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- Title
Works Planners Read: Findings from a Canadian Survey.
- Authors
Filion, Pierre; Shipley, Robert; Te, Zeralynne
- Abstract
This article reports on a survey of the readings that have most influenced the professional development of Canadian planning practitioners. Results indicate that influential writings originate from a wide diversity of sources, both inside and outside the discipline. We also detect a relationship between the age of respondents and that of the works mentioned, pointing to the determining effect of influences encountered during formative years. Works published in the 1960s, which are critical of previous approaches, are widely cited in the survey. A large selection of subsequent works proposing alternatives to mainstream planning suggests a lasting adherence to critical perspectives launched in the 1960s. Consequently, few foundational texts, and more generally works predating the 1960s, figure in the survey.
- Subjects
CANADA; CAREER development; URBAN planners; REGIONAL planners; PUBLIC works; URBAN planning; REGIONAL planning
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 2007, Vol 16, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
1188-3774
- Publication type
Article