Innovation in Public Planning Calculate, Communicate and Innovate
This book contributes to the discourse on planning theory by accentuating the perspective of public innovation. Extending planning theory's traditional two major perspectives - 'Communicate' and 'Calculate' - the book argues that contemporary planning the
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Innovation in Public Planning
Aksel Hagen • Ulla Higdem Editors
Innovation in Public Planning Calculate, Communicate and Innovate
Editors Aksel Hagen Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Lillehammer, Norway
Ulla Higdem Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Lillehammer, Norway
ISBN 978-3-030-46135-5 ISBN 978-3-030-46136-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46136-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Maram_shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
As planning researchers, we have long recorded that planners and politicians have used the concept of innovation for many years to inspire and improve their practices. Over the last 15 years, the body of literature on innovation in, for and about the public sector, including public planning, has expanded substantially. Innovation has become an imperative for the public sector including planning. In planning theory, discussion of the innovation concept is less common than might be expected given the public sector’s overall level of theoretical interest in the topic. If planning theory still aims both to describe and to prescribe planning, then it is our view that innovation also must be given more theoretical attention. This book aims at contributing to the discourse on innovation in planning theory. Our efforts have led to the introduction of a theoretical framework for how to understand innovation in planning today by building on other scholars and the several contributions of this book. A central inspirational force for this book is the planning theor
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