The Routledge Handbook of Regional Design

Reviews / Votes

"This book brings together a diversity of chapters dealing with theoretical advances and practical innovations in the newly emerging field of regional design. These chapters cover an exceptionally broad international and thematic range of questions. As the editors and contributors argue, existing political administrations, from the local to the national, are ill-equipped to deal with the mounting problems of institutional and spatial design in the exploding city-regions, mega-regions and bio-regions of the contemporary world. The book offers many penetrating insights into these problems and offers much new thinking about critical issues of governance. It is destined to be widely read by academics, practitioners and students."

-Allen J. Scott, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

"At a time when societies all over the world face major challenges, planning and planners are urged to move beyond the local level. This timely and well-balanced book combines reflections on the foundation of regional design with carefully selected case studies and considerations for education and governance by leading thinkers and practitioners from around the globe."

-Louis Albrechts, Emeritus Professor of Planning, KULeuven "This book brings together a diversity of chapters dealing with theoretical advances and practical innovations in the newly emerging field of regional design. These chapters cover an exceptionally broad international and thematic range of questions. As the editors and contributors argue, existing political administrations, from the local to the national, are ill-equipped to deal with the mounting problems of institutional and spatial design in the exploding city-regions, mega-regions and bio-regions of the contemporary world. The book offers many penetrating insights into these problems and offers much new thinking about critical issues of governance. It is destined to be widely read by academics, practitioners and students."

Allen J. Scott, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

"At a time when societies all over the world face major challenges, planning and planners are urged to move beyond the local level. This timely and well-balanced book combines reflections on the foundation of regional design with carefully selected case studies and considerations for education and governance by leading thinkers and practitioners from around the globe."

Louis Albrechts, Emeritus Professor of Planning, KULeuven

"Michael Neuman and Wil Zonneveld's Routledge Handbook of Regional Design provides a timely response to set the intellectual agenda for regional planning. This handbook is long overdue ... very interesting and informative. The coverage of cases across different countries and continents does provide a rich source of reference and showcases the contemporary landscape of regional design. "

Cecilia Wong, University of Manchester

"If you are interested in all things regional, spatial, planning, and governance then this is a book for you... the Handbook excels ... important ... distinctive contribution"

John Harrison, Loughborough University:

"Expands traditional understandings of 'design' in new directions fascinating chapters, providing concise [case study] histories."

Stephen Wheeler, University of California at Davis

"Offers a wealth of well-documented case histories [plus] an inspiring diversity of special topics on how to understand certain qualities of the region and its governance [that] informs today's integral policy-making."

Terry van Dijk, University of Groningen

"Michael Neuman's seminal 2000 article [Chapter 1] initiated a surge of interest in what he has called regional design... a sweeping view... Neuman and Zonnefeld deserve praise for their latest entry in this long history."

Michael Teitz, University of California at Berkeley