‘If planning is an attempt to control change over time, then time has long been the overlooked ingredient in Planning Theory. This book offers welcome confirmation that thinking about the temporality of planning is both essential and fascinating, with a rich diversity of approaches found across its chapters. The broad implication is that we must change how we conceptualise plans, and how we practice planning in its many contexts. If Ottar Brox showed that planning is as much about where we don’t want to go as where we aim to be, then this book shows us how to undertake the journey in a spirit of openness and generosity of spirit.' Simone Abram, Durham University