Contents

pp iii-iv

List of tables and figures

pp v-v

List of photographs

pp vi-vi

Editors’ acknowledgements

pp vii-viii

Notes on contributors

pp ix-xiv

one - Introduction

pp 1-16

Part One - Understanding and characterising neighbourhood planning

pp 17-18

two - Neighbourhood planning and the purposes and practices of localism

pp 19-38

three - Neighbourhoods, communities and the local scale

pp 39-56

four - Neighbourhood planning and the spatial practices of localism

pp 57-74

five - The uneven geographies of neighbourhood planning in England

pp 75-92

Part Two - Experiences, contestations and debates

pp 93-94

six - Developing a neighbourhood plan: stories from ‘community-led’ planning pathfinders

pp 95-112

seven - Voices from the neighbourhood: stories from the participants in neighbourhood plans and the professionals working with them

pp 113-126

eight - Participation and conflict in the formation of neighbourhood areas and forums in ‘super-diverse’ cities

pp 127-144

nine - Assembling neighbourhoods: topologies of power and the reshaping of planning

pp 145-162

ten - A passion for place: the emotional identifications and empowerment of neighbourhood planning

pp 163-180

Part Three - International comparisons in community planning

pp 181-182

eleven - Community-based planning and localism in the devolved UK

pp 183-198

twelve - Citizen participation: an essential lever for urban transformation in France?

pp 199-214

thirteen - Localism and neighbourhood planning in Australian public policy and governance

pp 215-230

fourteen - The many lives of neighbourhood planning in the US: much ado about something?

pp 231-248

Part Four - Reflections and conclusions

pp 249-250

fifteen - Reflections on neighbourhood planning: towards a progressive localism

pp 251-268

Index

pp 269-274