The Ashgate Research Companion to Planning and Culture

Global Launch by Professor Geoffrey Gallop, Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney

The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney is proud to invite you to the launch of The Ashgate Research Companion to Planning and Culture by Professor Geoffrey Gallop. The book is edited by Adjunct Associate Professor Greg Young (Principal Editor), University of Sydney, and Professor Deborah Stevenson, UWS.

THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2014
6pm - 8pm
The Hearth, Level 2, Wilkinson Building
Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
148 City Road, University of Sydney

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THE BOOK
The Ashgate Research Companion to Planning and Culture is a world first as a scholarly publication mapping the relationship between planning and culture in interdisciplinary and global terms. Containing some twenty-seven new chapters by world thought leaders, the book shows how culture influences planning and how culture can be mobilised to achieve better planning. Contributions are from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. The book was conceptualised and edited in Australia and is a milestone in the increasing worldwide recognition of culture and cultural evidence as key components and drivers of sustainable planning. The Companion should stand as a landmark contribution from Australia to world planning culture and research.

SPEAKERS FOR THE EVENING

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Peter Phibbs, MC, is Professor and Head of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
• Stephen Garton is Professor and Vice Chancellor, or John Redmond is Professor and Faculty Dean
• Professor Geoff Gallop, Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney
• Greg Young is Adjunct Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
• Deborah Stevenson is Professor of Sociology, UWS