• 1. Learning from Planning's Histories. 2.The Centenary of Modern Planning. 3. Re-Examining the International Diffusion of Planning. 4. Quasi Utopias: Perfect Cities in an Imperfect World. 5. Learning from Twentieth Century Urban Design Paradigms: Lessons for the Early Twenty-First Century. 6. Rethinking the Significance of the City Beautiful Idea. 7. The Neighbour Paradigm: From Garden Cities to Gated Communities. 8. Planning for Social Betterment: From Standard of Living to Quality of Life. 9. The Paradoxes of Anti-Sprawl Reform. 10. Motor Vehicles and the Inner City. 11. Planning and Heritage: Towards Integration. 12. Open Space, Urban Planning and the Evolution of the Green City. 13. Diversity, Difference and the Multi-Layered City. 14. Global City Regions: Planning and Policy Dilemmas in the Neo-Liberal World. 15. Is Planning History? Index.

'Planning in a Changing World is a book about planning history for today and for the future.' - Environment and Planning B