Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Planning Theory written by Jean Hillier and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides a stimulating and comprehensive overview of planning theory. It brings together authoritative chapters on key issues from a team of respected experts from within and beyond what is narrowly defined as 'planning'. The authors draw on different disciplinary traditions and theoretical frames to explore different ways of conceptualizing spatial planning. The book is divided into four main sections: understandings of place; understandings of governance; imagining futures; and spatial planning and governance in complexity.