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📰"Eastern European Reconstruction: a new perspective on over 80 years of post-WW2 recovery experiences" . Call for Proposals for Papers for a Special Issue of @PlanningPersp is open until 28th February 2026! . . . Link to the full CfP: lnkd.in/dMUzmN6K

📢#Reminder:Call for Papers! Submit your 300-word abstract for the #PlanningPerspectives Special Issue: #EasternEuropeanReconstruction. 📅 Abstract Deadline: 28th February 2026. 📧 Submit to: Łukasz Bugalski (lukasz.bugalski@pg.edu.pl) @tandfhss

#GabrielSchwake argues that today’s crises call for a radical #planninghistory,while also warning of a #radicalcatch where crisis can limit radical imagination. #criticalurbanism @tandfonline doi:10.1080/02665433.2026.2613117

#weekendvibe,#HasanDogan uses #MichelFoucault’s #heterotopia to interpret Sümerbank industrial campuses (1923–45) as spatial tools for modernity and social ordering in early #RepublicanTürkiye @tandfonline @tandfhss doi:10.1080/02665433.2025.2602729

#HappyFriday An article by #AbrahamR.Matamanda and hisfriends examines how unauthorised land occupations shape planning outcomes on #SouthAfrica’s #urbanperipheries linking land access, housing shortages, and #tenurepolitics. #propertyrights doi:10.1080/02665433.2026.2615139

#Thursdayreading An article by #JulietDavis and #ClareMelhuish asks what it could mean to #decolonize planning history,warning against vague use of the term and proposing five practical avenues for the future of #PlanningPerspectives #colonialism doi:10.1080/02665433.2025.2598764

#Wednesdayreading Article by #LauraKolbe traces #Nordicurbanplanning culture and cross-border influences from 1850–2025, linking the evolution of municipal #welfare and #sustainableservices to growing cooperation between capital cities doi:10.1080/02665433.2025.2612506

#HappyTuesday New article by #GazmendUka explores how municipalities have shaped urban form in #Kosovo and how weak implementation of zoning and permit-led development can drive informal growth and fragmented urban patterns #planninglawurbanform doi:10.1080/02665433.2026.2620016

Making a rare foray back on here to tell you about a new paper: it's an extended introduction to a special issue on International #Expos which will be published in @PlanningPersp soon. Might be interesting for @bieparis and those following @Expo2030Riyadh tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

#weekendvibe a book review #FláviaBritodoNascimento’s Cotidiano Conjunto offers a powerful examination of #domesticity, gender, and heritage in modern social housing, foregrounding residents’ lived experiences. doi.org/10.1080/026654… #SocialHousing #Heritage @tandfhss

#Newreview by #RacheldeAlmeida Viana’s #Anthropology Meets the Favela revisits Anthony & Elizabeth Leeds’ groundbreaking #1960sethnography in Jacarezinho, showing how their work shaped #Brazilianurbansociology and favela studies. doi.org/10.1080/026654… #FavelaStudies @tandfhss

#HappyFriday An article by #MarinaBargón-García revisits #PedroGarcíaFaria’s unbuilt #1922plan for #Cáceres, revealing how technocratic and hygienist urbanism shaped early 20th-century #Spanishplanning—and why the project ultimately failed. doi.org/10.1080/026654… @tandfhss

#Newarticle by @SahandLotfi examines a century of planning around #Shiraz’s Shah-Cheragh Complex, introducing the concept of #degenerativeregeneration to describe the loss of #historicfabric under institutional and political pressures. doi.org/10.1080/026654… #Heritage @tandfhss

#Fascinatingnewstudy by @JunweiLi traces the transatlantic origins of the plot ratio, uncovering how #NewYorkCity’s #1961zoningreform influenced #HongKong’s 1962 Buildings Ordinance. doi.org/10.1080/026654… #ZoningHistory #FAR #PlanningResearch @tandfhss

#Newarticle by @XuefengBai. The study proposes an innovative methodology that integrates GIS-based spatial analysis with #literatipoems and government records to uncover the layered evolution of #Nanjingshistoricurbanlandscape. doi.org/10.1080/026654…

#Newweeknewideas @HoucineAbdelmalek’s article offers a nuanced look at Law 08/15, informality, and #Islamicurbanethics in #postcolonialBéchar. A powerful read on how planning, custom, and lived reality intersect in Saharan cities. doi.org/10.1080/026654… @tandfonline @tandfhss

#NewinPlanningPerspectives Ray Bromley revisits #NYC’s 1939–40 & 1964–65 World’s #Fairs—Flushing Meadows’ shift from the “Valley of Ashes,” Robert Moses’s grand visions, and lasting legacies for parks, stadiums & car culture. @tandfhss doi.org/10.1080/026654… #WorldsFair

#tuesdayvibe #RobertHome reviews 40+ years of scholarship on #Africanplanninghistory from national traditions and colonial legacies to governance, women’s roles, and African agency mapping achievements and future opportunities. doi.org/10.1080/026654… @tandfhss

#Mondayreading Stephen V. Ward revisits two seminal books by founding editors #GordonE.Cherry (1974) and #TonySutcliffe (1981), reflecting on the birth of #PlanningPerspectives and the rise of planning history in the 1970s–80s. doi.org/10.1080/026654…

#NewinPlanningPerspectives Qianyu Lu & Richard Hu unpack how #ShanghaiExpo2010 reframed urban regeneration through state developmentalism and ecotopia—between green ideals and mixed outcomes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/026654… #UrbanPlanning #PlanningHistory #GreenUrbanism🌏