Book of Abstracts : 2nd World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC-06)

Abstract

This volume presents the abstracts of contributions to the 2nd World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC-06), held in Mexico City from 12 to 16 July 2006 under the theme “Planning for Diversity and Multiplicity: A New Agenda for the World Planning Community.” The publication includes a wide range of papers organized into the following thematic tracks: Governance, Politics and Conflict; Informal Housing and Land Tenure; Housing and Community Development; Gender, Ethnicity, Identity and Social Equity; Technology and Planning; National, Regional and Local Planning under Conditions of Globalization; Planning History; Planning Theory; Spatial Policies and Land Use Planning; Urban Cultures, Heritage and Urban Design; Transportation and Infrastructure; Planning Education and Planning Practice; Comparative Development Planning; Multi-national and Cross-border Planning; Planning Law, Administration and Property Rights; Environment, Sustainability, Social Justice and Resource Management; Economic Planning and Development; Healthy Cities; Rural and Regional Planning and Development; and Planning in Mexico and Latin America.