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Planning Without Growth

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Many planning systems are currently locked into growth-dependence, encouraging market-led development which can widen social inequalities and produce adverse environmental outcomes. This accessibl...
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  • 25 March 2025
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Many planning systems are currently locked into growth-dependence, encouraging market-led development which can widen social inequalities and produce adverse environmental outcomes.

This accessible book introduces students to the debates around growth and planning and sets out the solutions to promote genuinely sustainable communities. It includes:

• a positive proposal for reform of the planning system;

• focused discussions from the UK and Europe providing lessons for future planning;

• analysis of the challenges of implementing reform.

Covering chapters on cooperatives, community land trusts, local economic development and community assets and infrastructure, as well as commoning, it provides a roadmap for planning system reform with social justice and sustainability at its heart.

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Price: $32.95
Pages: 218
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Policy Press
Publication Date: 25 March 2025
ISBN: 9781447369776
Format: Paperback
BISACs: ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Regional and area planning, City and town planning: architectural aspects
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“This book shows that planning beyond growth is today necessary, desirable and viable. Rydin harnesses the power of the foundational economy to create a paradigm of socio-spatial change that places universal essential needs at its heart. Her pragmatic approach will inspire a whole future generation of planning professionals.” Federico Savini, University of Amsterdam

'The timeliness and the practical relevance of the topic addressed by the book, paired with its approachable writing style, makes it a valuable resource for a wide range of audiences.' Town Planning Review
Yvonne Rydin is Professor of Planning, Environment and Public Policy at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.

1. Planning and the Pro-growth Agenda

2. Alternative Perspectives on Planning and Growth

3. A Post-growth Framework for Exploring Planning Without Growth

4. Economic Development and Small Local Firms

5. Economic Democracy and Cooperatives

6. Housing Development and Community Land Trusts

7. Community Assets and Social Enterprise

8. Community-Based Infrastructure

9. Urban Commoning

10. Planning without Growth as Rebalancing a Diverse Economy