Exchange of Planning Ideas

What is it about?

The transnational exchange of planning ideas after the Second World War was multi-directional. As this special issue demonstrates, while American concepts spread globally there was also a steady transfer of European ideas to the US. European émigrés and American professionals explored the reconstruction of downtowns particularly in Northern European cities. This special issue builds on a growing interest in transnational planning history including a desire to develop research and writing methods

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Why is it important?

Transnational urbanism has become a common term amongst scholars who aim to investigate the impact of flows of people and commodities crossing national borders in regard to their relation with cities. This piece explores the exchange of planning ideas between Europe and the US.