PART 1 Introduction; 1 Encounters in Planning Thought: An Introduction Beatrix Haselsberger; 2 Autobiography as Method of Inquiry Laura Saija; PART 2 16 Autobiographical Essays from Key Thinkers in Spatial Planning; 3 Planning as a Vocation: The Journey So Far John Friedmann; 4 From Utopian and Realistic to Transformative Planning Peter Marcuse; 5 Visions of Contemporary Planning: Stories and Journeys in Britain and America Peter Hall; 6 An Ancient Future Luigi Mazza; 7 Understanding and Improving Planning Processes and Planning Institutions: A Moving Target Andreas Faludi; 8 Finding My Way: A Life of Inquiry into Planning, Urban Development Processes and Place Governance Patsy Healey 9 Educating Planners: The Dream of a Better Future Gerhard Schimak; 10 From Informing Policy to Collaborating Rationally Judith E. Innes; 11 A Renegade Economist Preaches Good Land-Use Planning Barrie Needham; 12 Strategic Planning as a Catalyst for Transformative Practices Louis Albrechts; 13 Places Matter: Creativity, Culture and Planning Klaus R. Kunzmann; 14 Challenging Institutions That Reproduce Planning Thought and Practice Cliff Hague; 15 A Science of Cities: Prologue to a Science of Planning Michael Batty; 16 Planners' Beacon, Compass and Scale: Linking Planning Theory, Implementation Analysis and Planning Law Rachelle Alterman; 17 On the Evolution of a Critical Pragmatism John Forester; 18 Pragmatism and Plan-Making Charles Hoch; PART 3 Epilogue 19 Back to the Future: A Personal Portrayal in the Interface of Past Planning and Planning Futures Beatrix Haselsberger