Slow Planning?: Timescapes, Power and Democracy - Paperback

by Mark Dobson (Author), Gavin Parker (Author)

A deep exploration on how questions of time and its organisation affect planning practice, this book is aimed at public and private planning practitioners, national and local politicians and policy makers involved in planning, academics and students studying planning and related disciplines.

It presents time as a pervasive form of power that is used to shape democratic practices, and questions 'project speed' where time to think, deliberate and plan has been squeezed. The authors demonstrate the many benefits of slow planning for the key participants, multiple interests and planning system overall.

Author Biography

Mark Dobson is Lecturer in Planning and Development at the University of Reading, UK. His PhD focused on planning reform and austerity localism.

Gavin Parker is Chair of Planning Studies at the University of Reading, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.