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The Topology of Planning Theories

A Systematization of Planning Knowledge

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Authors:
  1. Meike Levin-Keitel

    1. Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

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  2. Lukas Behrend

    1. Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

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  • Knowledge-oriented systematization of planning knowledge
  • Helpful overview for users of all planning-involved domains
  • Recalibrating planning practice and science in the discourse of philosophy of science

Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)

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The book discusses and organizes planning theories in a new way. Building on a foundation in scientific theory, both planning practice and the planning sciences are thereby classified and their inherent importance is organized in terms of knowledge generation. The core of the book is a knowledge-oriented systematization of planning knowledge in the form of planning theories, the topology of planning theories. The target audience of this work are academic as well as practical users from diverse disciplines with spatial impact, such as spatial planning, urban planning, regional planning, landscape planning, geography, urban studies, architecture and landscape architecture. 

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Just a Word in the Beginning

    • Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend
    Pages 1-9

  3. Planning Practice and Practices of Spatial Planning

    • Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend
    Pages 11-24

  4. Planning Knowledge

    • Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend
    Pages 25-41

  5. Value Orientation in Spatial Planning

    • Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend
    Pages 43-62

  6. Planning Theories and Existing Systematisation Approaches

    • Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend
    Pages 63-76

  7. Topology of Planning Theories

    • Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend
    Pages 77-97

  8. What Can Planning Achieve?

    • Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend
    Pages 99-104

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 105-114
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

    Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend

About the authors

Prof. Dr. Meike Levin-Keitel teaches and researches at the TU Dortmund University, Faculty of Spatial Planning in the field of spatial transformation in the digital age. She is interested in planning theories and their enhancement for years, she connects these fundamentals with questions of spatial transformation in cities and rural areas.

Lukas Behrend studied urban planning, philosophy and political science. He is a research assistant at the TU Berlin University and a doctoral student at the TU Dortmund University and particularly interested in questions of epistemology and ethics in spatial planning and development.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Topology of Planning Theories

  • Book Subtitle: A Systematization of Planning Knowledge

  • Authors: Meike Levin-Keitel, Lukas Behrend

  • Series Title: The Urban Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37857-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-37856-0Published: 23 September 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-37859-1Due: 24 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-37857-7Published: 22 September 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2365-757X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-7588

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 114

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Science, multidisciplinary, Geography, general, Human Geography, Geography, general

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