Making Better Places: The Planning Project in the Twenty-First Century

This book provides a major new introduction to planning by one of the leading figures in the field which goes beyond description of its central ideas and practices to stress the importance of and provide a reassessment of, its potential to improve the quality of life in the 21st century.

PATSY HEALEY is Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She is fellow of the British Academy and her many original contributions to the field of planning include Collaborative Planning (2nd edition, 2005) also published by Palgrave Macmillan.