Some aspects of creative planning have been fun.
Students from Columbia University's graduate program on urban planning have been studying Ikea's now-defunct proposal.
Budgets for subsidised condoms and family planning have been cut; paternity and maternity leave, already generous, has increased.
Traditionally, these two subjects – urban hierarchy and transportation network planning – have been addressed separately in the scientific literature.
Under the coalition's localism agenda, the wheels for private-sector encroachment into public planning have been further oiled, with the introduction of neighbourhood plans.
Curriculum aligned to standards, better use of data and collaborative planning have been among the key improvements, along with implementation of a pay-for-performance program.
Schemes based on master planning have been criticized for their blueprint output and exclusion of development stakeholders in the planning process.
In recent years, there has been a movement in anthropology toward a focus on objects, while design and planning have been moving toward the understanding of objects as part of a greater social, political, and cultural milieu.
