1. Innovation on the planning theory agenda - an introduction.- 2. Calculate, communicate and innovate.- 3. Planning and innovation in a collaborative framework.- 4. Politicians' roles in planning - seen or ignored? What do we know about politicians' roles in planning?.- 5. Strategic turn in planning and the role of institutional innovation.- 6. Sustainable development - a question of 'modernization' or degrowth'?.- 7. To reduce social inequality through urban planning: the potential for innovation.- 8. Climate leadership: developing innovative strategic tools to improve the partnership-mode of planning.- 9. Innovative planning in rural, depopulating areas: conditions, capacities & goals.- 10. Lost or found? Translating innovative participation.- 11. Planning for innovation as innovative planning?.- 12. Innovation in planning theory, the upcoming perspectives.

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 theory should incorporate 'Innovate' as a third perspective. It highlights the multitude of new perspectives that innovative planning can bring to bear on planning theory, as well as showing how the interplay between the three perspectives - 'Communicate', 'Calculate' and 'Innovate' - can help to address vital issues in contemporary societal development. Aksel Hagen is Associate Professor at the Inland Norway University of Applied SciencesUlla Higdem is Professor at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

Contributes to the discourse on planning theory by accentuating the perspective of public innovation Highlights how innovation interplays with planning theory's two traditional perspectives of communicate and calculate Inspiring chapters describing and analysing innovative planning practices addressing vital issues of contemporary societal development