Unlearning the Colonial Cultures of Planning

Name: Unlearning the Colonial Cultures of Planning
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780754649885
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By Libby Porter

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Unlearning the Colonial Cultures of Planning explores the integral role of state-based planning in the colonial projects of settler societies. Libby Porter reveals how planning was used to appropriate and manage land, becoming central to colonial invasions. The book further examines how these colonial legacies persist in contemporary postcolonial societies, influencing ongoing land use conflicts between indigenous peoples and planning systems.
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This book is well suited to academics, students, and researchers in planning, geography, and indigenous studies, especially those interested in colonial and postcolonial contexts in settler societies.

Planning is here shown to be integral to colonial projects, used to appropriate territory for management by the state and then to produce an ordered, coherent system of land regulation and control. This is both a demonstration of how planning was central to the colonial invasion of settler states, and an analysis of how it endures as a colonial practice in complex post-colonial settings.

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Colonialization has never failed to provoke discussion and debate over its territorial, economic and political projects, and their ongoing consequences. This work argues that the state-based activity of planning was integral to these projects in conceptualizing, shaping and managing place in settler societies.

Planning was used to appropriate and then produce territory for management by the state and, in doing so, became central to the colonial invasion of settler states. Moreover, the book demonstrates how the colonial roots of planning endure in complex (post)colonial societies and how such roots, manifest in everyday planning practice, continue to shape land use contests between indigenous people and planning systems in contemporary (post)colonial states.

Unlearning the Colonial Cultures of Planning delves into these issues with an insightful perspective, highlighting the enduring legacy of colonial planning practices and their impact on modern-day society.

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Leonie Sandercock praises the book as a 'path-breaking analysis' that deconstructs colonial planning cultures to open space for transformative postcolonial planning. Housing Studies notes its insightful and provocative perspectives, particularly valuable for academics interested in indigenous contexts. New Zealand Geographer highlights the book's usefulness in educational settings dealing with planning and indigenous issues.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780754649885

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 March 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 476g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Dr Libby Porter, Lecturer in Spatial Planning, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, UK