{"title":"Jean Hillier","description":"\u003cp\u003eJean Hillier's work delves into the intricate relationships between urban planning and the complexity of contemporary landscapes. Readers can explore thoughtful analyses that challenge traditional perspectives, blending theoretical insights with practical concerns in the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on the dynamics of change and adaptation, Hillier's writing offers an engaging journey through the science and nature of planning processes. Her books invite readers to reconsider how complexity shapes the spaces we inhabit and the decisions that affect them.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"complexity-and-planning-by-gert-de-roo-9781409403470","title":"Complexity and Planning","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplexity, complex systems and complexity theories are becoming increasingly important within a variety of disciplines. While these issues are less well known within the discipline of spatial planning, there has been a recent growing awareness and interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs planners grapple with how to consider the vagaries of the real world when putting together proposals for future development, they question how complexity, complex systems and complexity theories might prove useful with regard to spatial planning and the physical environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComplexity and Planning\u003c\/em\u003e provides a readable overview, presenting and relating a range of understandings and characteristics of complexity and complex systems as they are relevant to planning. It recognises multiple, relational approaches of dynamic complexity which enhance understandings of, and facilitate working with, contingencies of place, time and the various participants' behaviours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn doing so, it should contribute to a better understanding of processes with regard to our physical and social worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605254750444,"sku":"9781409403470","price":365.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781409403470-complexity-and-planning.jpg?v=1778128878"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jean-hillier.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}