linking land access, housing shortages, and #tenurepolitics. #propertyrights doi:10.1080/02665433.2026.2615139

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#Thursdayreading An article by #JulietDavis and #ClareMelhuish asks what it could mean to #decolonize planning history,warning against vague use of the term and proposing five practical avenues for the future of #PlanningPerspectives #colonialism doi:10.1080/02665433.2025.2598764

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#Wednesdayreading Article by #LauraKolbe traces #Nordicurbanplanning culture and cross-border influences from 1850–2025, linking the evolution of municipal #welfare and #sustainableservices to growing cooperation between capital cities doi:10.1080/02665433.2025.2612506

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#HappyTuesday New article by #GazmendUka explores how municipalities have shaped urban form in #Kosovo and how weak implementation of zoning and permit-led development can drive informal growth and fragmented urban patterns #planninglawurbanform doi:10.1080/02665433.2026.2620016

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Making a rare foray back on here to tell you about a new paper: it's an extended introduction to a special issue on International #Expos which will be published in @PlanningPersp soon. Might be interesting for @bieparis and those following @Expo2030Riyadh
https://t.co/mmHOutwHoW

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#weekendvibe a book review #FláviaBritodoNascimento’s Cotidiano Conjunto offers a powerful examination of #domesticity, gender, and heritage in modern social housing, foregrounding residents’ lived experiences. https://t.co/ZoUSTFfU8a
#SocialHousing #Heritage @tandfhss

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#Newreview by #RacheldeAlmeida Viana’s #Anthropology Meets the Favela revisits Anthony & Elizabeth Leeds’ groundbreaking #1960sethnography in Jacarezinho, showing how their work shaped #Brazilianurbansociology and favela studies.
https://t.co/WAvInxMPpE
#FavelaStudies @tandfhss

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#HappyFriday An article by #MarinaBargón-García revisits #PedroGarcíaFaria’s unbuilt #1922plan for #Cáceres, revealing how technocratic and hygienist urbanism shaped early 20th-century #Spanishplanning—and why the project ultimately failed.
https://t.co/T7gc0FBGrp @tandfhss

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#Newarticle by @SahandLotfi examines a century of planning around #Shiraz’s Shah-Cheragh Complex, introducing the concept of #degenerativeregeneration to describe the loss of #historicfabric under institutional and political pressures. https://t.co/CCri36ik1u
#Heritage @tandfhss

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#Fascinatingnewstudy by @JunweiLi traces the transatlantic origins of the plot ratio, uncovering how #NewYorkCity’s #1961zoningreform influenced #HongKong’s 1962 Buildings Ordinance.
https://t.co/I9i9scwxF9
#ZoningHistory #FAR #PlanningResearch @tandfhss

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#Newarticle by @XuefengBai. The study proposes an innovative methodology that integrates GIS-based spatial analysis with #literatipoems and government records to uncover the layered evolution of #Nanjingshistoricurbanlandscape. https://t.co/IrXTMBsazf

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#Newweeknewideas @HoucineAbdelmalek’s article offers a nuanced look at Law 08/15, informality, and #Islamicurbanethics in #postcolonialBéchar. A powerful read on how planning, custom, and lived reality intersect in Saharan cities. https://t.co/yIVbSekbar
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